By Bob Balgemann Reporter There were lots of hurts in the village during 2020, a mostly hard to believe year that came to a close today. But through it all the spirit of giving that has been in evidence around here for a very long time was still alive, helping […]
By Bob Balgemann Reporter Lori Mitchell has been a resident of the village for a long time and over those years spent many years serving the public. For 20 years she worked for Harlem School District 122, coordinating staff and community relations. She retired in 2004 but after one year […]
The Rockton Lions Club gave a $9,000 donation to an amazing facility, the Center for Sight & Hearing (CHA), with the shared goals of helping others. Thank you to all the Rockton Lions members, community members and travelers who just stopped by Fibs to eat and stayed for the Lions […]
The annual Pecatonica High School Food Drive has become a tradition that leads to a little bit of competition among the classes, a library teeming with canned and boxed food items, and a building full of young adults who get to witness how a small act of kindness, when performed […]
Thank you to Chief Dave, Cameron, Bif and the Win-Bur -Sew Fire Department for filling up the ice rink on a cold windy Monday! The water is starting to freeze. Please wait to get on the rink until it is completely frozen! The rink is open 7 days a week […]
By Anne Eickstadt EDITOR The Feed the Need donations made to the Belvidere Police Department by generous members of the community were delivered to locations that, despite the pandemic, still remain open to provide food for members of the community. The VAC of Boone County was happy to accept the […]
By Bob Balgemann REPORTER Two weeks before the Dec. 21 city council meeting Ida Public Library wasn’t going to get the 2.52-percent increase, or $18,301, it had requested in its 2020-21 tax levy. That happened because council on Dec. 7 voted 7-2, with one absent, to keep the city levy […]