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BELVIDERE – The Belvidere High School Theatre Department is proud to announce their production of The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) has been selected to be performed at the Illinois State Theatre Festival. The Festival will be held on the campus of Illinois State University in Normal, Ill. on […]
Courtesy of Robert R. Ryder Veterans Assistance Commission of Boone County Superintendent BELVIDERE – The Boone County Veterans received 50 Christmas Food Baskets recently thanks to the generosity of a local company that donated all of the food. “This really shows the wonderful support of the Belvidere/Boone County community for […]
Friday, Jan. 1 Check out the lights display in Belvidere Park. Sunday, Jan. 3 The Belvidere High School junior varsity and varsity cheerleading teams will compete in the Cougar classic championship at 9 a.m. at Conant High School.
By C.L. Smith Reporter POPLAR GROVE – AIR-ONE, an aeronautical search and rescue organization based in Poplar Grove, received a $10,000 check on Thursday, Dec. 17, at the Vintage Wheels and Wings Museum. Belvidere Police Chief Jan Noble and Chief Deputy at the Boone County Sheriff’s Office Mark Pollock presented […]
Courtesy of Tracy Dlugosz Belvidere/Boone County Food Pantry CAPRON – On behalf of the Belvidere/Boone County Food Pantry, we would like to express our thanks and gratitude to Committee at Woodward Charitable Trust for their donation of $2,000. The check was presented to Owen Costanza, Vice President of the Belvidere/Boone […]
BELVIDERE – On Thursday, Dec. 31, Dodge Lanes will host a New Year’s Eve Family Bowling Party. The cost of the event is $88 per lane (prepaid) or $98 at the door. These prices allow for up to eight people per lane. Check-in starts at 9:30 p.m. and the party […]
By Emily Hanlin Winnebago-Boone Farm Bureau BOONE COUNTY – The Illinois Department of Agriculture has a long standing program that honors family farms that have been in place for at least one hundred years. The Centennial and Sesquicentennial Farms Program has been in place since 1972 and has recognized over […]
By Emily Hanlin Winnebago-Boone Farm Bureau BOONE COUNTY – We make room for everyone at the table during the holiday season: aunts and uncles, grandmas and grandpas, the young, the old, the rich, the poor. However, what about the fat? Not the relatives, but the white or yellowish greasy substance […]
By Bob Kopp BDR Sports Correspondent BELVIDERE – It didn’t look good for Belvidere at the end of the first quarter. Trailing East 15-4 with consensus first-team all-conference junior Austin Revolinski and increasingly efficient junior point Jacob Rodriquez sidelined, the game proved to be a greater gut-check than expected after […]
Bob Kopp BDR Sports Correspondent BELVIDERE – Jefferson looks like the next high school in District 205 to step up in a NIC-10 sport. With sophomores Quillin Dixon (14), My’Quoin Garrett (20), and senior Kaveon Rogers leading the way (19) in scoring, the J-Hawks led at the end of every […]
