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Candidates prepare for Belvidere School Board election

Candidates prepare for Belvidere School Board election

By Tricia Goecks Reporter BELVIDERE – When residents go to the polls on Tuesday, April 7, they will have the opportunity to vote for members of the Belvidere Community Unit School Board 100 board. On the ballot are Allison Reid-Niemiec, Michael Rathbun, Frank Marks, Holly Houk, Lynette Danzl-Tauer, Heather Sell-Wick […]

 
 

Plenty of reasons to vote in Tuesday’s consolidated election

Plenty of reasons to vote in Tuesday’s consolidated election

By Bob Balgemann Reporter BOONE COUNTY – There are no attention-getting offices to be filled in Tuesday’s consolidated election. Typically, fewer than 20 percent of the registered voters go to the polls. But there are plenty of reasons for Boone County voters to turn out this Tuesday. One of those […]

 
 

Belvidere police chief issues comprehensive annual report

Belvidere police chief issues comprehensive annual report

By Bob Balgemann Reporter BELVIDERE – Police Chief Jan Noble has issued a 67-page annual report that touches on everything from criminal activity, to the work of the VIPs, to controlling gangs and citing intersections around the city where the most crashes occurred. It was dedicated to former Deputy Chief […]

 
 

Alpine Road service drive to benefit from path project

Alpine Road service drive to benefit from path project

By Bob Balgemann Reporter MACHESNEY PARK – Service drives usually are in commercial or industrial areas. Their purpose is to make it easier for customers and clients to get to a particular building. Not so with the Alpine Road service drive. There only are houses along this short stretch of […]

 
 

County defers decision on future of jail sales tax increase

County defers decision on future of jail sales tax increase

By Bob Balgemann Reporter BELVIDERE – For years, the Boone County Board has voted annually to rebate property taxes needed to pay off bonds sold in 2000 to built a new jail. It wasn’t necessary to levy any taxes because voters in 1999 approved a half-penny increase in the local […]

 
 

Manley Motors breaks ground on its new home

Manley Motors breaks ground on its new home

By Tricia Goecks Reporter BELVIDERE – Manley Motors Ford Lincoln took a step forward its journey to its new home at the corner of State Street and Appleton Road in Belvidere with a groundbreaking ceremony on March 12. The company which first moved to Belvidere in 1917 announced last October […]

 
 

Poplar Grove museum preserves history, inspires

Poplar Grove museum preserves history, inspires

By Rhonda Mix Reporter POPLAR GROVE – The Poplar Grove Vintage Wings & Wheels Museum, located at 5151 Orth Road, attracts visitors from all over the world. Dedicated to pre-World War II transportation history, the museum sits on land attached to the Poplar Grove Airport. It features several early 20th […]

 
 

Boone County Health Department recognized for its efforts

Boone County Health Department recognized for its efforts

By Bob Balgemann Reporter BELVIDERE – The Boone County Health Department is getting high marks from the March of Dimes and Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) for a couple of its community programs. The March of Dimes likes the department’s program on becoming a mom so much that it’s […]

 
 

Flaming Monkeys look for success at Milwaukee Regional

Flaming Monkeys look for success at Milwaukee Regional

By Bob Balgemann Reporter BELVIDERE – It’s regional competition time again, with Boone County’s Flaming Monkeys robotics team slated to be in Milwaukee on Saturday for the first of two consecutive regional tournaments. The goal is to finish high enough there, or in Chicago in April, to reach the World […]

 
 

North Park Fire Dept. wants to add ambulance service

North Park Fire Dept. wants to add ambulance service

By Bob Balgemann Reporter MACHESNEY PARK – The North Park Fire Protection District wants to begin providing ambulance to the estimated 15,000 prople it serves. Voters will be asked April 7 to approve a property tax increase of up to .40 to allow the department to purchase two ambulances and […]

 
 
 
 
 
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