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On Thursday, July 28, Belvidere High School will hold an informational pre-season fall sports meeting for parents and their student athletes. The meeting will be held at the Belvidere High School Performing Arts Center. At 6 p.m., incoming freshmen and new students can attend a rules meeting on code of […]
By Kathryn Menue EDITOR On Thursday, July 7, The Apollo, located at 104 N. State St. in Belvidere, welcomed three rock bands to entertain hard rock fans from the area. The rock bands included Failure Anthem, Nonpoint, and headliner Buckcherry who just started their two month national tour together. Doors […]
Friday, July 8 State Representative candidate for the 69th District, Angelique Bodine of Poplar Grove, will host a town hall/community meeting from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Ida Public Library, located at 320 N. State St. in Belvidere. She will also host another meeting from 2 p.m. […]
By Emily Hanlin WINNEBAGO-BOONE FARM BUREAU AG COMMUNICATIONS AND ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT On Saturday, June 18, the Winnebago-Boone Farm Bureau hosted a trip to Claretta Dairy Farm called the “Farm to Table Tour.” Folks who participated on the tour were picked up by a coach bus at the Discovery Center and […]
By Bob Balgemann REPORTER Almost $2 million worth of road projects are moving ahead in the city, most of them downtown. The big one is the reconstruction of Columbia Avenue and Aspen Court. So far, all of the sanitary sewer work has been done, with 95 percent of the water […]
Sgt. P’s Lapghans for Veterans is hosting its first annual Stars and Stripes 3K/5K Fun Run/Walk along the Kishwaukee River Trail in Belvidere Park on Saturday, Aug. 6. Registration and check-in begins at 7 a.m. and the race begins at 8 a.m. at the Kiddieland Shelter. There will be raffles, […]
By Kathryn Menue EDITOR On Wednesday, June 29, the Belvidere Park District held a carnival day for the kids of the Belvidere Park District Day Camp. The carnival took place at Belvidere Park behind the Rivers Edge Recreation Center facility, located at 1151 W. Locust St. in Belvidere. The carnival […]
By Bob Balgemann REPORTER It’s been about 16 years since Logan Avenue was resurfaced. Given that, City Public Works Director Brent Anderson said that “the surface is reaching the end of its useful life.” City aldermen, sitting as the committee of the whole, weighed in on the upcoming project during […]
By Michael Armstrong SENIOR OPERATIONS MANAGER The Stateline Fury 10U softball team from Roscoe, Ill. won the USSSA Northern Illinois State Championship tournament held Friday, June 17 through Sunday, June 19 at Sportscore I in Rockford. The team went 6-0 and outscored their opponents 60-5 to take their first ever […]
By Bob Balgemann REPORTER Many schools throughout Illinois just ended the 2015-16 term and are facing an uncertain future. Given that, state Rep. Joe Sosnowski, R-Rockford, has launched a petition drive aimed at drumming up support for a stopgap bill, which would provide school districts with the funding they need […]
