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Winnebago County State’s Attorney Joe Bruscato announces that Todd Smith, 49, was found guilty on January 25, 2017 of First Degree Murder, Concealment of a Homicidal Death, Aggravated Battery and Aggravated Domestic Battery after a jury trial in front of the Honorable Judge Fernando Engelsma. Smith was charged for the […]
By Bob Balgemann REPORTER Harlem’s varsity wrestling team scored 157 points Jan. 14 and finished third in a nine-team field in the Margaret Flott Invitational at Kaneland High School. The Huskies came home with one champion, four second-place finishes, two fourths, three fifths and two sixths. Freshman Jevin Doke (16-3) […]
By Bob Balgemann REPORTER Basketball, a Father-Daughter dance, movies and cheerleading are among a full schedule of varied activities offered during the winter months at the Harlem Community Center on Roosevelt Road. The center’s fifth Father-Daughter dance is coming up Feb. 10 in the gymnasium. Last year, the event was […]
By Bob Balgemann REPORTER Two consecutive disap-pointments were enough for Harlem’s varsity boys bowl-ing team. Sparked once again by their three superlative se-niors, the Huskies won the Vernon Hills sectional tour-nament championship on Saturday. That ensured a berth in the state finals for the fourth straight year. It was Rockford […]
By Margaret Downing REPORTER The board of the Harkins Community Memorial Foundation meets monthly the third Thursday of the month in the community room at Park Towers, 540 Clifford Ave. in Loves Park. Some of the residents of Park Towers are involved in the Founda-tion and plans are underway for […]
By Bob Balgemann, REPORTER Harlem’s Boys and Girls Junior Varsity Bowling Teams have emerged as NIC-10 Champions with perfect 9-0 records for the 2016-17 season. That meant a repeat for the Lady Huskies, while the Huskies improved on their second place finish in 2015-16. Freeport was second in girl’s competition […]
12th Grade (4.0+) Barger, Logan M.; Bonafede, Gabriella; Bottorff, Kevin W.; Buffington, Alexandra E.; Christensen, Abigail E.; Combs, Tanner J.; Elmer, Jake W.; Gross, Derek M.; Hegg, Krystal L.; Huynh, Courtney L.; Keeling, Kane H.; Keilman, Hailey M.; Kirker, Samuel J.; Kishta, Basmah A.; Kishta, Muhammad A.; Knutsen, Morgan C.; […]
By Bob Balgemann, REPORTER The second weekend in January 2017 was a busy one, and a successful one, for sports teams at Harlem High School. Jan. 12 was Senior Night for both Boys and Girls Bowling Teams, with the Lady Huskies completing a perfect 9-0 season and winning their […]
By Bob Balgemann, REPORTER Officials are continuing to work at making the Village a more aesthetically pleasing place in which to live. So far the Planning and Zoning Commission, along with the Planning and Economic Development Committee, have recommended approval of the following: 1. A text amendment to the Zoning […]
After giving us a brief history of the Rotary’s mottos, Mayor Darryl Lindberg presented the 2016 award for “Service Above Self” to Loves Park Chief of Police, Chuck Lynde, at Loves Park Rotary’s Annual Christmas Party. He was in attendance with his wife, Jeni. Chuck was hired by Chief Darryl […]
