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Local family receives great support in seeking cure for Alport Syndrome

Local family receives great support in seeking cure for Alport Syndrome

  By Marianne Mueller REPORTER In 2009 brother and sister Gavin and Taytm Mylin were diagnosed with Alport Syndrome. Alport affects one in 50,000 children and is an inherited and progressive disease. Kidney disease, hearing loss, and loss of eyesight are all symptoms found in carriers. Eyesight issues may be […]

 
 

Volunteers needed for annual Rock River Sweep

  Volunteers are needed to walk the shorelines, and others with canoes, kayaks or boats to pull out the trash that inevitably finds its way into the Rock River during the Rock River Sweep from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Sept. 10. It does seem we are having an effect, […]

 
 

Roscoe Trustees still not in agreement on police department building

  By Jean Seegers REPORTER Roscoe Trustees continued to debate moving forward on approving the village police department at the July 19, village meeting. Village Administrator Pat DeGrave urged the board members to make a decision or file the plans away for the future. Trustee Lindsey Swanson wanted to know […]

 
 

Gunshots have some residents upset in South Beloit

  By Margaret Downing REPORTER At the July 18 South Beloit City Council meeting, commissioners were addressed by resident John Fitzsimmons regarding “the unlawful discharge of firearms” in his neighborhood, which borders the South Bluff Mobile Home Park. He said he had made a complaint in 2012 also, and believes […]

 
 

Natural Land Institute presents Wine and Brew at Nygren Wetland Preserve

Natural Land Institute presents Wine and Brew at Nygren Wetland Preserve

By Jean Seegers REPORTER A party on the prairie was held at Nygren Wetland Preserve, 3190 West Rockton Road on Saturday, July 16.  Hundreds of guests gathered under a large open tent for an afternoon of music, a variety of wine and beer samplings, and gourmet honky-tonk picnic cuisine catered […]

 
 

Hanz Brew Fest honored love one, raised funds scholarship

Hanz Brew Fest honored love one, raised funds scholarship

  By Marianne Mueller REPORTER Perfect weather conditions paved the way to an event honoring the memory of Todd Hansmeier whose life was taken on June 30, 2014. Hansmeier graduated from Hononegah High School in 1985 and was a true advocate for educational opportunities throughout his life. Behind the Hanz […]

 
 

‘America’s First Sports Hero’ coming to Talcott Free Library

‘America’s First Sports Hero’ coming to Talcott Free Library

Boys emulated him. Adults admired him. Companies coveted his endorsements. One hundred years ago, Christy Mathewson had the name recognition we associate with contemporary athletes such as Michael Jordan. Today he is a footnote from a bygone era. Presenter Craig Pierce brings Christy Mathewson’s compelling life as “America’s First Sports […]

 
 

Behr Iron & Steel Inc. sentenced on OSHA violation causing death of employee

  A Rockford-based company was sentenced last week by U.S. Magistrate Judge Iain D. Johnston for willfully violating Occupational Safety and Health Administration regulations, resulting in the death of an employee at the company’s facility in South Beloit, Ill. Behr Iron & Steel Inc., a high volume ferrous and nonferrous […]

 
 

Rock Energy member named magazine’s Father of the Year

Rock Energy member named magazine’s Father of the Year

Keeping three things—faith, family and friends—balanced leads to a happy, healthy soul. That’s the philosophy of life for Jon Lang, of South Beloit, Ill., Country Living magazine’s Father of the Year. Amy Smith and her son, Rutger, nominated Lang for the award sponsored by the statewide magazine for Illinois electric […]

 
 

Hanz Brew Fest to raise memorial fund for high school scholarships

Hanz Brew Fest to raise memorial fund for high school scholarships

  By Marianne Mueller REPORTER Todd Hansmeier was a son, brother, Uncle and friend to all who knew him. Hansmeier tragically lost his life on June 30, 2014. Todd was known to have had a contagious smile which is one of the characteristics shared by friends at a July 3, […]

 
 
 
 
 
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