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Everyone in the community is invited to enjoy performances featuring dazzling displays of marching, percussion, color guard, and props as part of the Rockford Marching Invitational, hosted by our own Rockford High School Marching Band. The Invitational is a competition between various bands that have been invited to perform before judges. On Saturday, September 21, [...]
Teams begin to form as players anxiously await the season opener on September 21 Teams have formed, coaches have been selected and the children have signed up, just in time to throw the first pitch at the recently completed Nate Hurwitz Field, home of the West Michigan Miracle League. The West Michigan Miracle League [...]
‘It will be like a mini-mall’ Kimberly Smith, owner of Kimberly’s Boutique, 54 Courtland Street in downtown Rockford, has always had a knack for envisioning how things will work. She is moving her variety store, Squires Street Mercantile, from the location outside her back door to right next door, and will open a wall [...]
Terry Konkle – President Even though the new Rockford Area Museum has not officially opened, many things have happened in the building. Several Rockford Area Historical Society Board meetings have been held in the research room. In recent months the fundraising auction group under the leadership of Roger Humbert has been using the main [...]
Mr. Paul D. Kleynenberg, age 66, passed away Tuesday, September 10, 2013. He was born in Grand Rapids to Arthur and Jane (DeWeerd) Kleynenberg. Paul was a Marine Corps Veteran of Vietnam. He was a third generation water well driller and he owned and operated Paul Kleynenberg Wells for almost 40 years. Paul also enjoyed [...]
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