Post-Journal

Huskies Win Thriller against Belvidere North

Huskies Win Thriller against Belvidere North

By Chris Anderson Reporter MACHESNEY PARK – If there was a Harlem football game you were going to miss this year, the game between the Huskies and the visiting Blue Thunder on Sept. 25 wasn’t it. This match-up had the 3-1 Belvidere North Blue Thunder, ranked number 8 in 6A, […]

 
 

A Hecox family tradition continued

A Hecox family tradition continued

By Shelby R. Farrell Reporter MACHESNEY PARK – While the Hecox brothers from Machesney Park are known for throwing people down on the wrestling mat, one brother was awarded for lifting people up. Mayor Jerry Bolin recognized Kailor Hecox, a 2015 Harlem High School graduate and student at Olivet Nazarene […]

 
 

POWs/MIAs remembered at ceremony: ‘We refuse to forget’

POWs/MIAs remembered at ceremony: ‘We refuse to forget’

By Margaret Downing Reporter LOVES PARK – As has been the custom for a number of years, the Rockford Charter Chapter VietNow held its annual “National POW/MIA Recognition” event at the Loves Park city hall complex Sept. 18. Due to inclement weather turnout wasn’t as large as anticipated but attendance […]

 
 

City of Loves Park hires newest police officer

City of Loves Park hires newest police officer

By Margaret Downing Reporter LOVES PARK – At the Sept. 14 Loves Park City Council meeting, aldermen welcomed the city’s newest police officer. A resolution was passed authorizing the mayor to hire Chad Palmer as a Loves Park Police Officer effective Sept. 21. Palmer fills a vacancy left by Third […]

 
 

Donuts with dads at Harlem Middle School

By Shelby R. Farrell Reporter LOVES PARK – Instead of their usual morning routines, over 100 students and their father figures gathered at Harlem Middle School for donuts and coffee. Harlem Middle School encouraged father involvement by inviting dads, uncles, grandfathers or any other significant male role models to an […]

 
 

CARRIE KILMAN Two arrested following road rage incident

CARRIE KILMAN  Two arrested following road rage incident

LOVES PARK – On Monday, Sept. 7, at about 9:15 p.m., a Loves Park officer stopped a motorist after observing the vehicle go through a red light on E. Riverside Blvd. at N. Second St. The driver of the vehicle, Joseph A. Palumbo, 30, of Rockford, told the officer that […]

 
 

KAREN ISAACSON Milledgeville woman arrested on DUI charges, stolen vehicle

KAREN ISAACSON  Milledgeville woman arrested on DUI charges, stolen vehicle

LOVES PARK – On Saturday, Sept. 5, at about 3:10 a.m. a Loves Park police officer observed a vehicle southbound in the northbound lanes of the 4700 block of N. Second St. The driver made a U-turn and headed back northbound on N. Second St., before turning into a gas […]

 
 

City receives a beautiful gift from area ‘shipbuilder’

City receives a beautiful gift from area ‘shipbuilder’

By Margaret Downing Reporter LOVES PARK – The City of Loves Park received a one-of-a-kind donation recently that is now on display in the main entrance area of the city hall complex. Ron Ramlow of Cherry Valley built the ship replica of an English frigate called the Fairfax (1650-1653) and […]

 
 

Stenstrom Excavation gets okay to due water main break repairs

By Margaret Downing Reporter LOVES PARK – At the Aug. 24 Loves Park City Council meeting aldermen approved a resolution authorizing a contract to Stenstrom Excavation Blacktop of Rockford for asphalt paving repairs on city streets due to water main breaks. Stenstrom was the lowest bidder at a cost not […]

 
 

Harlem Huskies take season opener, 39-29

Harlem Huskies take season opener, 39-29

By Chris Anderson Reporter ROCKFORD – The Harlem Huskies opened their 2015 NIC-10 campaign on the road by facing Guilford at Swanson Stadium on Aug. 28. The Huskies got off to a fast start as junior quarterback Trent Wiley punched the ball in for two touchdowns and found senior wideout Kody Sprung for […]

 
 
 
 
 
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