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The lights and darks and the patched pieces sewn into Eldon’s Quilt represent good days, bad days, making the most of what’s at hand and piecing together what is available. That’s the story behind Eldon Korson, who today is a first-year student at Alma College, studying English with plans to someday teach at a university. [...]
by CLIFF AND NANCY HILL The Friends of the White Pine Trail are hosting the ninth annual New Year’s Resolution Walk at 10:00 a.m. on New Year’s Day, Friday, Jan. 1. Over the years, the annual New Year’s Day morning event has quietly built an ever-increasing number of participants who couldn’t think of a more [...]
The City of Rockford will buy the former 63rd District Court building at City Hall for 10 dollars and allow Kent County to lease a portion of it for up to 75 years. The Kent County Board of Commissioners approved the deal on Tuesday, Dec. 15, after Rockford City Council did late last month. “One [...]
The Rockford Fire Department received a $1,500 fire prevention grant recently from FM Global, a leading property insurer of the world’s largest businesses based in Johnston, R.I. FM Global representatives presented the award to assist with fire prevention activities in the community to help educate the community and reduce the number of fires. Among the fire [...]
Rockford resident PFC Evan Halstedt shows a copy of The Rockford Squire at Camp Normandy, Iraq. PFC Halstedt is stationed at Fort Lewis, Washington, and is currently in his second tour of duty in Iraq. He is the son of Richard and Karen Halstedt of Rockford.
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