By Zach Yakey IDA PUBLIC LIBRARY/LOCAL HISTORY SPECIALIST In today’s Bizarre Belvidere, we will be moving out of the city a little and into the farmland of Belvidere Township and greater Boone County. Before that however, we have to take a trip out East. Professor William Stanley was born to […]
By Trenten Scheidegger CORRESPONDENT The Winnebago Indians bounced back with an impressive victory over the Byron Tigers on April 15. But first, the Indians split games with Auburn on April 13. As part of a doubleheader, the Indians beat Auburn 13-11 before falling 10-3 in the second game. […]
By Marianne Mueller REPORTER Sunny skies and warm temperatures set the perfect scene as families set up camp on the grounds of Willowbrook Middle school the evening of April 10. The South Beloit fire department rolled in to perform a prescribed controlled burn “Birds Grove Prairie” on the hillside, just […]
By Margaret Downing REPORTER At the April 15 Village of Machesney Park village board meeting, an area life saver was honored, plus a number of items were approved: *Village, county, and emergency services officials were on hand to recognize a young lady, Cassidy Davenport “for her act of kindness which […]
The Stillman Valley High School Environment Club has won the Hutchcroft Environmental Youth Award from the Keep Northern Illinois Beautiful Foundation. Keep Northern Illinois Beautiful (KNIB) is an affiliate of Keep America Beautiful, a leading national nonprofit organization that inspires and educates people to take action to improve and […]
By Trenten Scheidegger CORRESPONDENT The Belvidere North Blue Thunder baseball team picked up a trio of victories last week. With games against Guilford and Rockford East, the Blue Thunder rattled off a much-needed winning streak. Coming into the week, the Thunder had an overall record of just 2-6. A 7-3 […]
Members of Winnebago’s Winnovation, FIRST Robotics Team 1625, traveled to LaCrosse, Wis., to compete in the Seven Rivers Regional on April 5-6. Fifty-four teams gathered to compete in hopes of qualifying for the World Championships to be held in Houston, TX. Each team was scheduled for 10 qualifying […]