By Pamela Rensing mascherald@heraldpubs.com The City of Mascoutah has announced its new Assistant City Manager. “After nearly two months of recruiting and reviewing, I have selected Kari D. Haas, our current City Clerk, as Mascoutah’s next Assistant City Manager,” stated City Manager Brad Myers. Haas replaces former Assistant City Manager Mike Bolt who accepted the…

By Ken DeCoster Rockford Register Star ROCKFORD — Fifty years after the Apollo 11 lunar landing, some of the region’s rocket scientists are recalling how the historic mission inspired them to work in the space program — and predicting that the U.S. will resume crewed space missions to the moon and beyond. Retired engineer Bob…

Holback Was On Recovery Team When Capsule Returned To Earth By Steve Rensberry Herald Publications rensberry@timestribunenews.com The 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon mission, which will occur on July 20, is receiving some well-deserved national attention as one of the great milestones in our country’s history. For one Illinois resident however — Kenneth Holback…