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By Bob Balgemann Reporter MACHESNEY PARK – Habitat for Humanity is an international organization that formed in the 1970s in Americus, Ga. It evolved from a group that decided poverty housing was an issue. More than 300,000 homes have been built in that time, with 108 of them in the […]
By Lisa Rodgers Reporter BOONE COUNTY- April 9 saw the local forecast change minute to minute. Weather Forecasters had been warning as early as April 4 that Thursday could develop into a dangerous storm system. The Weather Channel had us at a Torcon 6 or 60% likely hood of tornadoes […]
By Bob Balgemann Reporter BELVIDERE – The 13th Spring Art Scene was in evidence Friday and Saturday at 39 host businesses throughout the Rockford area. And this year it made its debut in downtown Belvidere, at the Locust Street Press, formerly the Eagle’s Club. Business owner Russell Caldwell contacted the […]
By Bob Balgemann Reporter BOONE COUNTY – A mixture of incumbents and newcomers have been elected to municipalities and school boards in Boone County. Among the incumbents returned to office, in contested races Tuesday, April 7, were village trustees Jeff Goings and Ron Quimby in Poplar Grove; Alderman Clayton Stevens […]
By Bob Balgemann Reporter MACHESNEY PARK – It has been said that most people around here are happy if their garbage is picked up on time and snow is cleared from their streets in a timely manner. The village is responsible for plowing residential streets with a private vendor collecting […]
By Bob Balgemann Reporter Third of 3 parts BELVIDERE – It’s been a while since there were organized tours of historic Belvidere Cemetery. Self-guided tours are still allowed and they continue to draw visitors. Plans are in the works to have another walk but they’re preliminary at this point. And […]
By Bob Balgemann Reporter POPLAR GROVE – It was temporary and it was separate. Now it will be in one location and available for viewing May 1. That’s the Boone County on the Move tribute, through walking and driving tours, to the county’s transportation history. Part of the exhibit was […]
By Bob Balgemann Reporter First of 3 parts BELVIDERE – Ida Public Library has scheduled a walking tour of historic homes on East Lincoln Avenue, beginning at 10 a.m. May 30, which is a Saturday. Jillian Fuller, director of the local history room at the library, said the tour will […]
By Lisa Rodgers Reporter BELVIDERE – “Born on Jan. 30, 1882, in Hyde Park, New York, Franklin D. Roosevelt was stricken with polio in 1921. He became the 32nd U.S. president in 1933, and was the only president to be elected four times. Roosevelt led the United States through the […]
By Margaret Downing Reporter LOVES PARK – After approval by aldermen at the March 23 Loves Park City Council meeting, Mayor Darryl Lindberg swore in the newest addition to the city’s police department. Jerry Pyfer is a 2006 graduate of Harlem High School and replaces a position left vacant in […]
