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By Bob Kopp BDR SPORTS CORRESPONDENT The NIC-10 may be among the most competitive conferences in Illinois with every team in contention for post-season laurels. A very talented, talkative to taunting, and young Jefferson flew into Belvidere to prove that point and flew away with a hard-fought 56-48 win to […]
By Anne Eickstadt REPORTER Several inches of snow made Santa feel right at home as the Poplar Grove Vintage Wings and Wheels Museum held their annual Visit with Santa on Sunday, Dec. 4. “This is the 10th year that we have had Santa at the museum,” Judi Zangs, Museum General […]
By Bob Balgemann REPORTER There will be elections April 4, 2017 for the Belvidere City Council, mayor, city clerk, and city treasurer; village boards, township boards, and school boards in Boone County. However, qualifying periods vary, with one of them already having been held and even that only is partially […]
On Monday, Nov. 21, Boone County Council on Aging Director Joe Fortmann, and staff members, June Doty, Cindy Mathison, and Rachel Vinciguerra, accepted a check from Shopko Store Manager Jaimie Little in the amount of $1,000. The check was awarded as a result of a grant request written by Project […]
Marybeth Brauns, an 8th grade student at Meridian Junior High in Stillman Valley, has been named to the All- Illinois Junior Band (aijb.org). She is one of five junior flutists selected from the state of Illinois and will participate in the All-Illinois Junior Band Concert on Jan. 13 at the […]
By Doug Schroder Editor Two separate events took place in Byron on Friday, Dec. 2, to kick off the Christmas season. The first was Canadian Pacific Holiday Train stop that took place at 1 p.m. This is the eighteenth year the railroad has had the Holiday Train. As in years […]
The Winnebago Police Department conducted enforcement from November 14-27, reminding motorists to buckle up and not drive impaired, both day and night, during the Click It or Ticket mobilization. The Winnebago Police Department joined other state and local law enforcement agencies across Illinois to reduce highway fatalities by cracking down […]
Members of the Pecatonica High School Band, under the direction of band instructor Neal Shippy, dedicated their time on Saturday, Dec. 3, to offer holiday music to visitors of the 2016 Pecatonica Christmas Walk. They were (L-R) Ashley Lansing, Taylor Schulz, Amanda Braun, Emily Freiburger, Emily Bullock, Isaac Erntzen, Jenna […]
Over 215 tons of tires collected in support of mosquito reduction strategy Illinois EPA Acting Director Alec Messina has announced the completion of used tire removal actions that included ten Northwestern Illinois counties in the Rockford region. The collections were part of Illinois’ plan to reduce the threat of mosquito-borne […]
By Chris Johnson REPORTER A great opportunity presented itself to the Belvidere boys’ basketball sophomore-representatives as they were invited to participate in the season-opening Pecatonica Thanksgiving Turkey Tourney, a usually exclusive varsity tournament. The going hasn’t been the best, so far in the week long tournament, as Belvidere carried a […]
