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By Bob Balgemann Reporter BELVIDERE – Garden Prairie Organics (GPO) is asking the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to renew its operating permit for a landscape waste compost facility at 11887 U.S. 20 in unincorporated Garden Prairie. The EPA has allowed a window for comments and it will close March […]
By Bob Kopp Special Correspondent BELVIDERE – With the braintrust of parochial powerhouse Rockford Lutheran watching in the middle of the stands just behind the scorer’s table, the Bucs ended resurgent and relentless Freeport’s post-season hopes with a convincing victory in a game much closer than the final score 61-49 to set […]
By Tricia Goecks Editor Walking into the meeting room at the Public Safety Building for the graduation night of the Citizen Police Academy on March 4, the camaraderie between the academy’s participants and members of the Belvidere Police Department is obvious. The jokes and verbal jabs flow freely. The Citizen […]
By Bob Balgemann Reporter MACHESNEY PARK – Village officials have set the stage for discussing the proposed 2015-16 budget at a workshop Saturday morning at village hall. Village Administrator Tim Savage and Human Resources and Accounting Manager Michelle Johannsen gave village board members an overview of projected income and expenses […]
By Margaret Downing Reporter LOVES PARK – At the Feb. 23 Loves Park City Council meeting, aldermen, after some discussion denied approval of an ordinance, second reading, for a Class F (video gaming) license was denied. Alderman Mark Peterson noted that there was too much signage and windows were dirty […]
By Bob Trott Reporter MACHESNEY PARK – Program changes designed to bring the Harlem School District back to pre-2007 levels were approved at a regular school board meeting Monday, Feb. 23, with the exception of a restructuring of the human resources department, which was tabled. Prior to the vote on […]
LOVES PARK – Winnebago County State’s Attorney Joe Bruscato announced that on Feb. 19, 2015, Charles Weaver, 35, pled guilty to Aggravated Criminal Sexual Abuse in front of the Honorable Judge John Truitt. As part of his plea, Weaver was sentenced to 180 days in the Winnebago County Jail and 30 […]
By Bob Balgemann Reporter BELVIDERE – Winnebago County Board Chairman Scott Christiansen will be coming to Boone County soon, searching for funding to help defray the cost of the proposed $40-million hangar project at Chicago Rockford International Airport. He already has asked the village of Machesney Park and city of […]
By Bob Kopp Special Correspondent MACHESNEY PARK – Scoring 18 points against Hononegah as the Bucs hosted the Indians on Belvidere’s Senior Night on February 20 to lead a dramatic 44-43 season series sweep of the Indians, he led all scorers again with 18 points on Friday’s Senior Night at Harlem as the […]
By Bob Balgemann Reporter BOONE COUNTY – As public hearings continue on new setback requirements for wind turbines, Mainstream Renewable Power is continuing its opposition, saying the proposed rules would keep such projects out of Boone County. The second hearing will be held March 24, with the possibility of a […]
