Archive for: December, 2016

Lady Indians Roll Through Season Openers

By Chris Johnson, REPORTER  The first full week of the high school sports winter season is long in the books for the Hononegah Lady Indians and they find themselves exactly where many pundits felt they would be, leading the NIC-10 and sitting with a perfect mark. The season opening tournament […]

 
 

Belvidere Fire Department responds to house fire

Belvidere Fire Department responds to house fire

By Kathryn Menue EDITOR On Friday, Nov. 25, the Belvidere Fire Department received a call at 10:43 a.m. for a house fire at 616 E. Pleasant St. in Belvidere. The house fire occurred in a single-family residence while the owner wasn’t home. “Neighbors noticed smoke coming from the home and […]

 
 

.500 start beginning for Belvidere North

By Chris Johnson REPORTER Belvidere North is doing what has to be done already. The Lady Blue Thunder team knows they, along with many other programs, could still chase the Hononegah Lady Indians and more than likely, the Rockford Boylan Lady Titans all the way until February. Looking at their […]

 
 

Youth bowlers continue to rack up points at Concordia Lanes

By Kathryn Menue EDITOR Local youth found solace from the thunderstorms on Monday, Nov. 28 by heading to Concordia Lanes, located at 1205 Logan Ave. in Belvidere. The rainy evening didn’t damper the bowlers’ spirits as they racked up even higher scores than in previous weeks. In the Bantams league, […]

 
 

Thunder, Bucs to meet as NIC-10 bowling season begins

By Bob Balgemann REPORTER The Belvidere-Belvidere North rivalry will return to the bowling alley Friday, Dec. 2 as the 2016-17 conference season gets under way. North won both the boys and girls matches last year. The Blue Thunder won two of three games for an overall 76-pin victory, 3,661 to […]

 
 

Lady Bucs brace for NIC-10

By Chris Johnson REPORTER A good balance of junior and senior athletes makes up this year’s squad of Belvidere Lady Bucs. Many of the seniors now playing grew up in a system where the team around them in their final year of high school is made up of the same […]

 
 

Belvidere Area Chamber of Commerce host after hours chili competition

Belvidere Area Chamber of Commerce host after hours chili competition

By Anne Eickstadt REPORTER The aroma of chili filled the Community Building Complex of Boone County, located at 111 W. First St. in Belvidere, on the evening of Thursday Nov. 17. Twenty-seven competitors all vied for the coveted chili cook-off trophy with their secret-family recipes or their super-spicy-hotter-than-anyone’s entry. The […]

 
 

Hononegah Moves to Front in Crystal Lake

By Chris Johnson, REPORTER  A lot of movement was reported in eastern McHenry and western Lake County over the past week, as high school sports moves from season-to-season. The Hononegah Indians moved people out of their way as they worked to a perfect season-opening mark. The host school found itself […]

 
 

Hononegah Students Make an Impact on Homeless at Carpenter’s Place

Hononegah Students Make an Impact on Homeless at Carpenter’s Place

On Tuesday, Nov. 22 Seniors from Hononegah High School Student Council delivered a very large collection of household and personal care items they collected for homeless men and women at Carpenter’s Place. Gretchen Milner and Kasey Keating, teachers and Class of 2017 Advisers, accompanied the students on the bus ride […]

 
 

New Petition to Build Asphalt Plant Going Before County Board

 By Marianne Mueller, REPORTER  In July, standing room only, crowds of area residents came out in strong opposition to a proposed asphalt plant. In that proposal petitioner Robert Schlichting requested the annexation of 42 acres to the Village of Rockton to be zoned as industrial use on the property of […]

 
 
 
 
 
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