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By Marianne Mueller, REPORTER Purely spooky Halloween fun came to life on Hononegah High School’s Performing Arts Center stage the weekend before Halloween. Directed by Matthew Mazur a cast, an ensemble and crew brilliantly unfolded this story layer by layer. Lighthearted fun and lots of laughs blended with lighter dramatic […]
By Chris Johnson, REPORTER The Fall Sports Season came to a close for the Belvidere Lady Bucs on Monday, Oct. 24, as they fell in the opening round of the IHSA Girls’ Class 3A Volleyball Regional to Freeport. The Lady Pretzels moved on to face two-seed Genoa-Kingston in the Belvidere […]
By Chris Johnson, REPORTER The Rockford Boylan, Lady Titans defeated the North Boone, Lady Vikings in the opening round of the IHSA Class 3A Girls’ Volleyball Regional in two sets, 25-13 and 25-8. The fact that the Big Northern participant had the opportunity to face one of the NIC-10’s perennial […]
By Chris Johnson, REPORTER With a defeat by the Crystal Lake South, Lady Gators on Thursday, Oct. 27, the Season came to a close for the Belvidere North, Lady Blue Thunder volleyball team. The 25-21, 25-22 losses in two sets closed the regular Season and activities on the court for […]
By Anne Eickstadt, REPORTER “The Trash or Treasure Event on Nov. 5, will be the perfect opportunity to finally find out how much your vintage and antique items are worth,” Anna Pivoras, of the Boone County Historical Museum (BCHM), said. “I think everyone has at least one or two things […]
By Anne Eickstadt, REPORTER “Our residents look forward to this event every year. They really look forward to seeing the costumes, handing out candy, and interacting with the children,” Jessica James of the Heritage Woods Assisted Living Facility said on Thursday, Oct. 27 as residents interacted with community youth for […]
By Kathryn Menue, EDITOR VFW Post 1461 of Belvidere gave back to two community organizations after the National Veterans of Foreign Wars awarded them with a special grant for such purposes. “We received a $1,000 grant to be used in our community from the national VFW,” VFW Post 1461 Commander […]
Tina R. Fritts, 54, of Roscoe, passed away Tuesday, Oct. 25, in her home, surrounded by her loving family. She was born on Nov. 24, 1961, in Belvidere, the daughter of Ray E. and Patricia M. (Etes) McCoy. She graduated from North Boone High School class of 1979. Later, she […]
By Bob Balgemann, REPORTER The Boone County City-County Coordinating Committee is one of seven standing committees of the County Board. This one consists of five members, each representing the Belvidere City Council and the County Board. Co-chairs are Alderman Dan Snow and County Board member Cathy Ward. The Committee deals […]
By Jean Seegers, REPORTER Rockton Township Historical Society members have been scouring their attics and barns in preparation for their annual fundraiser. On Saturday, Oct. 22, they hosted the “Trash to Treasures” rummage sale at the Rockton Township Historical Society Museum at 529 Green St. in Rockton. Doors opened at […]
