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By Bob Balgemann REPORTER Basketball, a Father-Daughter dance, movies and cheerleading are among a full schedule of varied activities offered during the winter months at the Harlem Community Center on Roosevelt Road. The center’s fifth Father-Daughter dance is coming up Feb. 10 in the gymnasium. Last year, the event was […]
By Bob Balgemann REPORTER Two consecutive disap-pointments were enough for Harlem’s varsity boys bowl-ing team. Sparked once again by their three superlative se-niors, the Huskies won the Vernon Hills sectional tour-nament championship on Saturday. That ensured a berth in the state finals for the fourth straight year. It was Rockford […]
By Margaret Downing REPORTER The board of the Harkins Community Memorial Foundation meets monthly the third Thursday of the month in the community room at Park Towers, 540 Clifford Ave. in Loves Park. Some of the residents of Park Towers are involved in the Founda-tion and plans are underway for […]
By Chris Johnson REPORTER One of the biggest games of the conference season occurred recently as the Hononegah Lady Indians faced off with the State-ranked and NIC-10 leading Boylan Lady Titans. As was in the case during the first meeting of the conference season Boylan came out on top 58-42. […]
By Margaret Downing REPORTER Discussion at the Jan. 17 South Beloit City Council meeting included the city’s centennial this year. As noted on the city’s website, “South Beloit was estab-lished as a city in 1917 and the centennial celebration planning is now in the works. South Beloit Commissioner Tom Fitzgerald […]
The Natural Land Institute is now accepting nominations for the 2017 George and Barbara Fell Award. The deadline to submit a nomination for an individual with outstanding achievements in land conservation is Friday, Feb. 3. The award is named for George and Barbara Fell who founded the Natural Land Institute […]
By Bob Balgemann REPORTER Newly elected Boone County Board Chairman Karl Johnson is continuing where his predecessor left off. At the July 20 board meeting, then-Chairman Bob Walberg changed the format in which people were allowed to address the board. The public comments portion of each monthly meeting was restricted […]
By Chris Johnson REPORTER It’s only a few weeks from now when the Belvidere North girls’ basketball team sets out into the large-school Class 4A State Championship Tournament. The idea of beating the largest schools in the state is the reality facing the Lady Blue Thunder, and it takes a […]
The second round of play after the holiday break brought youth bowlers back to Concorida Lanes, located at 1205 Logan Ave. in Belvidere. With the return, higher scores have been produced and changes to the high scoring bowler’s list have changed from week one to week two of post-holiday break […]
Breakfast menus Elementary schools Monday, Jan. 23-Miniature French toast, applesauce cups, 100 percent orange juice, and a variety of milk. Tuesday, Jan. 24-Breakfast sausage pizza, chilled diced peaches, 100 fruit juice, and a variety of milk. Wednesday, Jan. 25-Raised donut, ripe banana, 100 percent apple juice, and a variety of […]
