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Ada Jane Diekelman, 78

Ada Jane Diekelman, 78

Ada Jane Diekelman, 78, of Plover passed away Thursday Jan. 28 at the Portage County Health Care Center in Stevens Point, Wis. Ada Jane (AJ) was born March 18, 1937 in Rockford, Ill., the daughter of David and Ruby (Stearns) Daer. She earned her Bachelor’s Degree in mathematics from Wheaton […]

 
 

Close yet controlled win for Bucs over Harlem

Close yet controlled win for Bucs over Harlem

By Bob Kopp BDR Sports Correspondent MACHESNEY PARK – Despite the hosts taking a quick 6-0 lead in the opening seconds behind sharpshooting senior Brock Soter’s bomb beyond the arc and a three-point play by junior Brenton Shaw who may start attracting as much attention on winter nights as he […]

 
 

Poplar Grove Airport plans new hangar designs from former Belvidere building

Poplar Grove Airport plans new hangar designs from former Belvidere building

By Kathryn Menue Editor BOONE COUNTY – Since the opening of the new Manley Belvidere Ford and Lincoln facility at 1800 N. State St. in Belvidere on Monday, Sept. 7, the old Manley Motors location is no more. The old location, located at First and State Street in Belvidere, finished […]

 
 

Stateline area gas prices continue to stay below $2 per gallon

STATELINE – Average retail gasoline prices in the stateline area have fallen 7.6 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $1.73/g as of last Sunday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 139 gas outlets. This compares with the national average that has fallen 6.5 cents per gallon in the […]

 
 

Hendricks family helps fund new heart hospital

Hendricks family helps fund new heart hospital

BELOIT – The Hendricks Family has made a big investment in the future of heart care in the stateline area. Construction is now underway at Beloit Hospital for a state-of-art Heart Hospital and the Hendricks Family Foundation has generously gifted $3 million to this effort. “The new Heart Hospital will […]

 
 

Rockford Area Habitat for Humanity ReStore sees highest sales to date in 2015

Rockford Area Habitat for Humanity ReStore sees highest sales to date in 2015

ROCKFORD – The Rockford Area Habitat for Humanity ReStore rounded out 2015 by surpassing its highest sales to date. The ReStore, located in NorthTowne mall, attributes these record sales to a year-end promotion in which every individual who donated during November or December was entered into a raffle for a […]

 
 

Rockford’s Christmas tree lives on…as a table

Locally-owned business to repurpose Rockford’s Christmas tree as auction item for Paint the Downtown Green event ROCKFORD – The Rockford Area Convention & Visitors Bureau is thrilled to partner with a local area business, Mulvain Woodworks, to repurpose Rockford’s Christmas tree into a custom-designed table that will be among items […]

 
 

Illinois State Board of Education awards $20.4 million in School Improvement Grants

Five schools will receive funds to improve student performance SPRINGFIELD – More than $20 million in federal Title I Section 1003(g) School Improvement Grants (SIG) will be distributed to five schools across the state over the next five years to help them implement comprehensive programs to improve student performance and […]

 
 

Juvenile arrested afte armed robbery at Dollar General

ROCKFORD – On Wednesday, Jan. 20, at approximately 3:10 p.m. the Dollar General at 1405 Kishwaukee St. was robbed at gunpoint. A lone white male suspect entered the business armed with a handgun and demanded money. The suspect obtained some money and fled on foot. Rockford Police Officers and an […]

 
 

Harry R. Wiedow, 89

BELVIDERE – Harry R. Wiedow, 89, of Belvidere, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 27, at The Villa at PA Peterson in Rockford. He is survived by his beloved wife, Donna F. Wiedow; children, Richard (Jenny) Wiedow, Martin Wiedow, Lavonne Robles, Jean (Carmen) Mejia, Gloria (Joe) Davis, and Bette (Mario) Zepeda; 12 […]

 
 
 
 
 
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