By Anne Eickstadt EDITOR On Dec. 24, Christmas Eve, Belvidere Fire was called to respond non-emergency to a report of an owl wrapped in discarded fishing line and hanging from a tree over the river. Belvidere Fire, aided by Boone County Animal Services, was able to work out a plan […]
By Marianne Mueller REPORTER Roscoe resident Melissa McCormick has an extensive business background and a strong faith; both leading her to opening a new page on her life journey. McCormick spent over 30 years working at Taylor Company in Rockton where she led a team as Senior Vice President […]
By Bob Balgemann REPORTER This year’s holiday break is over and that means the second half of the 2021-22 winter sports season is under way at Harlem. The Lady Huskies (8-5) came out of the Boylan Reindeer Games invitational, played Dec. 28-30, by winning two games in pool play. […]
Due to increased COVID cases in Ogle County and the Byron schools implementing an adaptive pause, all in-person programming at the library is on hold until Jan. 4. At that time we will reevaluate when programming can resume. The library is still open during normal hours for book browsing and […]