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By Wanda Cacciatore Byron Women’s Club BYRON – A summer of planning for the Byron Women’s Club Stepping Into Autumn major fundraiser was completed with the Sunday, Sept. 27 event. The beautiful setting of the Byron Prairie View Pavilion was transformed into an Autumn scene as guests entered the dining room featuring […]
Since becoming a University of Illinois Extension Master Gardener in 2007, Kathy Michel has been a dedicated, reliable, and tireless volunteer for the Ogle County Master Gardener program. She has exhibited enthusiasm for all activities related to the Master Gardener mission of “Helping Others Learn to Grow.” Kathy is involved […]
Construction has begun on a new building behind the Family Dollar. The Athletic Edge Sports Center will be a place where people can come to practice most sports on the hardwood or turf.
By Carrie Brockway Principal Pecatonica Elementary School PECATONICA – What a special day we had at school on Wednesday, Sept. 30! We all dressed for success and two local television stations were here to cover our celebratory dance assembly. The students all sang our traditional “THANK YOU” song to the […]
By Bob Kopp BDR Sports Correspondent BELVIDERE – The smallest school with the biggest heart in the NIC-10 did it again as expected. Knocking the conference’s largest school off its undefeated pedestal before a packed homecoming crowd, Belvidere followed last week’s 14-7 thumping of now previously undefeated and second largest […]
By Shelby R. Farrell Reporter BOONE COUNTY – The officers, deputies, and sheriffs who work countless days and nights to keep the county safe will be by the state’s budget crisis. At Boone County’s Special Finance, Taxation, and Salaries Committee Budget Hearings on Sept. 30 and Oct. 1, the committee […]
Elementary schools Monday, Oct. 12-Columbus Day. No School. Tuesday, Oct. 13-French toast sticks and sausage with syrup, baked chicken patty sandwich, fiesta salad with roll, baked tater tots, crispy romaine, cucumber wheels, chilled applesauce, chilled diced peaches, and a variety of milk. Wednesday, Oct. 14-Pepperoni pizza, spaghetti with sauce and […]
By Kathryn Menue Editor BELVIDERE – Concordia Lanes, located at 1205 Logan Ave. in Belvidere, hosts the junior bowling league where children can come each week to enhance their bowling skills. Concordia Lanes has four different categories based upon age and skill. As of right now, Concordia Lanes does not […]
POPLAR GROVE – The Daughters of the American Revolution’s Asa Cottrell Chapter of Boone County will be joining EAA on Oct. 11 for our Veterans’ Breakfast to recognize our veterans, particularly those who served in the Vietnam War. The DAR has a long history of supporting veterans, and they will […]
CHERRY VALLEY – On Tuesday, Oct. 6, shortly after 9 p.m., Patrol Officers from the Cherry Valley Police Department responded to residence in the 700 block of Clayton St., in reference to a home invasion. The female victim told officers that she heard her unlocked front door open and thought […]
