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North Love Baptist Church is excited to be celebrating 50 years of ministry to the Rockford area from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Oct.1! As part of the celebration, the North Love Bus Ministry would like to invite anyone that has come to church on a North Love bus […]
By Margaret Downing REPORTER Attendance Sept. 9 at the annual “POW/MIA Candlelight Remembrance Ceremony and Concert” was very good. As has been the case in the past at times, the event was held this year at the Loves Park City Hall Complex Gymnasium, 100 Heart Blvd. Other times it has […]
By Bob Balgemann REPORTER The Village plans to hire a company to remove asbestos from the former J.C. Penney Outlet building that it owns at the south end of the Machesney Towne Center, 8702 N. Second St. Public Works Supt. Chad Hunter explained that before the Village purchased the building […]
The Hononegah Indian girls had a busy week in the pool. On Tuesday they finished 4th at the 42st Annual Mermaid Relays hosted by Rockford East High School. All of the Indians relay teams placed in the top six led by with 3rd place finishes in the 200 Yard Medley relay, with the […]
By Margaret Downing REPORTER At the Sept. 6. South Beloit City Council meeting, due to a complaint made by a city resident that people walking a dog (in this case by the complainant’s home) in the street by that person’s residence and not cleaning up after it, commissioners will now […]
The 7th annual Rock River clean-up event took place on Sept. 10 in the Rockton area. The morning started out with a steady rain, but soon it tapered off to a fine mist, and later on the precipitation stopped altogether, and the volunteers actually had some sun. Then it got […]
By Marianne Mueller REPORTER Prior to the vote on an important upcoming referendum a series of forums are being held in the high school library. “We are working on an educational master facility plan,” opened School Board President, Dave Kurlinkis. “This is a plan for additional facilities. The Board talked […]
By Chris Johnson REPORTER A lot could be read into the Boylan Titans’ 17-14 win over the Hononegah Indians on Friday night, Sept. 9, but that a conference title was just lost, because of a loss, is not one of them. There is a lot of football to be […]
By Marianne Mueller REPORTER Screams of fun were heard all over Leland Park as riders took a spin on a brand new Zipper, the Remix, bumper cars, the Cliffhanger, the Alibaba, or rode down a Super Slide. Some ventured into the “Beach Party” fun house. Little ones trekked around the […]
