By Anne Eickstadt EDITOR “Farce of Habit” by the Main Street Players of Boone County premiered at the Boone County Community Building on Friday, Feb 11. A sequel to “Farce of Nature,” comic fireworks explode as “Farce of Habit,” takes us back to the Reel ’Em Inn, the finest little […]
By Anne Eickstadt EDITOR We may not feel much joy while beginning yet a third year of pandemic, an upcoming mid-term election, and high taxes but you won’t be able to stop laughing during this performance of “Farce of Habit.” A sequel to “Farce of Natture,” comic fireworks explode as […]
By Bob Balgemann REPORTER One-half of the police department’s corps of canine officers, Shep, continues to struggle in his effort to completely recover from a round of surgeries during 2021. Police Chief Shane Woody, in his monthly departmental update to the Committee of the Whole on Jan. 24, reported Shep […]
By Anne Eickstadt EDITOR Belvidere High School hosted the IHSA Sectional Cheer Championship on Saturday, Jan. 29. They hosted 56 teams from the state of Illinois and the finalists were able to punch their ticket to the IHSA State Championship. “It is very awesome that we have been selected right […]
By Bob Balgemann REPORTER Timing was of the essence and with that in mind, city officials moved quickly to avoid additional bad weather and hired a company to repair the roof over the apparatus building at downtown Fire Station No. 1. This story began in December when high winds damaged […]
By Anne Eickstadt EDITOR Officer Michelle Schwartz visited the Belvidere Fire Station to inform the firefighter first responders about the Boone County Behavioral Health Task Force and COAR on Tuesday, Jan. 11. The Boone County Comprehensive Opioid Abuse Reduction (COAR program supports the development of comprehensive, locally driven responses to […]
By Anne Eickstadt EDITOR Belvidere Police Chief Shane Woody called a press conference on Wednesday, Jan. 5, to address updates on the triple homicide of Andrew Hintt and his sons that appalled Belvidere residents. Deputy Chief Patrick Gardner began by clarifying the purpose of the press conference and said that […]
By Bob Balgemann REPORTER These are unprecedented times created by the onslaught of the coronavirus pandemic in March 2020, and continuing almost two years later. In the hope that impacts of the life-threatening COVID-19 will decrease before long, Boone County Administrator Kevin Catlin is focusing on what lies ahead, with […]
By Bob Balgemann REPORTER Requests for one-year extensions on special use permits, issued in 2018 for three solar projects in unincorporated Boone County, have been denied in split votes of the county board. The first request was referred to as Kish II on 30 acres in an A-1, agricultural preservation […]
By Anne Eickstadt EDITOR On Dec. 24, Christmas Eve, Belvidere Fire was called to respond non-emergency to a report of an owl wrapped in discarded fishing line and hanging from a tree over the river. Belvidere Fire, aided by Boone County Animal Services, was able to work out a plan […]