By Kathryn Menue Editor BELVIDERE – Frontier Communications awarded Growth Dimensions with a $5,000 check on Wednesday, July 29 at 11:30 a.m. at Belvidere City Hall in front of the mural in the Council Chambers. The check came as a nice surprise for Growth Dimensions who applied for the Best […]
By Bob Balgemann Reporter LOVES PARK – They knew ahead of time that they had wrapped up second place in the Harlem Community Center’s summer softball league, That was because they had won both earlier meetings with their regular season-ending opponent. But that didn’t stop the O’Donnell squad, aka the […]
BELVIDERE – Dr. Douglas and Joyce Drake will celebrate their 73rd anniversary soon. Douglas and Joyce were married on Saturday, Aug. 8, 1942 in Minneapolis, Minn. and after 73 years of marriage, they are still going strong. Joyce’s maiden name was Turrittin, but she gladly took Douglas’ name of Drake. […]
POPLAR GROVE – The Village of Poplar Grove, “A Great Place to Call Home,” will hold their Finance and Public Works Committee meeting Aug. 3 at 6:30 p.m. at the village board room, located at 200 Hill St. in Poplar Grove.
Friday, July 31 The Summerfield Zoo will host the fundraising event “Zooapaolooza” at Take 20 located at 438 U.S. Highway 20 in Cherry Valley. The event will take place from 6:30 p.m. to 1:15 a.m. The only fee is a $5 donation. Saturday, Aug. 1 The 5th annual “Life is […]
STATELINE – On Thursday, July 30, in the evening hours, the Rockford Police Department District 2 M3 Streets Team in collaboration with the Winnebago County Tactical Team conducted an undercover prostitution detail targeting internet-based prostitution operations. During the detail, the officers established a fictitious internet-based advertisement for prostitution, which generated […]
STATELINE – Big Dogs Xtreme 14U Softball will hold tryouts on Saturday, Aug. 1 from 9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. and will hold another round of tryouts on Tuesday Aug. 4 from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. for their competitive travel team’s 2015 through 2016 season. Tryouts will be at Machesney […]
By Bob Balgemann Reporter BELVIDERE – The Boone County Health Department for the past seven years has hosted a farmers market in the grassy area off Logan Avenue, just past the county administration building Amanda Mehl, the department’s director of personal health services, said this year the market, held July […]
Bob Balgemann Reporter POPLAR GROVE – So far this summer has been a mix of sometimes rainy, sometimes cool and sometimes hot days. Saturday, July 25 was a reminder that this is the good old summertime when the Poplar Grove Lions Club played host to the 46th Neighbors Night Festival […]
By Shelby R. Farrell Reporter POPLAR GROVE – North Boone Fire District No. 3 heated up the town of Caledonia with their annual chicken barbecue fundraiser on Sunday, July 26. The all-volunteer fire station in Caledonia barbecued about 2,000 pounds of chicken and raised about $4,000 at the 41st annual […]