By Anne Eickstadt REPORTER The annual Neighbors Fest in Poplar Grove on Saturday, June 11. “Neighbors Fest is designed to say ‘Thank you’ to the community,” said the event coordinator, Kristi Richardson. “Every one of the vendors and activity directors is local. They live, work, or own a business in […]
By Anne Eickstadt REPORTER Tina Dawson-Scott and Pat Castro from the Boone County Conservation District supervised as members of Belvidere Middle School’s Earth Force team planted eight trees around the school on Wednesday, June 1. Originally scheduled for Wednesday, May 25, the tree planting was rescheduled due to inclement weather. […]
By Bob Balgemann REPORTER Two of the most recent issues to command attention from the Boone County Board, and the Belvidere City Council, made their way to a county board meeting on May 19. The first, having to do with animal shows such as rodeos, focused on the unincorporated community […]
By Anne Eickstadt REPORTER “It’s very exciting,” said Belvidere Fire Department Chief Shawn Schadle. “This is a wonderful opportunity to serve in this capacity and work for the Belvidere community. Belvidere is a great community that provides a tremendous amount of support to public safety services. People care about each […]
By Bob Balgemann REPORTER The request for a special use permit to allow creation of an indoor/outdoor event space on 20 acres at 10813 Spring Road in Garden Prairie, unincorporated Spring Township, has been denied in a 9-2 vote of the Boone County Board. That decision was reached after numerous […]
By Anne Eickstadt REPORTER ‘The Wall That Heals’, a three-quarter scale replica of the Vietnam Memorial with a mobile Education Center. For Veterans, their families and for the general public, no matter the ages, this is a rare opportunity for closure and the opportunity for historical education devoid of political […]
By Bob Balgemann REPORTER A $15,000 grant has been received from the National League of Cities (NLS) is geared to help Hispanic and Latinix entrepreueurs start, grow, and sustain their businesses in the city. Budget and Finance Officer Shannon Hansen brought that proposal to a recent Committee of the Whole […]
By Anne Eickstadt REPORTER “I left on March 4, 2018,” said Chief Jan Noble, previous Belvidere Police Chief. “I immediately started working for the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board as a field investigator.” The Illinois Law Enforcement Training and Standards Board is the state agency mandated to promote […]
By Bob Balgemann REPORTER When Building Director Kip Countryman presented his department’s activities update in March, the numbers were so promising that he felt confident the local economy was on the upswing. One month later, in April, bouyed by indicators from Community Development Planner Gina DelRose, there was further support […]
By Bob Balgemann REPORTER The city’s building director, Kip Countryman, finds construction-related numbers encouraging to the point that he sees an uptick in the local economy, as the 2021-22 fiscal year nears an end. He gives monthly updates on construction activity to the committee of the whole, public works, but […]