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County chairman hopes to appoint board member June 29

County chairman hopes to appoint board member June 29

By Bob Balgemann REPORTER After discussion, Boone County Board Chairman Bob Walberg said he hoped to recommend someone to fill a vacancy on the board at a special meeting June 29. At the board’s regular meeting June 15, he formally declared a vacancy on the board, following the May 12 […]

 
 

Country music great Martina McBride to perform at Boone County Fair

Country music great Martina McBride to perform at Boone County Fair

Four time CMA female vocalist of the year Martina McBride will headline the 2016 Boone County Fair, 8791 Route 76, which runs from Tuesday, Aug. 9 through Sunday, Aug. 14. Multiple Grammy nominee Martina McBride performs Saturday, Aug. 13 at 8 p.m. Hear her latest songs from her just released […]

 
 

McHenry Area Jaycees Day Fireworks!

McHenry Area Jaycees Day Fireworks!

McHenry Area Jaycees Day July Fireworks! Jaycees Day Fireworks Saturday, July 2 – Petersen Park Park opens at 4:00 PM – Fireworks at dusk      

 
 

2016 McHenry City Concert Schedule – Veterans Memorial Park – Thursdays at 7:30 p.m.

DATE PERFORMERS VENDORS June 23  Hans & the Hormones Sponsored by Buss Ford Culvers Restaurant  MJs Coffee Bar Chain O’Lakes Brewing Co. June 30  City Jazz Band Audience Request Night Little Chef & Riverside Chocolate Factory MJs Coffee Bar Chain O’Lakes Brewing Co. July 7  City Jazz Band Patriotic Night   […]

 
 

Day at Colby-Peterson Farm, June 26, 2016

  Mark your calendar for the City of McHenry’s annual Colby-Petersen Farm celebration on Sunday, June 26, at 4112 McCullom Lake Road, one mile West of Route 31. Co-sponsored by the McHenry Farm Bureau and Colby-Petersen Farm Foundation, admission and all activities are free.   This year’s event has the […]

 
 

Local police departments team together to make robbery arrest

Local police departments team together to make robbery arrest

On Wednesday, June 15, the Belvidere Police Department, Boone County Sheriff’s Office,Mchenry County Sheriff’s Office, Woodstock Police Department, and Federal Bureau Of Investigation (FBI) arrested a man on multiple counts of robbery and theft. Shawn M. Rank, 45, of Woodstock, was charged with two counts of robbery (class two felony) […]

 
 

Poplar Grove discusses dog park, community garden

Poplar Grove discusses dog park, community garden

By Bob Balgemann Reporter This village bills itself as “A Great Place to Call Home.” As such, village officials are trying to make it more than just a town in which people live and pay taxes. The most recent steps in attempts to make it a more diverse place were […]

 
 

Park concert series hosts Trinadora “U.S. Roots” concert

Park concert series hosts Trinadora “U.S. Roots” concert

By Matt Helm Reporter The Boone County Arts Council continued the 2016 Concerts in the Park series at the Baltic Mill Stage with live music from the band Trinadora on Sunday, June 12 at 6:30 p.m. “We do a variety of concerts ranging from an all Celtic program to a […]

 
 

Weekend events for Saturday, June 18 through Sunday, June 19

Weekend events for Saturday, June 18 through Sunday, June 19

    Saturday, June 18 Dennis Warner, a Minnesota nationally acclaimed singer-songwriter-guitarist in the folk and American tradition, will perform at Concerts on the Creek at Spring Creek UCC, located at 4500 Spring Creek Road in Rockford. The concert will begin at 7 p.m.  Doors open at 6 p.m.   […]

 
 

Sgt. P’s Lapghans for Veterans celebrates another milestone

Sgt. P’s Lapghans for Veterans celebrates another milestone

By Kathryn Menue Editor On Friday, June 10, Sgt. P’s Lapghans for Veterans celebrated their second anniversary by giving away their 1,000th lapghan at VFW Post 1461 in Belvidere. Founded on Flag Day, June 14, 2014, Sgt. P’s Lapghans started in honor of President and Founder Charlotte Kennedy’s father, WWII […]

 
 
 
 
 
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