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By Kaila Olsen Reporter BELVIDERE – On Friday, Jan. 29, at 7 p.m., Belvidere North’s varsity basketball team played against the Hononegah Indians at home. Hononegah scored off their first possession with Josh Donaldson, #23, made a three point shot and then made another point off a free throw when […]
By Bob Balgemann Reporter BOONE COUNTY – Wrestling and girls bowling teams from Boone County will be on the road Saturday, Feb. 6 as their state tournament competition gets under way. Bowling Belvidere and Belvidere North will travel to Loves Park for one of the girls bowling regionals, being […]
BOONE COUNTY – Boone County State’s Attorney Michelle Courier announced that on Friday, Jan. 29, Ronaldo Fort, Jr., 20, of Rockford, was sentenced on one count of armed robbery and one count of armed violence to 33 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections. Fort committed the offenses on Aug. […]
BELVIDERE – Marie Huntress, 93, of Belvidere, passed away Friday, Jan. 29, at Maple Crest Care Centre in Belvidere. She was born April 17, 1922 in Poplar Grove Township, Boone County, Ill. She was the daughter of Ben and Ann (Darmon) Lovell. She graduated from high school and attended Graceland […]
Ada Jane Diekelman, 78, of Plover passed away Thursday Jan. 28 at the Portage County Health Care Center in Stevens Point, Wis. Ada Jane (AJ) was born March 18, 1937 in Rockford, Ill., the daughter of David and Ruby (Stearns) Daer. She earned her Bachelor’s Degree in mathematics from Wheaton […]
By Bob Kopp BDR Sports Correspondent MACHESNEY PARK – Despite the hosts taking a quick 6-0 lead in the opening seconds behind sharpshooting senior Brock Soter’s bomb beyond the arc and a three-point play by junior Brenton Shaw who may start attracting as much attention on winter nights as he […]
By Kathryn Menue Editor BOONE COUNTY – Since the opening of the new Manley Belvidere Ford and Lincoln facility at 1800 N. State St. in Belvidere on Monday, Sept. 7, the old Manley Motors location is no more. The old location, located at First and State Street in Belvidere, finished […]
BELVIDERE – Harry R. Wiedow, 89, of Belvidere, passed away Wednesday, Jan. 27, at The Villa at PA Peterson in Rockford. He is survived by his beloved wife, Donna F. Wiedow; children, Richard (Jenny) Wiedow, Martin Wiedow, Lavonne Robles, Jean (Carmen) Mejia, Gloria (Joe) Davis, and Bette (Mario) Zepeda; 12 […]
Friday, Jan. 29 Belvidere North High School students will perform their winter play from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the PAC. The Belvidere High School boy’s sophomore basketball team will face Freeport at 5:30 p.m. at Melvin L. Brown Gymnasium. The Belvidere High School boys’ varsity basketball team will […]
By Kathryn Menue Editor POPLAR GROVE – The Village of Poplar Grove is proud to announce the beginning of their electrical aggregation program. According to the Buzz Blog article, “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Municipal Electricity Aggregation in Illinois,” electrical aggregation “is when a community bands together” […]
