By Bob Balgemann REPORTER Harlem junior Jeremy Mueller will be in suburban Westmont this weekend, competing in the 2021-22 state swimming and diving meet. Mueller made it out of the Byron sectional Feb. 19 by eclipsing the state qualifying standard of 1:56.89, with a 1:55.34 in the 200-yard individual medley […]
Harlem High School had wrestlers qualify for sectionals. They had one champion and four 2nd place finishers. They will continue their quest to State through the Barrington Sectional on Friday and Saturday. Koletyn Zanoni 1st, Justin Lewis 2nd, Ethan Hagerman 2nd, Marshal Cunz 2nd, Ben Larsen 2nd
By Bob Balgemann REPORTER It came about after village staff was contacted by a charity-gaming operator about hosting a bingo-like raffle on an industrially zoned property in the village. While researching the request, it was determined that there was nothing in the Village Code regulating where bingo, raffles and other […]
By Bob Balgemann REPORTER A proposal to operate a multi-faceted business out of the former North Park Rental location at 9624 N. Second St. has received support at the first of three stops it has to make in the approval process. There were few questions Jan. 24 during the planning […]
Dino-lovers, rock collectors, and fossil diggers unite for an internationally attended festival. Our audience includes scientists and researchers, aspiring scientists, students, paleo-lovers, and even dino-loving kiddos! Many of the talks focus on our speakers’ cutting edge research and amazing new finds. Burpee is proud to present PaleoFest 2022 on March […]
The results are in for the 36th Annual Illinois Snow Sculpting Competition. The winning teams were just announced at an awards ceremony at Sinnissippi Park in Rockford, Ill. In all there were 11 state teams, 11 high school teams, and one exhibition team (the winner of last year’s Illinois Snow […]
By Bob Balgemann REPORTER It took a little longer than called for in the schedule of matches, but Harlem wound up repeating as NIC-10 champion of girls bowling for 2021-22. With four matches left to play, Harlem, Hononegah and Auburn were tied for first place with 5-0 records. Hononegah rolled […]
By Bob Balgemann REPORTER With this year’s state regional bowling tournament on the verge of beginning, Harlem’s boys varsity and junior varsity teams won NIC-10 championships with victories over Rockford Auburn. For the varsity, it was the second title in three years; the JVs made it three in a row. […]
Christopher Johnson REPORTER Stillman Valley is in first place in the Big Northern Conference and they share the top spot with two other dangerous programs, which have shown no sign of slowing. Dating back to an early December derailing of the North Boone Vikings by better than 40 points, Stillman […]
By Bob Balgemann REPORTER Machesney Park Mayor Steve Johnson started 2022 by taking a look at something significant that happened in 2021. He invited members of the most recent Harlem High School football team to drop by the Jan. 3, 2022, village board meeting, to be recognized by trustees and […]