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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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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) […]
By Megan Brown Navy Office of Community Outreach Petty Officer Second Class Kyle Mcgee, a native of Machesney Park, recently celebrated his reenlistment in the U.S. Navy with a ceremony aboard the guided missile destroyer, USS James E. Williams. The ship is currently on deployment in the Persian Gulf. Mcgee […]
