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BOONE COUNTY – “Dance Your Tail Off – A Spring Dance Celebration” will take place Saturday, April 16, from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the Boone County Community Complex, located at 111 W. 1st Street in Belvidere. “Dance Your Tail Off” is presented by Animal Friends Society of Boone […]
By Bob Balgemann Reporter BELVIDERE – With May 1 close at hand, the Belvidere City Council has adopted its budget ordinance for the 2016-2017 fiscal year and the spending plan will include the $25,000 needed to keep fixed-route bus service in town through at least June 2017. The service is […]
By Eric Hipp Reporter BELVIDERE – The Belvidere Bucs boys’ varsity volleyball team leveled their record at 1-1 after a conference loss to the Boylan Titans on Tuesday April 5, at Melvin L. Brown Gymnasium. It was the home opener for the Bucs for their 2016 NIC-10 season. They recorded […]
BELVIDERE – The Boone County Drug Prevention Coalition will present a forum on underage drinking and drug use on Tuesday, April 19. The forum will take place from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Belvidere North High School forum room, located at 9393 Beloit Road in Belvidere. The event […]
By Bob Balgemann Reporter BELVIDERE – A plan to hopefully resolve parking issues at the public safety building (PSB) on Main Street has been shelved in a 5-4 vote of the Belvidere City Council. However, the overall effort is still alive. Mayor Mike Chamberlain said the problem will get the […]
By Matt Helm Reporter BELVIDERE ─ Culver’s Restaurant in Belvidere raised funds for local veterans on Monday, April 4 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. with ten percent of purchases donated to the Veterans Assistance Commission of Boone County (VACBC). “We are grateful to Culver’s and are pleased and thankful […]
Friday, April 8 The Belvidere High School boys’ baseball teams will compete against Woodstock North at 4:30 p.m. at the Baseball Varsity Field at Woodstock North High School. Klehm Arboretum’s Spring Luncheon “BOTANICA” will be held on site at the Klehm visitor center/gallery from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The […]
BELVIDERE – On April 1, at about 10:07 a.m., the Belvidere Police Department received a 911 call of a robbery. Officers responded to the Cash Store, located at 1479 N. State St. in Belvidere. The witnesses reported a white male in his 40’s, blonde hair, 5’10” tall, heavy set, wearing […]
By Matt Helm Reporter BELVIDERE ─ The Friends of the Ida Public Library sponsored a lecture by Robert Mueller titled “The Men of Omaha Beach” on Thursday, March 31 at 6:30 p.m. Mueller is the author of Fields of War: Fifty Key Battleffields in France and Belgium and Fields of […]
BELVIDERE – The Belvidere High School girls’ soccer team faced off against Rockford East High school in a game set at BHS on Monday, April 4. In a shutout performance, the Belvidere Lady Bucs varsity team defeated the E-Rabs 5-0. In the first period, Belvidere came out strong with Coral […]
