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By Bob Balgemann REPORTER The postseason is about to begin for the girls bowling teams at Belvidere and Belvidere North. Meanwhile, Belvidere North sophomore Justin Bragg came close but didn’t make it to Saturday’s final round of the boys’ state bowling tournament in downstate O’Fallon. He shot a six-game 1,210 […]
By Chris Johnson REPORTER The North Boone Vikings boys’ basketball team will look forward to the final weeks of regular season games with the hope of moving things along at the Class 2A State Playoffs the week of Monday, Feb. 20. There are seven games to be played before the […]
By Chris Johnson REPORTER The Belvidere Lady Bucs are 1-4 over the past two weeks of games and have got to find a way to get things right soon. Since a Tuesday, Jan. 17 win over the Jefferson Lady J-Hawks 41-35, Belvidere has dropped back-to-back-to-back games within the NIC-10. They […]
By Chris Johnson REPORTER The post-season is a few days away for North Boone and the Lady Vikings are hoping they can put together a plan for a new win streak. On Thursday, Jan. 19, North Boone topped Harvard 57-42. A day later, they defeated Rockford Christian 47-29. Since the […]
Margaret (Peggy) Blair, 71, passed away peacefully, in her Rockford home, with Paul, her husband of 55 years by her side, on Sunday, Jan. 22, after a lengthy illness. Peggy was born in Paris, Ill. on April, 1 1945 and later moved to Belvidere where she married her high school […]
Winnebago County State’s Attorney Joe Bruscato announces that Todd Smith, 49, was found guilty on January 25, 2017 of First Degree Murder, Concealment of a Homicidal Death, Aggravated Battery and Aggravated Domestic Battery after a jury trial in front of the Honorable Judge Fernando Engelsma. Smith was charged for the […]
By Chris Johnson REPORTER The wins have happened recently and at a rate much faster than what had been occurring for the boys’ basketball team at Belvidere North High School. The current win streak approaches three as the Blue Thunder get ready for a road game at Guilford on Friday, […]
By Bob Kopp BDR SPORTS CORRESPONDENT It must be the steady and strong yet civilly sensitive demeanor and reconciling determination of District 100’s new superintendent Dr. Dan Woestman coupled with the classy sideline leadership of North’s head coach David Loner and Bucs head coach Aaron Pearson and top assistant Nate […]
By Bob Balgemann REPORTER Six bridges located in the City of Belvidere will get their required inspections, sometime before June. City Public Works Director Brent Anderson brought that information to aldermen during the Monday, Jan. 9 committee of the whole meeting at city hall. Aldermen recommended approval of the cost, […]
Teen Teachers Kenzie Bialis, Whitley Freeman-Russell, Lindsey Rissman, and Faith Williams spend most of their after-school time volunteering to teach younger kids lessons on character education. They are Illinois 4-H teen teachers trained in the program Good Character Grows Here. Through literature-based lessons and hands-on activities, they were able to […]
