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By Bob Balgemann REPORTER Some Boone County Board members didn’t necessarily agree with one particular referendum. However, they were in support of letting voters “have their say” on such matters as taking money out of politics, term limits, and redistricting. So, the board voted in favor of putting those questions […]
Elementary schools Monday, Sept. 12 – Beef nachos, cheesy breadsticks with sauce, crispy chicken salad, red delicious apple, 100 percent fruit punch, steamed green beans, crispy romaine, cucumber slices, and a variety of milk. Tuesday, Sept. 13- Chicken patty sandwich, hot ham and cheese sandwich, chef salad, baked tater tots, […]
Elementary schools Monday, Sept. 12-Pancakes and sausage with syrup, chilled mixed fruit, 100 percent pineapple juice, and a variety of milk. Tuesday, Sept. 13-Chocolate chip muffin, apple granola cereal bar, chilled applesauce, 100 percent orange juice, and a variety of milk. Wednesday, Sept. 14-English muffin, strawberry blast yogurt, ripe banana, […]
By Kathryn Menue EDITOR For the past seven years, the Chicago White Sox baseball team has collaborated with the United Association of Plumbers and the Pipe Fitters Association to honor active duty, retired and veteran status military personnel for their service to this nation. These warriors are known as the […]
Early on the morning of Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001, 19 hijackers took control of four commercial airliners en route to San Francisco and Los Angeles from Boston, Newark, and Washington, D.C. Planes with long flights were intentionally selected for hijacking because they would be heavily fueled. At 8:46 a.m., American […]
By Bob Kopp BDR SPORTS CORRESPONDENT Driving back early Friday from my upper-octogenarian parents in NE Pennsylvania, I wondered if it would be worth the stress of battling Labor Day weekend road warriors and enduring always-exasperating Chicago traffic to catch the cross-town-rival action at Milt Brown Stadium. Yes! With packed […]
By Kathryn Menue EDITOR In a match set against Freeport High School on Thursday, Sept. 1 at Timber Pointe Golf Course, the Belvidere girls’ golf co-op team defeated the Pretzels by a huge margin of 179-234. “Congratulations to the girls’ golf team for defeating Freeport High School Thursday by 65 […]
By Bob Balgemann REPORTER The Boone County Board of Health has approved hiring current employee Amanda Mehl as administrator of the health department. She replaces Cynthia Frank, who retired this month after holding that position for several years. Mehl, a registered nurse, currently is the department’s director of personal health. […]
By Kathryn Menue EDITOR Throughout the end of August and the beginning of September, the University of Illinois Boone County Extension Office offered I on Diabetes, a “four-part series designed to help manage diabetes.” “It’s one of our core programs we do throughout the state,” Marilyn Csernus said. Csernus, MS, […]
By Bob Balgemann REPORTER Two Boone County Sheriff’s Deputies have received a special award for saving a woman’s life. Sheriff Dave Ernest introduced the deputies, Tim Oberholster and Christopher Burbach, at the Aug. 17 meeting of the county board. He explained the deputies responded to a report of a possible […]
