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By Chris Johnson Reporter WINNEBAGO – From time to time, money has to be spent in larger order and the Winnebago School Board is investigating which path it must take. The reality is the School District needs a new place to call home. Money is needed for investment in the […]
The deadline to purchase a City of McHenry vehicle sticker is June 30th. Stickers may be purchased at the McHenry Municipal Center. Pre-printed application forms were mailed to residents who purchased a 2015 sticker. Applications include vehicle information supplied from last year as well as data obtained from the Secretary […]
By Marianne Mueller REPORTER Perfect weather, a nicely set up venue and loads of fun where found in a four-day time span at the 2016 OSD Festival. Organized through the Rockton Lions Club Steve Pomahac, OSD Chair and an all-volunteer committee spent months planning to bring the best of […]
By Marianne Mueller REPORTER Fresh on the heels of voicing strong opposition at the Rockton Zoning Board of Appeals meeting residents flooded into the Municipal Center for the June 21 Rockton Village board meeting. The main focus revolved around a proposal to bring an asphalt plant to the area. […]
By Margaret Downing Reporter Unless an organization has a special event or special use permit for outdoor events that include liquor, open liquor containers will no longer be legal on South Beloit city property. Commissioners at the June 20 council meeting approved an update to the existing liquor ordinance. […]
SwedishAmerican Emergency Medical Services (EMS) department is excited to announce it has kicked-off an Illinois Dept. of Public Health approved Mobile Integrated Healthcare (MIH) program with rural fire departments including Byron Fire, Harlem-Roscoe Fire and Rockton Fire. Additionally, the program also includes Metro and Mercy Ambulance Services, specifically serving […]
Bob Balgemann REPORTER MACHESNEY PARK – It doesn’t matter what age group you’re watching. Excitement has been a key word so far this summer when it comes to baseball and softball games in the Harlem Community Center program. There are four teams at or near the top in Pee-Wee […]
By Bob Balgemann REPORTER The Machesney Park village’s liquor control commission has recommend issuing a Class R license to Happy Wok restaurant, which is being proposed for a building at 6901 N. Second St. Action came at the commission’s June 20 meeting. If approved by the village board in […]
Beef-A-Roo, a local restaurant favorite, has initiated renovating all seven of their locations throughout the Stateline area. So far, three locations: Lexus Drive, N. Second St., and Riverside have been completed with new amenities such as wi-fi lounge seating areas, new flat screen TVs, and updated furniture including booths, tabletops […]
By Bob Balgemann REPORTER Continued legislative wrangling at the state level has put construction of the Alpine Road path in danger of not being done this year. That means another group of Harlem High School students will face walking home along the Alpine Road right of way for another […]
