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By Bob Balgemann REPORTER Plans to build a duplex on Wayne Drive once again have brought varied opinions from decision-makers in the village. This time it was the village board in the spotlight and it voted 4-2 July 18, on first reading and with one absent, to deny a rezoning […]
By Margaret Downing REPORTER Connie and Jim Lynch met and started dating when they were students at Harlem High School. Jim, later an assistant principal at the school, graduated in 1962, Connie in 1964. The couple married after getting out of school and went on to become parents to three […]
Stateline Fury’s 16U Red fast-pitch softball team battled 100 degree temperatures in Overland Park, Kansas to win the 2016 USSSA (United States Specialty Sports Association) National Championship this past weekend. The team went 11-1 and outscored their opponents with a combined score of 87-20 including six shutout victories. The tournament […]
Loves Park Police Officers stopped by Wantz Park on Tuesday, July 26 to deliver popsicles that one of the officers donated. With all the negative news about police officers over the recent past, it was remarkable to see dozens and dozens of excited kids rush the police car. Excited to […]
By Margaret Downing REPORTER On July 16, Deputy Council General Jae-woong Lee addressed approximately 45 Korean War veteran and their spouses at the Korean War Veterans Association Annual State Reunion held this year at the Holiday Inn and Hoffman House in Rockford. Deputy Council Lee had this to say in […]
Beginning, construction crews were scheduled to begin construction on a new multi-use path along Alpine Road Monday, July 25. Path improvements will be constructed along the west side of Alpine Road starting behind Lowe’s and running south to an area just north of the Schnuck’s at Harlem and Alpine […]
On Friday evening, Loves Park Police were dispatched to the Mobil gas station at E. Riverside Blvd. and Clifford Ave., after an observant member of the community called police. When officers arrived, they met with two men in a vehicle. During the encounter, officers searched the vehicle, and a loaded […]
By Margaret Downing REPORTER On the evening of May 2, police officers in Loves Park and fire department personnel all responded to a what could possibly have been a fatal situation at a multi-family complex on fire. Personnel entered the smoke filled building and saved a family of eight that […]
By Bob Balgemann REPORTER He’s listed as Thomas Chance among those winning spring sports awards this year at Harlem High School. Around the baseball field throughout his four years as a Huskie, he was better known as just T.J. In his final season, T.J. Chance’s pitching arm and bat […]
By Bob Balgemann REPORTER Two conference championships and a number of spring sports athletes representing Harlem High School in state competitions. There were two NIC-10 most valuable players, Bianca Barone in softball and T.J. Chance in baseball. Those were among the successes that were celebrated recently during the annual spring […]
