Post-Journal

Plenty of food available at Helping Hands pantry

By Bob Balgemann Reporter The Helping Hands Food Pantry at 7620 Elm Ave., behind North Park Church of Christ, has been helping hungry families and individuals primarily here and in Loves Park since 2003. And now, with the impact on local lives brought by the coronavirus pandemic, officials at the […]

 
 

Loves Park Dairy Depot opened Memorial Day weekend

Loves Park Dairy Depot opened Memorial Day weekend

The 2020 Dairy Depot season started on Friday, May 22 at 4 p.m. To help protect employees and customers, Dairy Depot, 5413 North Second St., has implemented new health-safety and social distancing measures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. “We are excited to open for the 2020 season,” said owner […]

 
 

Machesney Park gives Freddy’s more time to build new restaurant

By Bob Balgemann Reporter A little more than one year ago the village board approved an ordinance authorizing sale of a 1.4-acre parcel owned by the village, in front of Lowe’s Home Improvement Center, to Freddy’s Land LLC. Three months later, in June 2019, the village issued a building permit […]

 
 

Harlem has three Coaches of the Year for 2019-20 winter sports teams

Harlem has three Coaches of the Year for 2019-20 winter sports teams

  By Bob Balgemann Reporter The 2019-20 winter sports season was an especially memorable one at Harlem. Among the special moments were three head coaches being selected by their peers as Coach of the Year in their respective areas. They are: Nick Whitmire, boys bowling. This was a statewide honor […]

 
 

Need to maintain parking spaces for disabled raised by trustee Beck

By Bob Balgemann Reporter The village is working on a text amendment to Chapter 12 of its Motor Vehicles and Zoning Code, addressing the parking of vehicles in residential areas. As part of discussion at the May 4 Planning and Economic Development Committee (PED) meeting, members revisited a concern raised […]

 
 

Village extends time to work out new IGA for police protection

By Bob Balgemann Reporter Village officials are getting closer to resolving the issue of who will provide law enforcement services for residents and businesses. Winnebago County has been doing that since the village incorporation in 1981. But some unhappiness with that service a couple of years ago prompted the village […]

 
 

Winter sports teams manage to get in awards night presentations

By Bob Balgemann Reporter Possibly the last official gathering of the 2019-20 sports season was held not long before such get-togethers of any size were banned because of the coronavirus threat. There were plenty of successes to remember team-wise, at the state and NIC-10 levels, along with celebrating the 49 […]

 
 

Rockford Police Department’s “Badges and Books”

Rockford Police Department’s “Badges and Books”

Every Wednesday morning at 10 a.m., starting May 6, Assistant Deputy Chief Mike Dalke, Community Engagement Commander, will be reading a book LIVE on the Rockford Police Department’s Facebook Page. Working with Principal Loree Leathers of Haskell Elementary and Principal Aimee Kasper of Constance Lane Elementary, Officer Dalke has already […]

 
 

Machesney Park stays busy as new fiscal year dawns on Friday

By Bob Balgemann Reporter The 2020-21 fiscal year will begin Friday, May 1, and despite being surrounded by uncertainty, village officials are taking care of business on a variety of fronts. Here are some matters that were taken care of at the April 20 village board meeting, the last one […]

 
 

Cherry Valley plants Arbor Day tree

Cherry Valley plants Arbor Day tree

By Anne Eickstadt Editor It was a very quiet event this year. It consisted of three members of the Cherry Valley Public Works Dept. and two reporters. Nevertheless, Cherry Valley was celebrating Arbor Day by planting a new tree near the Village Hall. Chris Roskapp is the arborist (tree expert) […]

 
 
 
 
 
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