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By Bob Balgemann Reporter While the coronavirus pandemic has brought unprecedented changes for sports teams throughout the United States, the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) has worked to be sure there would be a 2020-21 season for its hundreds of high schools and their student-athletes. Harlem is among them, of […]
On Saturday, Dec. 26, at approximately 6:55 p.m., Rockford Police officers responded to 4007 E. State St. (Don Carter Lanes/Shooter’s Bar) for reports of an active shooter. Rockford Police officers were able to quickly locate and identify the suspect, 37-year-old Duke Webb of Florida. He was taken into custody without […]
By Bob Balgemann Reporter There were lots of hurts in the village during 2020, a mostly hard to believe year that came to a close today. But through it all the spirit of giving that has been in evidence around here for a very long time was still alive, helping […]
By Bob Balgemann Reporter Lori Mitchell has been a resident of the village for a long time and over those years spent many years serving the public. For 20 years she worked for Harlem School District 122, coordinating staff and community relations. She retired in 2004 but after one year […]
By Bob Balgemann Reporter The road trip to South Bend, Ind. Dec. 5 didn’t bring an end to Josh Black’s four-year football career at Syracuse University. COVID-19 presented seniors around the country with the option of playing an extra year of football and the 2016 graduate of Harlem High School […]
Approximately 150 Soldiers with the 135th Chemical Company, based in Machesney Park, Illinois, arrived home this week in time for the holidays after a successful overseas deployment. The unit deployed in January to the U.S. Central Command Area of Responsibility in support of Combined Joint Task Force – Operation Inherent […]
Rockford University, the region’s leading private four-year institution, announced recently that senior Tanner Elliott was named as a Lincoln Academy Student Laureate, a prestigious honor awarded to only 55 students in the state. The honor is bestowed by The Lincoln Academy of Illinois to the most noteworthy senior from each […]
By Bob Balgemann Reporter The persistent coronavirus pandemic is in its ninth month and in some states, such as Illinois, its spread doesn’t show any signs of slowing down. With the deadly virus has come related financial difficulties that have affected thousands of people here, around the country and the […]
Stroll on State is the Rockford region’s kick-off to the holiday season. The free community event in downtown Rockford has featured a tree-lighting, parade, fireworks, horse-drawn wagon rides, visits with Santa and so many more events and attractions. This year, Stroll on State presents ‘A Merry & Bright Holiday,’ that […]
In 2017, the Rockford Park District celebrated the expansion of the Indoor Sports Center, 8800 E. Riverside Blvd. Loves Park. The 133,000-square-foot sports building situated to the east of the existing Indoor Sports Center (ISC) building is only three-years-old and is 420 feet long, 300 feet wide, and 70 feet […]
