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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 […]
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 July Fireworks! Jaycees Day Fireworks Saturday, July 2 – Petersen Park Park opens at 4:00 PM – Fireworks at dusk
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 […]
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 […]
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) […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
