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Harlem High School Athletic Director, Kurt Weigt, announces the hiring of Scott McCloy as the new Head Varsity Baseball Coach at Harlem High School. Coach Scott McCloy was approved by the Harlem School Board at their monthly meeting on June 13, 2016. “We are extremely excited to have Scott […]
By Margaret Downing Reporter At the June 13 Loves Park City Council meeting, aldermen, along with a council chamber full of people, welcomed the city’s newly appointed police chief, Charles “Chuck” Lynde and two new police officers – Dale Jeon of Lincolnwood, and Wesley Mathieu of Rockford. Former Deputy Chief […]
By Bob Balgemann REPORTER A public hearing will be held at 5:55 p.m. July 5 on creating a business district project area at Illinois 173 and Interstate 90. The purpose is redevelopment of the underutilized area through imposing a hotel operators’ occupational tax along with additional retailers’ utilization taxes […]
By Bob Balgemann Reporter MACHESNEY PARK – Village officials want future developments to be of good quality and aesthetically pleasing. Given that, the village board recently adopted design standards for multi-family residential structures. The goal is to ensure that “a quality looking product is built for prospective owners/renters and […]
ROCKFORD—Mercyhealth hosted a ceremonial groundbreaking for its new hospital and medical center campus on I-90/Riverside Blvd last week. The $485 million regional hospital and medical center campus will be hometo a state-of-the-art women’s and children’s hospital, including a Level III (highest level) perinatal center, Level III neonatal intensive care unit, […]
By Bob Balgemann Reporter MACHESNEY PARK – A summer filled with baseball and softball games for 710 boys and girls has begun under the direction of the Harlem Community Center. Action started May 28, after Opening Day ceremonies, with 26 games being played at the Wentland Sports Complex. A […]
By Margaret Downing Reporter LOVES PARK – At the June 6 Loves Park City Council meeting, Mayor Darryl Lindberg announced and presented awards to this year’s Young at Heart parade winners. Winners are: Best Commercial Unit – Practice Velocity; Best Commmunity Service Unit – Clifford E. Johnson VFW Post […]
Paying it forward and giving back, and expecting nothing but happiness – that is the ultimate gift. Rock Valley Credit Union went above and beyond just providing “normal financial service” to a member on Saturday, May 28 when they surprised Denise Krienke, a long-time member who is going through cancer […]
By Bob Balgemann Reporter MACHESNEY PARK – While there wasn’t a lot of snow and temperatures weren’t too bad, it just seemed like this past winter bordered on the intolerable. But that was then and this is now. And Harlem Community Center has kicked off another summer of baseball […]
Now accepting Illinois LINK MACHESNEY PARK – The outdoor GPS Farmers Market, located in the parking lot of GPS Faith Community at 10714 N. Second St. in Machesney Park, is open for the season, featuring local farmers and producers offering in-season fresh fruits and vegetables, eggs, meat, plants, honey, pickles, […]
