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Statehouse News: Democratic county chairmen confident in 2012 prospects

By Andrew Thomason Illinois Statehouse News SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Partisan turmoil in Washington, D.C., and here isn’t discouraging Illinois Democratic faithfuls’ confidence
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August 18, 2011 | Also published in Happening Now> Statehouse News | 1 Comment

July Illinois home sales up 18.4 percent from a year ago

Online Staff Report SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — According to the Illinois Association of REALTORS (IAR) latest report, statewide home sales (including single-family
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August 18, 2011 | Also published in Happening Now> Statehouse News | Comments (0)

Winnebago County tourism spending up 9.6 percent, exceeding statewide growth rate

Online Staff Report According to new figures released by the State of Illinois, visitor spending in Winnebago County increased 9.6 percent
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August 17, 2011 | Also published in Happening Now> Local News | Comments (0)

Witness in Barmore shooting guilty of three unrelated counts of disorderly conduct

Online Staff Report Winnebago County State’s Attorney Joe Bruscato announced Aug. 17 that Marissa L. Brown, 19, was found guilty
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August 17, 2011 | Also published in Happening Now> Local News | Comments (0)

Morgan Street Bridge to be closed for construction for two years beginning Aug. 18

Online Staff Report Beginning Thursday, Aug. 18, the Morgan Street Bridge will be closed for two years to all traffic
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August 17, 2011 | Also published in Happening Now> Local News | Comments (0)

Rockford Board of Election Commissioners executive director to retire Sept. 9

Online Staff Report Nancy Strain, executive director of the Rockford Board of Election Commissioners, has announced her retirement effective Sept.
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August 17, 2011 | Also published in Happening Now> Local News | Comments (0)

Aug. 19 deadline for Sept. 10 Durand Biker Bash and Chili Shoot Out

Online Staff Report DURAND, Ill. — Deadline to enter the Sept. 10 Durand Biker Bash and Chili Shoot Out chili
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August 17, 2011 | Also published in Happening Now> Vibe Entertainment | Comments (0)

TV’s ‘The Biggest Loser’ hosts contestant search in Chicago Aug. 20

Online Staff Report CHICAGO — NBC’s popular reality series The Biggest Loser is launching a 13-city, cross-country search to find new
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August 17, 2011 | Also published in Happening Now> Regional News | Comments (0)

Park District hosts volunteer open house Aug. 23

Online Staff Report Rockford Park District will host a volunteer open house at 9 a.m., Tuesday, Aug. 23, in the board
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August 16, 2011 | Also published in Happening Now> Local News | Comments (0)

Free event Aug. 18 offers information about 25th CROP Hunger Walk

Online Staff Report Learn how the CROP Hunger Walk helps people in Haiti, and around the world, and pick up sponsor
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August 16, 2011 | Also published in Happening Now> Local News | Comments (0)

Five area non-profits named finalists in $15,000 office technology makeover contest

Online Staff Report Five area non-profit organizations have been named finalists in RK Dixon’s $15,000 office technology makeover contest. Careers, Etc., GiGi’s
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August 16, 2011 | Also published in Happening Now> Local News | Comments (0)

Still time to enter sweepstakes for free groceries for a year from Illinois Farm Families

Online Staff Report BLOOMINGTON, Ill. — Tens of thousands of Illinois consumers have learned that a chance to win “Free Groceries
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August 16, 2011 | Also published in Happening Now> Living | 1 Comment

Chicago Rockford International Airport Board hires search firm to fill executive director position

Online Staff Report The Greater Rockford Airport Authority (GRAA) Board of Commissioners announced it has hired a search firm to find
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August 15, 2011 | Also published in Happening Now> Local News | Comments (0)

Kelly Steward & Band concludes Sinnissippi’s free summer concert series Aug. 16

Online Staff Report Kelly Steward & Band will perform in this year’s final Sounds of Summer free concert at Sinnissippi Park
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August 15, 2011 | Also published in Happening Now> Vibe Entertainment | Comments (0)

Two Beloit, Wis., residents arrested for possession of $1.4 million worth of cocaine

Online Staff Report Illinois State Police District 16 state troopers, in conjunction with the State Line Area Narcotics Team (SLANT),
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August 15, 2011 | Also published in Happening Now> Local News | Comments (0)

Rock Valley College hosts Aug. 16 open house for Karl J. Jacobs Center for Science and Math

Online Staff Report Rock Valley College (RVC) will host an open house for the opening of the Karl J. Jacobs Center
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August 15, 2011 | Also published in Happening Now> Local News | Comments (0)

Aug. 17 Holistic Moms Network meeting explores probiotics

Online Staff Report The Holistic Moms Network will hold its monthly meeting from 7 to 9 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 17, at
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August 15, 2011 | Also published in Happening Now> Living | Comments (0)

Aug. 19 deadline for Monroe Arts Center photography contest

Online Staff Report MONROE, Wis. — Monroe Arts Center (MAC) is focusing on your best shots. Enter your photographs of favorite
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August 15, 2011 | Also published in Happening Now> Regional News> Vibe Entertainment | Comments (0)

Energy Fair Aug. 13-14 at Ogle County Fairgrounds in Oregon, Ill.

Online Staff Report The 10th Anniversary Illinois Renewable Energy and Sustainable Lifestyle Fair is set for Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 13-14,
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August 12, 2011 | Also published in Happening Now> Local News> Regional News | Comments (0)

Glory days of Harlem Amusement Park explored at Midway Village Aug. 13

Online Staff Report The glory days of Harlem Amusement Park — the sights and sounds of the 1920s — will be
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August 12, 2011 | Also published in Happening Now> Vibe Entertainment | Comments (0)

Rockford man arrested for delivery of crack cocaine, cannabis

Online Staff Report State Line Area Narcotics Team (SLANT) arrested a Rockford resident for delivery of crack cocaine and delivery of
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August 12, 2011 | Also published in Happening Now> Local News | Comments (0)

Loves Park man arrested on cannabis charges

Online Staff Report State Line Area Narcotics Team (SLANT), in conjunction with Loves Park Police, arrested a Loves Park man
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August 12, 2011 | Also published in Happening Now> Local News | 1 Comment

Rockford Rescue Mission in urgent need of meat donations

Online Staff Report Rockford Rescue Mission is running out of meat — beef, poultry and pork — and is issuing a
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August 12, 2011 | Also published in Happening Now> Local News | Comments (0)

Two arrested after police investigation reveals cannabis operation

Online Staff Report Members of the Rockford Police Department’s Narcotics Unit received information that the occupants of 1506 Garden Court were
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August 12, 2011 | Also published in Happening Now> Local News | Comments (0)

Bookerfest features live entertainment Aug. 13-14 at Booker Washington Center

Online Staff Report Booker Washington Center is hosting Bookerfest from 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 13-14, on
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August 12, 2011 | Also published in Happening Now> Vibe Entertainment | Comments (0)

Kaitlyn Mary Miller Memorial Golf Outing Aug. 12 at Swan Hills

Online Staff Report Friday, Aug. 12, Keith Country Day School and the Miller family will host the Fourth Annual Kaitlyn
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August 11, 2011 | Also published in Happening Now> Local News | Comments (0)

‘Race for Hunger’ events benefit Rock River Valley Food Pantry

Online Staff Report Windsor Auto Sales in Loves Park, Ill., is hosting several “Race for Hunger” events to support the Rock
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August 11, 2011 | Also published in Happening Now> Local News | Comments (0)

Aug. 12 event at Katie’s Cup focuses on preventing malaria

Staff Report The public is invited to hear the story Little Things Make a Big Difference: A Story about Malaria at
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August 11, 2011 | Also published in Happening Now> Local News | Comments (0)

Man arrested, charged with first-degree murder for Jan. 22 shooting death

Online Staff Report Antwan T. Maxey, 26, was arrested Aug. 10 and charged with first-degree murder for the Jan. 22 shooting
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August 11, 2011 | Also published in Happening Now> Local News | Comments (0)

Police arrest Chicago man after heroin, crack cocaine found in search of 11th Street apartment

Online Staff Report Members of the Rockford Police Department’s Narcotics Unit received information that crack cocaine and heroin were being sold
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August 10, 2011 | Also published in Happening Now> Local News | Comments (0)

New law requires employers to give unclaimed paychecks to state treasurer after one year

Online Staff Report SPRINGFIELD — Illinois Treasurer Dan Rutherford is pleased that House Bill 1560 was signed into law earlier this
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August 10, 2011 | Also published in Happening Now> Statehouse News | Comments (0)

Dairy Queen to donate at least $1 from every Aug. 11 Blizzard sale to Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals

Online Staff Report Thursday, Aug. 11, at least $1 from every Blizzard Treat sold at a Dairy Queen will be donated
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August 10, 2011 | Also published in Happening Now> Local News | Comments (0)

Lottery winner revealed: David Ellis of Rockford wins $1,000 a week for life

Online Staff Report A Rockford resident who works at a local gum packing facility has become the newest winner of the
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August 10, 2011 | Also published in Happening Now> Local News | Comments (0)

Volunteers needed for Aug. 13-14 Renewable Energy and Sustainable Lifestyle Fair

Online Staff Report Organizers of the Aug. 13-14 Illinois Renewable Energy and Sustainable Lifestyle Fair are in search of volunteers to
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August 10, 2011 | Also published in Happening Now> Local News | Comments (0)

School board rehires 10 of 99 paraprofessionals laid off in July, libraries to be open five days a week

Online Staff Report Rockford Board of Education voted 5-2 Tuesday, Aug. 9, to rehire 10 of the 99 paraprofessionals who were
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August 10, 2011 | Also published in Happening Now> Local News | Comments (0)

Fire Department responds to house fire on Sandy Hollow, no injuries reported

Online Staff Report The Rockford Fire Department was dispatched to 916 Sandy Hollow Road at 12:23 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 9, for
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August 9, 2011 | Also published in Happening Now> Local News | Comments (0)

Rockford man arrested for delivery of heroin

Online Staff Report The State Line Area Narcotics Team (SLANT) arrested a Rockford resident for delivery of heroin. Travis Walton, 45,
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August 9, 2011 | Also published in Happening Now> Local News | Comments (0)

Rockford Public Schools: Picketers to protest paraprofessional layoffs prior to Aug. 9 school board meeting

Online Staff Report American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 692 will hold an informational picket from 6:15
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August 9, 2011 | Also published in Happening Now> Local News | Comments (0)

Second Rockford man wins cash for life from Illinois Lottery

Online Staff Report A Rockford man is the newest grand-prize winner in the Illinois Lottery’s Cash for Life instant game series. A
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August 9, 2011 | Also published in Happening Now> Local News | Comments (0)

Police look for clues in Aug. 8 homicide on Rockford’s west side

Online Staff Report At 11:05 p.m., Monday, Aug. 8, Rockford police officers responded to the 2900 block of West State Street
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August 9, 2011 | Also published in Happening Now> Local News | Comments (0)

Police recover thousands of dollars in stolen property

Online Staff Report During the week of Aug. 1, Rockford police detectives, Day Shift M-3 Streets Team, along with detectives of
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August 9, 2011 | Also published in Happening Now> Local News | Comments (0)

State Comptroller announces partnership with animal adoption centers

Online Staff Report Illinois Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka joined dozens of adoptable dogs Aug. 9 in Rockford, Milan and Peoria to
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August 9, 2011 | Also published in Happening Now> Local News> Statehouse News | Comments (0)

Poll shows Americans believe country doing badly, economy getting worse and debt-limit bill ‘benefits the rich’

Online Staff Report A CNN poll released Aug. 8 showed 75 percent believe the country is doing badly and 60 percent
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August 8, 2011 | Also published in Happening Now> Nation & World | Comments (0)

Anti-abortion activists to take to Rockford streets Aug. 9 with graphic images

Online Staff Report Tuesday, Aug. 9, anti-abortion activists will line east-side roads in Rockford, holding pictures of preborn babies juxtaposed with
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August 8, 2011 | Also published in Happening Now> Local News | 1 Comment

CROP Hunger Walk informational event Aug. 9

Online Staff Report Julia Jones, associate director of Church World Service, the recipient of Rockford Area CROP Hunger Walk funds, will
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August 8, 2011 | Also published in Happening Now> Local News | Comments (0)

Manzullo, Schilling to ‘fly’ F-35 cockpit demonstrator Aug. 9 at Hamilton Sundstrand

Online Staff Report Two U.S. Congressional members from Illinois will participate in an F-35 cockpit demonstrator event from 10 to 11:45
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August 8, 2011 | Also published in Happening Now> Local News | Comments (0)

Hillcrest Animal Hospital to perform stem cell therapy on search-and-rescue dog

Online Staff Report The first veterinary hospital in Rockford to perform animal stem cell therapy in-clinic will try to help a
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August 8, 2011 | Also published in Happening Now> Living | Comments (0)

Lawsuit filed in farming electrocution near Tampico, Ill.

Online Staff Report Late Aug. 4, the father of Hannah Kendall, 14, who was electrocuted while de-tassling corn on a farm
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August 5, 2011 | Also published in Happening Now> Regional News | Comments (0)

Housing market still slumping in Illinois

By Andrew Thomason Illinois Statehouse News SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — The scenery on a walk through the neighborhoods surrounding Illinois’ Capitol building is
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August 5, 2011 | Also published in Happening Now> Statehouse News | Comments (0)

Center for Learning in Retirement holds annual meeting Aug. 10

Online Staff Report The Rock Valley College (RVC) Center for Learning in Retirement will host its annual meeting from 10 a.m.
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August 5, 2011 | Also published in Happening Now> Local News | Comments (0)


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