By Anne Eickstadt Editor “The VFW Honor Guard is an assemblage of Veterans and Auxiliary members who predominantly pay honors for military members,” said John Darley, VFW service officer. “We will do a 21-gun salute, play taps, and do the presentation of the ceremonial American flag to family members at […]
By Bob Balgemann Reporter First of two parts Occasionally, city officials receive change orders for different kinds of public projects, to deal with unforeseen problems that occur while work is being done. Most are taken care in a short period of time, without difficulty. But every once in a while, […]
By Anne Eickstadt Editor More than 400 Special Olympics Illinois athletes and 28 Unified Partners competed in the 2021 Fall Games on Saturday, Oct. 23 and Sunday, Oct. 24. Fall Games is one of 11 state sports competitions in Illinois. Athletes competed in either equestrian, located at Bergmann Center in […]
By Anne Eickstadt Editor It’s supposed to be a joyous celebration of matrimony. Eileen loves Joey and their backgrounds don’t seem to matter. But from the moment these two families arrived for the wedding reception, there’s been tension in the air. Joey has been groomed to continue the family tradition […]
By Anne Eickstadt Editor The Boone County Realtors held a re-Grand Opening of their office at 215 N. State St. on Thursday, Oct. 7. Boone County Realtors were joined by their counterparts in the Rockford Area Realtors, Illinois State Sen. Dave Syverson, Boone County Fair Queen Allyson Sue Aves, Belvidere […]
By Bob Balgemann Reporter The new Ida Public Library director, Mindy Long, has continued her planned monthly visits to meetings of the city Committee of the Whole, Public Works, bringing updates on the internal workings of the vast resource center. This time she also presented a revised 2021-22 budget to […]
By Anne Eickstadt Editor The annual Belvidere Fire Department (BFD) Open House on the first Sunday of October came back to a happy crowd and a new theme. They had many activities to participate in and demonstrated firefighter techniques that had the crowd mesmerized. The BFD Honor Guard marched in […]
By Anne Eickstadt Editor “The Boone County Fire Protection District #2 Women’s Auxiliary created the run eight years ago. The auxiliary is made up primarily of wives and girlfriends of District #2 firefighters but it doesn’t really matter,” said Michelle Dixon, event coordinator. “We do this for the Boone County […]
By Christopher Johnson REPORTER The Lady Blue Thunder continues to exert control over the field in the NIC-10 as the final month of regular season gets set to begin. This past week, Belvidere North secured its two-game lead over the next closest competitor when they knocked back Hononegah in two […]
By Bob Balgemann Reporter It didn’t take one of the police department’s two canines, Shep, long to resume earning his keep after an extended time away from the job. Police Chief Shane Woody was giving the Committee of the Whole his monthly report on activities at the police department, when […]