Subscribe by RSS
By Bob Balgemann, REPORTER Justin Van Wambeke was a record-setter while playing basketball at Harlem High School. Now a Senior at Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa, he has passed the 1,000-point mark in scoring; the same as he did during his sharp-shooting days as a Huskie. After nine games this […]
By Margaret Downing, REPORTER Aldermen approved the rehiring of City Attorneys and Special Prosecutor at the Dec. 19 City Council meeting (Hinshaw and Culbertson). In conjunction with a mandate from the State of Illinois Legislative branch, an ordinance was approved regulating reimbursement of all City employees and officers regarding travel, […]
Three local men have been sentenced for their roles in an arson conspiracy to use an explosive to damage a pick-up truck. Last week, Jason Vanduyn, 41, of Machesney Park, Ill., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Philip G. Reinhard to 151 months in Federal prison, to be followed by […]
By Bob Balgemann, REPORTER Harlem’s Varsity Wrestling Team is off to a strong start, winning the 10-team Whitewater, Wis. Tournament and taking three of four dual matches to start the NIC-10 season. The Huskies came home with 10 place winners from Whitewater, five Freshmen and two Sophomores. There, they rang […]
By Bob Balgemann, REPORTER Belvidere North ran into a red-hot group of Lady Huskies when the undefeated Conference Co-Leaders met at The Cherry Bowl last week. Harlem dominated the first game with a 1,390 pin fall, its highest total of the season and best so far in the NIC-10. It […]
Harlem’s Varsity and Junior Varsity Boys Bowling Teams have won the annual Guilford Invite. The Varsity Huskies trailed early, then rallied to win the sixth and final game, 1,151 to 1,012, to edge Hononegah for the Championship. At one point the Indians were up by 147 pins. But Harlem came […]
By Bob Balgemann, REPORTER It could be looked on as an early Christmas present for fans of high school wrestling. That gift is the 29th Dvorak Wrestling Tournament being held today (Dec. 22) and Friday in the main gymnasium at Harlem High School. This is an event that some bill […]
By Margaret Downing, REPORTER Approximately 65 Korean War Veterans and spouses attended the Korean War Veterans Association annual Christmas banquet held at Hoffman House in Rockford on Dec. 17. It may have been a cold and snowy day, but everyone seemed in good spirits; happy to meet with long time […]
By Margaret Downing, REPORTER Park Towers resident Renee Mitchell has gotten to know fellow resident Marva Brown, whose seven-year old grandson James Lesley Harkins drowned in Rockford in 1996. This was the impetus, Mitchell said, for her to head a Sloppy Joe lunch, craft, bake sale and raffle Dec. […]
By Bob Balgemann, REPORTER Steve Ernst has stayed busy since retiring in 2014 as Executive Director of the Rockford Metropolitan Agency for Planning. He was one of those involved when the Great Lakes Basin Railroad (GLBR) was looking to provide freight transportation with a bypass around Chicago. A new rail […]
