By Bob Balgemann REPORTER Two important members of Harlem’s 2016 varsity football have signed letters of intent to continue playing the game at the college level. Offensive lineman Matt Dixon plans to attend Quincy University in Quincy, Ill., while running back Brenton Shaw intends to go to Southwest Minnesota State […]
The results are in for the 31st Annual Illinois Snow Sculpting Competition! The winning teams were an-nounced at an awards ceremony Saturday, Jan. 28, at Sinnissippi Park in Rockford. Chilly Trio team of George Harnish (Captain), Fran Volz, and Danica Rogers won the 31st Annual Illinois Snow Sculpting Competition with […]
By Margaret Downing REPORTER A committee meeting held prior to the Jan. 23 Loves Park City Council meeting, saw aldermen hearing from City Attorney Gino Galuzzo and Director of Public Works and Development, Dan Jacobsen, in which there was discussion concerning the city’s updating of its comprehensive plan, which has […]
By Bob Balgemann REPORTER One of Harlem’s standard goals in bowling every year is to win the state championship. The girls have done it five times since 2000. Now it’s the boys turn and they led from beginning to end to win it all Jan. 27-28 at downstate O’Fallon. Harlem […]
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 […]