By Bob Balgemann, REPORTER It seems like only yesterday that Collin Day, Dawson Jones and Jake Nimtz were Freshmen on the Harlem Varsity Bowling Team. All three were part of the squad that finished fourth in the State that year, with Jake averaging 215 per game over the two days […]
The Village of Machesney Park, along with Harlem School District 122, hosted a ribbon cutting event on Monday, Nov. 21, to commemorate the cooperative efforts that have resulted in the completion of the North Alpine Road Multi-Use Path. Construction crews commenced construction on the new multi-use path along Alpine Road […]
By Bob Balgemann, REPORTER Lots of people gain weight as they get older. That’s not the case with Zac Denny. A standout wrestler while attending Harlem High School, he placed third in the State in 2011, while competing at 112 pounds. He ended with a record of 43 wins and […]
By Bob Balgemann, REPORTER Over the years the Village has had a successful program through which qualified residents were able to improve their homes. Since 2000, the Village received more than $3 million in grant funding, allowing 98 homes to be upgraded. That funding source dried up three years ago. […]
By Margaret Downing, Reporter At the Nov. 14 Loves Park City Council Meeting, aldermen heard from Mayor Darryl Lindberg that the City’s Water Department Manager, Craig McDonald, a former firefighter, was on the scene the previous week in Roscoe and saved the life of a 13-year-old boy who had been […]
By Bob Balgemann, REPORTER The neighborhood sports rivalry between Harlem and Hononegah high schools has returned to the bowling alley. NIC-10 action has yet begun and, already, the Huskies and Indians have run into each other in major boys tournaments in the Chicago suburbs. They first met early in November […]
By Bob Balgemann, REPORTER A.J. Wentland was one of the standouts on Harlem’s 2012 Varsity Football Team. From there he agreed to continue playing at the next level by committing to McKendree University in Lebanon, near St. Louis. That has turned out to be a winning partnership with A.J. closing […]
By Bob Balgemann, REPORTER There now are regulations on the books for massage parlors and shooting ranges. The Village Board twice voted 6-1, with Trustee James Kidd dissenting both times, to approve both sets of amendments to the Zoning Ordinance at its Nov. 7 meeting. Previously, there were no rules […]
The Parks Chamber “Light Up the Parks” Holiday Parade will take place at 4:45 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 20. The parade route will travel from Schneider Electric parking lot on Clifford Ave. turn north on Elm Ave. turn left onto Roosevelt Road cross N. Second St. and will disassemble in […]
By Bob Balgemann, REPORTER The Chicago suburbs have claimed three more NIC-10 football teams in the opening round of the State Playoffs. One of those prevailing teams was Lake Zurich and its victim was Harlem. The Bears, who finished 6-1 in the North Suburban Conference and 7-2 overall, scored early […]