Rock the Dam concert series approved
Youth, adult battle of the bands to begin in July by BETH ALTENA Rockford City Council unanimously approved a new music event to debut this […]
Month: March 2011
Young entrepreneur offers state-of-the-art floatation therapy
Member of old Rockford family brings a first to town by BETH ALTENA Thirty-year-old Lucas Harger is no stranger to Rockford. The 1999 Rockford grad […]
Special Olympics basketball tournaments well received
The Special Olympics State Basketball championships held in Rockford on Friday, March 19 and Saturday, March 20 brought thousands of people to Rockford and may […]
Herman’s Boy Floyd returns from Florida vacation with new employee in tow
Se habla español? Now everyone knows that Floyd Havemeier, of Rockford’s Herman’s Boy, likes to keep his thumb on the pulse of Rockford. (Huge understatement!) […]
MAIN STREET by Roger Allen, publisher
“Rockford is the Humor Capital of the World” Don’t miss it! Since Rockford is the Humor Capital of the World, we celebrate with an annual […]
THE TAX ATTIC with Jerry Coon
Rules for owning two residences It’s time to review the rules for taxpayers who are unlucky enough to own two residences at the same time. […]
BIRTHDAYS—April 2–8
2nd Mary Lou Mawby, Audlane Pedley 3rd Loretta Berg, Mary Dodds, Seth Hodges, Peyton James, Hannah Oostdyk-Howard 4th Walter Baranowski, Marianna Inchauste, Vic Palmer, Shirley Sherwood 5th Sandy Dryer, Jean Moore, Angela Thompson 6th Emily […]
Parkside students visit Busy Bee classroom
Mrs. Linsley’s second-grade students at Parkside Elementary, read to the Busy Bee students in Mrs. VeltKamp’s class. Pictured are (l–r) Katie Rodriguez, Camdyn Patzer and […]