By Margaret Downing Reporter LOVES PARK – At the Jan. 25 Loves Park City Council meeting, aldermen gave the okay to authorizing Mayor Darryl Lindberg to sign “an intergovernmental agreement between the Illinois Office of Comptroller and the City of Loves Park regarding access to the Comptroller’s Local Debt Recovery […]
ROCKFORD – The Rockford Area Habitat for Humanity ReStore rounded out 2015 by surpassing its highest sales to date. The ReStore, located in NorthTowne mall, attributes these record sales to a year-end promotion in which every individual who donated during November or December was entered into a raffle for a […]
Locally-owned business to repurpose Rockford’s Christmas tree as auction item for Paint the Downtown Green event ROCKFORD – The Rockford Area Convention & Visitors Bureau is thrilled to partner with a local area business, Mulvain Woodworks, to repurpose Rockford’s Christmas tree into a custom-designed table that will be among items […]
Five schools will receive funds to improve student performance SPRINGFIELD – More than $20 million in federal Title I Section 1003(g) School Improvement Grants (SIG) will be distributed to five schools across the state over the next five years to help them implement comprehensive programs to improve student performance and […]
ROCKFORD – On Wednesday, Jan. 20, at approximately 3:10 p.m. the Dollar General at 1405 Kishwaukee St. was robbed at gunpoint. A lone white male suspect entered the business armed with a handgun and demanded money. The suspect obtained some money and fled on foot. Rockford Police Officers and an […]
By Chris Johnson Reporter MACHESNEY PARK – The Harlem Lady Huskies prepared for their NIC-10 clash with the Hononegah Lady Indians on Friday, Jan. 8, by competing outside of the conference against some of the toughest programs in the State. After closing the 2015 portion of their winter sports schedule […]
By Margaret Downing Reporter LOVES PARK – At the Jan. 4 Loves Park City Council meeting an ordinance, second reading, “regulating development in floodplain areas” was approved per FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency) regulations. The ordinance “is enacted pursuant to the police powers granted to this city by the Illinois […]
LOVES PARK – On Tuesday, Dec. 29, at about 11:20 p.m., Loves Park officers were dispatched to a traffic crash in the 1800 block of Harlem Road, near the intersection with N. Alpine Road. A driver eastbound on Harlem Road left the south side of the roadway and crashed into […]
By Bob Balgemann Reporter MACHESNEY PARK – Harlem and Hononegah will take their sports rivalry – this time in boys varsity bowling – to Forest Hills Lanes this afternoon (Thursday) with first place in the NIC-10 at stake. The Huskies and Indians brought identical 6-0 records into the first week […]
ROCKFORD – The State of Illinois recently officially recognized Walmart and the Walmart Foundation for its contributions to Northern Illinois Food Bank, specifically citing the more than $500,000 donated to Northern Illinois Food Bank in the last five years. State Representative John M. Cabello (68th District – Machesney Park), who […]