North Love Baptist Church is excited to be celebrating 50 years of ministry to the Rockford area from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.Oct.1!As part of the celebration, the North Love Bus Ministry would like to invite anyone that has come to church on a North Love bus to attend this […]
By Margaret Downing REPORTER Attendance Sept. 9 at the annual “POW/MIA Candlelight Remembrance Ceremony and Concert” was very good. As has been the case in the past at times, the event was held this year at the Loves Park City Hall complex gymnasium, 100 Heart Blvd. Other times it has […]
By Bob Balgemann REPORTER The village plans to hire a company to remove asbestos from the former J.C. Penney Outlet buiilding it owns at the south end of the Machesney Towne Center, 8702 N. Second St. Public Works Supt. Chad Hunter explained that before the village purchased the building in […]
Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced last week that a Winnebago County man was sentenced 12 years in prison for possessing and reproducing child pornography. Robert Rossi, 40, of Machesney Park, was sentenced by Winnebago County Judge John Lowry, after pleading guilty in June to one count of possessing child pornography. […]
North Love Baptist Church is excited to be celebrating 50 years of ministry to the Rockford area from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Oct.1! As part of the celebration, the North Love Bus Ministry would like to invite anyone that has come to church on a North Love bus […]
By Margaret Downing REPORTER Attendance Sept. 9 at the annual “POW/MIA Candlelight Remembrance Ceremony and Concert” was very good. As has been the case in the past at times, the event was held this year at the Loves Park City Hall Complex Gymnasium, 100 Heart Blvd. Other times it has […]
By Bob Balgemann REPORTER The Village plans to hire a company to remove asbestos from the former J.C. Penney Outlet building that it owns at the south end of the Machesney Towne Center, 8702 N. Second St. Public Works Supt. Chad Hunter explained that before the Village purchased the building […]
The number of places to shop in the northern Rockford area is growing. With the completion of the West Lane Route 173 improvement project, Machesney Park’s primary retail corridor is enjoying the benefits of five lanes of new pavement, providing easy access and appealing traffic patterns to new retailers. Apparel […]
By Bob Balgemann REPORTER Trent Willey and Brenton Shaw have emerged as household names around town when it comes to the success of Harlem football. Now it’s time to make way for some newcomers to the list such as freshman Jalon Benson, sophomore Nick Blades and others. They stood tall […]
By Margaret Downing REPORTER At the Aug. 22 Loves Park City Council meeting, aldermen heard the good news that the Alpine Road reconstruction project is nearly finished. In the absence of Mayor Darryl Lindberg, Alderman and Mayor Pro Tem, John Pruitt, stated that this was good news. Dan Jacobson, Director […]