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By Kaila Olsen Reporter ROCKFORD – On Friday, Jan. 22, at 7 p.m., Belvidere North’s varsity basketball team faced off against Rockford’s Auburn Knights for a conference game at Auburn High School. The night’s game was the 16th match up between the Blue Thunder Boys and the Auburn Knights. Auburn […]
BOONE COUNTY – Boone County State’s Attorney Michelle Courier announced on Thursday, Jan. 21 that Kelsey Rogers, 35, of Rockford, was sentenced to seven years in the Illinois Department of Corrections for drug delivery charges. On April 30, 2015, and May 1, 2015, Rogers sold a substance containing less than […]
Courtesy of Bob Ryder Veterans Assistance Commission BELVIDERE – Four thousand dollars in cash and dozens of gift certificates were donated by area residents and businesses to help Boone County veterans during the first annual Bowl for Veterans event held Saturday, Jan. 2 at Dodge Lanes in Belvidere. “I was […]
By Emily Hanlin Winnebago-Boone Farm Bureau BELVIDERE – Bailey Hart, of Belvidere, has lived in town her whole life. She never had connections to the farm until she met Emily Irwin in the 6th grade. Emily is the daughter of Mark and Melissa Irwin. The Irwin family operates a dairy […]
Thurs., Jan. 28 The Quilt Exhibit will be now through Feb. 29 at the Woodstock Opera house. Nine antique quilts from the McHenry County Historical Society’s collection will be on display. The quilts, dating from the 1860s through 1950s, are available for public viewing from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. […]
On Thurs., Jan. 14, the McHenry County Sheriff’s Office took a missing juvenile report from a residence in unincorporated Woodstock. The parents of a missing female reported that their daughter left the residence sometime during the overnight hours of Wed., Jan. 13, into Thurs., Jan. 14. Through the course […]
A 17-year-old remains in critical condition Tuesday after a single vehicle crash Mon. evening in unincorporated Richmond Township. Preliminary investigation indicated that on Mon., around 9:05 p.m., a 2007 Toyota Matrix was northbound in the 7400 block of Pioneer Road, south of West Solon Road, in unincorporated Richmond, when […]
By Bob Balgemann Reporter BOONE COUNTY – Belvidere and Belvidere North each will be represented by one bowler Friday and Saturday (Jan. 29 through Jan. 30) at the state tournament in downstate O’Fallon. Belvidere senior Larry Tripamer recorded a six-game 1,374 series, averaging 229 per outing. That put him in […]
By Lisa Rodgers Reporter SPRINGFIELD- “For democracy to work, citizens need access to the information about what government does,” Mindy Ruckman, of Illinois Policy Institute wrote in an article entitled: “Local Transparency Project.” “Proactive transparency is the best way to educate society about the actions of government.” “Proactive government transparency […]
By Lisa Rodgers Reporter ILLINOIS- “…to ensure that the actions of public bodies are taken openly and that their deliberations are conducted openly,” page one of the 2016 OMA training. (5 ILCS 120/) Open Meetings Act is also referred to as OMA. The following contains only a portion of the […]
