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By Margaret Downing Reporter LOVES PARK – At the Sept. 28 Loves Park City Council meeting, Mayor Darryl Lindberg declared Oct. 2-3 as “Oktoberfest Days – 51st Anniversary.” Toni Beck, president of the German Society of Rockford was present, dressed in authentic German garb as he does every year. Lindberg […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
