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By Kipp Koenig KISHWAUKEE VALLEY BILLIARDS LEAGUE OPERATOR Kishwaukee Valley Billiards, a co-ed league, is looking for players for the up and coming fall/winter pool season. The season will start in September and run into February. Teams are comprised of three players. Tournaments will consist of two teams playing each […]
By Bob Balgemann REPORTER North Boone Fire Protection District III now is the official back-up for Capron Rescue Squad (CRS). That means the District III ambulance, purchased several years ago, will be called whenever all three CRS ambulances are in service. So far that has happened twice, according to Owen […]
Stateline Fury’s 16U Red fast pitch softball team battled 100 degree temperatures in Overland Park, Kan. to win the 2016 United States Specialty Sports Association (USSSA) National Championship the weekend of Friday, July 22 through Sunday, July 24. The team went 11-1 and outscored their opponents with a combined score […]
Saturday, Aug. 6 Sgt. P’s Lapghans for Veterans will host the first annual Stars and Stripes 3K/5K Fun Run/Walk. Stars and Stripes will begin at 7 a.m. with registration and the run will begin at 8 a.m. The day will be filled with prizes, raffles, lapghan presentations to veterans, and […]
Sister Cities International (SCI) announced the winners and finalists of the 2016 Young Artists and Authors Showcase. For nearly three decades, SCI has leveraged the power that art has to transform societies and transcend cultural boundaries through the Young Artists and Authors Showcase. The Showcase has given youth ages 14 […]
By Barb Appelhans REPORTER On Tuesday, Aug. 2, communities around the nation gathered around to celebrate National Night Out– a night dedicated to venturing out of the house to better connect with other citizens and establish an overall camaraderie feel throughout the community in order to reduce the threat of […]
By Bob Balgemann REPORTER Long-awaited improvements to Menomonie Street, near the public safety building, are finished. According to Alderman Clayton Stevens, who broached the subject at the Monday, July 25 meeting at city hall, the discussion will continue at the Monday, Aug. 8 Committee of the Whole (COTW) meeting. He […]
By Kathryn Menue EDITOR In July, the Boone County Veterans Club held their 10th “Support Our Troops Rally” where they raised $1,900 to aid veterans and military personnel currently serving the United States. The Boone County Veterans Club decided to use $900 from the fundraiser for postage in shipping 25 […]
By Bob Balgemann REPORTER Jarid Funderburg, Growth Dimensions Executive Director, had plenty of good things to say about the economy in the City of Belvidere. Growth Dimensions is the marketing arm of the county and its municipalities. Funderburg told the city committee of the whole Monday, July 25 that things […]
By Kathryn Menue EDITOR Throughout the last two weeks of July, the University of Illinois Boone County Extension Office in partnership with the Belvidere YMCA, Boone County 4-H, and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) brought the Illinois Junior Chef Program to the Belvidere community. According to Extension Educator Lisa […]
