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Rockford Rams Varsity Hockey team closes out successful 2014/15 season
The Rockford Rams Varsity Hockey club ended the 2014/15 season with a solid playoff run. The Rams dismantled Grand Haven in the first round of the playoffs 9-4. Two days later, Rockford thumped...
View ArticleOne up and one down for Ram girls
In a week that was somewhat of a microcosm of the season as a whole, the varsity basketball team from Rockford fell to Grandville in another of a string of heart-breakers by a score of 51-49 on...
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EXPO says, ‘You are going to Mexico. For free.’ And you will win $500 in cash
By BETH ALTENA The EXPO doesn’t lie. It just doesn’t know who it is talking to. According to Rockford Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Linda Southwick, it is guaranteed, for sure, absolutely...
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Valley View Elementary Brainstormers!
Valley View Elementary recently held a two part assembly series put on by the Brainstormers! LLC. The Brainstormers have been working for 22 years to motivate, empower and encourage kids to be...
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Power Lifting
This is information on a young Rockford High School senior, Ian Bach, who just competed in his first Power Lifting meet. Ian is 18 years old and will graduate in June this year. The Power Lifting...
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PC approves final plan for Monroe Street condos.
By BETH ALTENA Sale of contaminated half-acre of city property included Passionate, even tearful comments against approving a 51-unit condominium development were heard by Rockford Planning...
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Rockford Chamber starts new decade with salute to the 2010s
The Rockford Chamber of Commerce ended the decade in style with an annual members dinner at Thousand Oaks the evening of Friday, January 17. The turnout was terrific for this event, beginning with a...
View ArticleTed Carlson Memorial Stadium to be renamed Carlson-Munger Stadium
In 1991, the RPS Board of Education dubbed the high school varsity stadium “Ted Carlson Memorial Stadium.” Its namesake Ted Carlson was not only a community member who served as a trustee on the...
View ArticleRHS assistant football coach, Brent Cummings, named varsity head football coach
With the recent retirement of longstanding Varsity Head Football Coach Ralph Munger, Rockford Public Schools began the formidable task of finding a new head football coach. These were big shoes to fill...
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Rockford HS choirs to return to “Olympics of Choir”
In July 2020, The Rockford High School Touring Choir will be competing alongside hundreds of the finest amateur choirs at the World Choir Games, considered the Olympics of Choir. This Saturday,...
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