Belvidere Republican

County chairman hopes to appoint board member June 29

County chairman hopes to appoint board member June 29

By Bob Balgemann REPORTER After discussion, Boone County Board Chairman Bob Walberg said he hoped to recommend someone to fill a vacancy on the board at a special meeting June 29. At the board’s regular meeting June 15, he formally declared a vacancy on the board, following the May 12 […]

 
 

Country music great Martina McBride to perform at Boone County Fair

Country music great Martina McBride to perform at Boone County Fair

Four time CMA female vocalist of the year Martina McBride will headline the 2016 Boone County Fair, 8791 Route 76, which runs from Tuesday, Aug. 9 through Sunday, Aug. 14. Multiple Grammy nominee Martina McBride performs Saturday, Aug. 13 at 8 p.m. Hear her latest songs from her just released […]

 
 

Local police departments team together to make robbery arrest

Local police departments team together to make robbery arrest

On Wednesday, June 15, the Belvidere Police Department, Boone County Sheriff’s Office,Mchenry County Sheriff’s Office, Woodstock Police Department, and Federal Bureau Of Investigation (FBI) arrested a man on multiple counts of robbery and theft. Shawn M. Rank, 45, of Woodstock, was charged with two counts of robbery (class two felony) […]

 
 

Poplar Grove discusses dog park, community garden

Poplar Grove discusses dog park, community garden

By Bob Balgemann Reporter This village bills itself as “A Great Place to Call Home.” As such, village officials are trying to make it more than just a town in which people live and pay taxes. The most recent steps in attempts to make it a more diverse place were […]

 
 

Park concert series hosts Trinadora “U.S. Roots” concert

Park concert series hosts Trinadora “U.S. Roots” concert

By Matt Helm Reporter The Boone County Arts Council continued the 2016 Concerts in the Park series at the Baltic Mill Stage with live music from the band Trinadora on Sunday, June 12 at 6:30 p.m. “We do a variety of concerts ranging from an all Celtic program to a […]

 
 

Weekend events for Saturday, June 18 through Sunday, June 19

Weekend events for Saturday, June 18 through Sunday, June 19

    Saturday, June 18 Dennis Warner, a Minnesota nationally acclaimed singer-songwriter-guitarist in the folk and American tradition, will perform at Concerts on the Creek at Spring Creek UCC, located at 4500 Spring Creek Road in Rockford. The concert will begin at 7 p.m.  Doors open at 6 p.m.   […]

 
 

Sgt. P’s Lapghans for Veterans celebrates another milestone

Sgt. P’s Lapghans for Veterans celebrates another milestone

By Kathryn Menue Editor On Friday, June 10, Sgt. P’s Lapghans for Veterans celebrated their second anniversary by giving away their 1,000th lapghan at VFW Post 1461 in Belvidere. Founded on Flag Day, June 14, 2014, Sgt. P’s Lapghans started in honor of President and Founder Charlotte Kennedy’s father, WWII […]

 
 

Belvidere/Boone County Metro Narcotics Unit makes another arrest

Belvidere/Boone County Metro Narcotics Unit makes another arrest

On Wednesday, June 8, a two month multi-jurisdictional investigation by the Belvidere/Boone County Metro Narcotics Unit and the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Task Force resulted in the arrest of a Rockford resident on felony drug charges. Gregory M. Hill, 32 of Rockford, was charged with three counts of […]

 
 

Armed robber sentenced to 21 years in Boone County

Armed robber sentenced to 21 years in Boone County

Boone County State’s Attorney Michelle Courier announced on Wednesday, June 8 that Candelario Vite Cruz, 24, of Nashville, Tenn., was sentenced to 21 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections for one count of Armed Robbery. On Sept. 18, 2015, Vite Cruz entered a business in the 2000 Block of […]

 
 

Belvidere man sentenced on drug charges

Belvidere man sentenced on drug charges

Boone County State’s Attorney Michelle Courier announced on Friday, June 3 that Burnell Townsel, 42, of Belvidere, was sentenced to serve 45 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections on the charge of Unlawful Possession with Intent to Deliver a Controlled Substance and Calculated Criminal Drug Conspiracy. Townsel was convicted […]

 
 
 
 
 
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