By Hannah Beran Guest Contributor I enjoy photography. It is a good excuse to get outside every once in a while. This year I learned about different types of cameras and recently learned about instant cameras. I had never seen one until I saw my friend use one at a […]
By Megan Clarida Guest Contributor BOONE COUNTY – Growing up, I was told that there wasn’t a close enough 4-H club for me to attend. So with that being said, I continued on with admiring all the hard work and dedication that I saw 4-Hers put into their animals at […]
By Nickole Ryan Guest Contributor BOONE COUNTY – I would like to share with you information on my lamb project. This was my fourth year choosing a lamb to show. It seems like each year we learn more and more about shows and animals. This year was one of them. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 – 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. […]
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 […]
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, […]