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My 4-H story: Electricity

My 4-H story: Electricity

By Nathan Kolthoff Guest Contributor BOONE COUNTY – This is my first year in 4-H also my first year in electricity. I wanted to learn about electricity because I love learning about how things work. I also love to build things and watch them work. This year I took Electricity […]

 
 

My 4-H Story: woodcarving

My 4-H Story: woodcarving

By Lars Carlson Guest Contributor BOONE COUNTY – I like to do things with my hands and my tools. I started last year building and rehabbing birdhouses for people at church. I did a Natural Resources 4-H project on birdhouses and feeders and I started to notice that there were […]

 
 

4-H prepares youth for the challenges of life

BOONE COUNTY – Boone County youth are joining the more than six million 4-H members across the nation in celebration of National 4-H Week Oct. 4 through Oct. 10. Last year, 403 young people in Boone County were involved in 4-H community clubs where, assisted by volunteer adult leaders, they […]

 
 

My 4-H story: My journey through 4-H

My 4-H story: My journey through 4-H

By Taylor Davis Guest Contributor BOONE COUNTY – This marks my last year in 4-H, and it is very bittersweet. It means that I can take what I have learned in 4-H and apply it to pretty much everything in my life, from college to jobs, but it also means […]

 
 

Boone County 4-H clubs invite children to be new members

BOONE COUNTY – One out of every seven adults in the U.S. is a former 4-H member. Clubs are accepting new members this month to grow that number even higher. 4-H members in the county will join the six million youth across the country in celebrating National 4-H Week Oct. […]

 
 

Clemency Hearing for Former Rockford Police Officer

BOONE COUNTY – Boone County State’s Attorney Michelle Courier has announced that Daniel Cruz, the off-duty Rockford Police Officer responsible for the DUI crash in May 2012 in Boone County, has filed a petition for Executive Clemency which is set to be heard before the Prisoner Review Board in Springfield […]

 
 

Zion Lutheran Sewing Circle donates 209 quilts to Lutheran World Relief

Zion Lutheran Sewing Circle donates 209 quilts to Lutheran World Relief

By Doug Shiloh Guest Contributor BELVIDERE– A total of 28 boxes filled with 209 quilts made by the Zion Lutheran Church Sewing Circle over the past year were packed and were shipped out on Oct. 3 to Lutheran World Relief. Overall, a total of 209 quilts were created during the past year, […]

 
 

Superintendent Search Community Forum experiences low community participation

By Michele Gruba Reporter BELVIDERE – On Thursday, Sept. 24, B.W.P and Associates hosted a community forum to allow stakeholders an opportunity to assist them in searching for School District 100’s new superintendent. Unfortunately, only ten members of the community were in attendance. The consensus among attendees regarding the night’s […]

 
 

Belvidere girls’ co-op finishes fourth in NIC-10

By Kathryn Menue Editor ROCKFORD – The Belvidere girls’ co-op golf team, featuring athletes from both Belvidere High School and Belvidere North High School attended the NIC-10 Conference on Thursday, Oct. 1 at Elliot Golf Course in Rockford. Belvidere came in fourth place. Rockford Public School took home the victory […]

 
 

Historical significance of Cleland Family Farm

Historical significance of Cleland Family Farm

By Emily Hanlin Winnebago Boone Farm Bureau CAPRON – John Cleland is the third generation on his family farm in Capron, Ill. However, the history that has unfolded in merely three generations is very intriguing. Cleland’s great aunt’s father, W.W. Wilson, bought the 320 acre farm in 1904. He also […]

 
 
 
 
 
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