By Bob Balgemann Reporter BELVIDERE – Police Chief Jan Noble has issued a 67-page annual report that touches on everything from criminal activity, to the work of the VIPs, to controlling gangs and citing intersections around the city where the most crashes occurred. It was dedicated to former Deputy Chief […]
By Bob Balgemann Reporter MACHESNEY PARK – Service drives usually are in commercial or industrial areas. Their purpose is to make it easier for customers and clients to get to a particular building. Not so with the Alpine Road service drive. There only are houses along this short stretch of […]
By Doug Schroder Editor WINNEBAGO – It all started over 30 years ago when sometime in the mid 1970’s it was decided that students in FFA would drive their tractors to school on the last day before spring break. The tradition continued this year on Thursday, March 19, when 17 […]
By Bob Balgemann Reporter BELVIDERE – For years, the Boone County Board has voted annually to rebate property taxes needed to pay off bonds sold in 2000 to built a new jail. It wasn’t necessary to levy any taxes because voters in 1999 approved a half-penny increase in the local […]
ROCKTON – The 2015 Annual Awards Banquet is set to be one of the best in years. There is so much excellence to celebrate from 2014, and the Rockton Chamber always celebrates in style. The finalists for the Awards are an example of how great this event really is. The […]
By Tricia Goecks Reporter BELVIDERE – Manley Motors Ford Lincoln took a step forward its journey to its new home at the corner of State Street and Appleton Road in Belvidere with a groundbreaking ceremony on March 12. The company which first moved to Belvidere in 1917 announced last October […]
By Rhonda Mix Reporter POPLAR GROVE – The Poplar Grove Vintage Wings & Wheels Museum, located at 5151 Orth Road, attracts visitors from all over the world. Dedicated to pre-World War II transportation history, the museum sits on land attached to the Poplar Grove Airport. It features several early 20th […]
By Bob Balgemann Reporter BELVIDERE – The Boone County Health Department is getting high marks from the March of Dimes and Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) for a couple of its community programs. The March of Dimes likes the department’s program on becoming a mom so much that it’s […]
By Wanda Cacciatore Byron Women’s Club BYRON – The awarding of our Women’s Empowerment Scholarship is a special focus for the BWC. We will be awarding two $500 Scholarships to graduating female high school students or a women 18 years or older residing in the Byron area who wish to […]
By Bob Balgemann Reporter BELVIDERE – It’s regional competition time again, with Boone County’s Flaming Monkeys robotics team slated to be in Milwaukee on Saturday for the first of two consecutive regional tournaments. The goal is to finish high enough there, or in Chicago in April, to reach the World […]