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 […]
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 […]
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) […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]