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By Bob Balgemann, REPORTER Lots of people gain weight as they get older. That’s not the case with Zac Denny. A standout wrestler while attending Harlem High School, he placed third in the State in 2011, while competing at 112 pounds. He ended with a record of 43 wins and […]
By Bob Balgemann, REPORTER Over the years the Village has had a successful program through which qualified residents were able to improve their homes. Since 2000, the Village received more than $3 million in grant funding, allowing 98 homes to be upgraded. That funding source dried up three years ago. […]
By Margaret Downing, Reporter At the Nov. 14 Loves Park City Council Meeting, aldermen heard from Mayor Darryl Lindberg that the City’s Water Department Manager, Craig McDonald, a former firefighter, was on the scene the previous week in Roscoe and saved the life of a 13-year-old boy who had been […]
By Bob Balgemann, REPORTER The neighborhood sports rivalry between Harlem and Hononegah high schools has returned to the bowling alley. NIC-10 action has yet begun and, already, the Huskies and Indians have run into each other in major boys tournaments in the Chicago suburbs. They first met early in November […]
By Bob Balgemann, REPORTER A.J. Wentland was one of the standouts on Harlem’s 2012 Varsity Football Team. From there he agreed to continue playing at the next level by committing to McKendree University in Lebanon, near St. Louis. That has turned out to be a winning partnership with A.J. closing […]
By Bob Balgemann REPORTER How much money generated by the public safety sales tax (PSST) is used for public safety purposes continues to draw discussion in Boone County. According to Ordinance 16-19, voters on April 13, 1999, approved the half-cent PSST by a margin of 66 percent “yes” to 34 […]
By Jim Hagerty REPORTER More than 30 people attended a community forum at the Ida Public Library on Monday, Nov. 21, to discuss a potential expansion of a petroleum pipeline that already runs through four northern Illinois counties. The pipeline is owned by Calgary-based Enbridge. It runs through DeKalb, LaSalle, […]
By Chris Johnson REPORTER North Boone was looking forward to the start of the 2016-2017 winter sports season and waited until night two of the annual Pecatonica Thanksgiving Turkey Tourney before they made their appearance. With the opening night filled with contests between Belvidere and Warren as well as Pecatonica […]
By Kathryn Menue EDITOR Despite the brisk weather change from the 70s on Thursday, Nov. 17 to the bitter cold 30s of Monday, Nov. 21, junior bowlers returned braved the winter coat weather to continue to improve their bowling skills. However, there are still no bowlers in the youngest junior […]
By Chris Johnson REPORTER Tuesday Nov. 14 was a pleasant day across northern Illinois. The temperatures rose, and the air of anticipation waited for the basketball season to be getting underway. In North Boone, the Lady Vikings already had their path set up for their newest run at a shot […]
