By Anne Eickstadt Editor The Belvidere Fire Dept. was out in Belvidere Park over the course of three days to practice their cold-water rescues in the river. Firefighter/engineer Dan Drall is a certified rescue diver and was supervising the training. “Part of our yearly training, cold water rescue will include […]
By Bob Balgemann Reporter The new president of the Belvidere-Boone County Food Pantry board is going to municipalities around the county this month, asking for support of a united effort to reduce hunger, especially among children. His first stop was at the Jan. 2 Belvidere City Council meeting. Locally, one […]
By Bob Balgemann Reporter The new year only is a few weeks old, but the village of Machesney Park has a whole host of items on its “to do list.” Most of them are being carried over from 2017, when the village enjoyed a productive year on a number of […]