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By Bob Balgemann REPORTER With the nine-game, NIC-10 bowling season nearing the half-way mark, Harlem’s four bowling teams remain undefeated and are working toward a fresh set of championships. Harlem’s varsity boys (4-0) are alone in first place but this year’s primary challengers, Belvidere, Belvidere North and Auburn, all at […]
By Margaret Downing REPORTER The late Albert “Al” Walker of Machesney Park recalled several years ago a very important day in his life – when he met his future wife Verle Buie. “We were both picking cotton in a Missouri cotton patch in 1940,” he recalled recently. He was 21 […]
Working in healthcare was no easy undertaking in 2020. But in the heart of navigating the COVID-19 pandemic, there was a silver lining for seven Mission Partners (employees) who work in the Family Birthing Center of OSF HealthCare Saint Anthony Medical Center in Rockford. All seven welcomed little bundles of […]
By Marianne Mueller REPORTER Bright Christmas magic came alive as floats, decorated cars, and Christmas style inflatables rolled down a parade route on Sunday evening, Nov. 21 as the Light up the Parks parade rolled through the area. Cold weather and strong winds failed to keep crowds of spectators from […]
Riverside Community Church invites the community to celebrate the true meaning of Christmas at a drive-thru live Nativity event on Dec. 11 and 12 from 6 to 9 p.m. The church is located at 6816 N. Second St., Machesney Park. The event will feature six scenes depicting the birth of […]
Some 5,810 acres of farmland located several miles south of where Rockford’s east side ended in 1917 were leased and then purchased and designated by the War Department for a Midwest military training facility. The Camp, named in honor of General Ulysses S. Grant, was the largest military training facility […]
By Bob Balgemann REPORTER Village officials are proceeding with some work tied to such 2022 projects as improvements to Harlem Road, between Illinois 251 (North Second Street) and Amber Drive, adjacent to Schnucks grocery. One of the early steps that are part of this ongoing Build Machesney Program is evaluating […]
By Margaret Downing Reporter From the mid to the late 1960s, young men in America knew they faced the draft as war was escalating in Vietnam. Some preferred a deferment by attending college; some decided to choose for themselves what branch of the military they wanted to join. Thousands were […]
Not sure what to do with that jack-o’-lantern after Halloween? Snatch that pumpkin with the caved-in face off your porch and take it to Discovery Center on Sunday, Nov. 7 for the museum’s annual Smashing Pumpkins event. Newton’s laws of motion take on new perspective as jack-o’-lanterns turn into exciting […]
By Bob Balgemann Reporter The new Freddy’s Frozen Custard and Steakburgers restaurant under construction at 9901 Orlando Ave. came away from the Oct. 4 planning and economic development committee (PED) meeting, looking at a negative recommendation for one of its three requested variances from the village sign ordinance. In August, […]
