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BELVIDERE – On Wednesday, July 29 the Belvidere High School will host and incoming freshman and new students rules meeting at 6 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center. From 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. there will be a Sport Specific Meeting for freshman through senior athletes. At the meeting, coaches […]
BOONE COUNTY – On Tuesday, July 7at approximately 6:50 a.m., the Boone County Sheriff’s Office responded to the area of Quail Trap and Caledonia roads for a one vehicle accident. Preliminary investigation shows that a black Pontiac was traveling northeast on Quail Trap road when it left the roadway and […]
BOONE COUNTY – On Monday, July 27, Arcadia Publishing will add the book, Belvidere and Boone County, to its iconic Images of America series. In this book, the Boone County History Projects takes a look at the first 100 years of Belvidere and Boone County’s history. Although Boone County is […]
By Emily Hamlin Winnebago-Boone Farm Bureau Ag Communications Intern STATELINE – World War II started the promotion of Victory Gardens, ways to be self-reliant when it came to food production. As people started providing enough food for themselves, their family, relatives and friends, these gardens permitted the government to ship […]
By Kathryn Menue Editor BELVIDERE – On Saturday, June 27, from 3 p.m. to midnight, people of Boone County and the surrounding areas gathered around the Boone County Fairgrounds to enjoy the gems awaiting them at the “Mid-nite Flea Market.” Vendors sold toys, posters, pictures, signs, games, antiques, collectable […]
The Animal Friends Society of Boone County will hold a “Disaster: Animals need Help” night at 6:30 p.m. at the Belvidere Township Building located at 8200 Fairgrounds Road. The special event will feature Jennie Lindeman a speaker from D.A.R.T. This event is open to the public.
By Kathryn Menue Editor BELVIDERE – On Saturday, June 27, Heritage Days presented a new activity for the Boone County youth to enjoy. Paint on State premiered in downtown Belvidere with tons of children participating in the artistry event. Paint on State let youngsters paint a four-foot-square anywhere from the […]
By Bob Balgemann Reporter BELVIDERE – Kraig “Doc” had been gone for little over a year but his memory lived on last weekend, during the annual Heritage Days celebration in downtown Belvidere. He had been involved with the festival’s car show for a long time prior to his death of […]
KIRKLAND – The year 2015 marks the 10th Anniversary of the Kirkland-Hiawatha All-School Open House – a milestone year for all past graduates and past attendees to be sure to come — on Saturday, July 4, from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. in the LRC (Hiawatha Elementary Learning Resource Center) […]
BOONE COUNTY – On Friday, June 26 at 2 p.m., the Illinois Tollway and officials from the city of Belvidere and Boone County, along with state legislators, broke ground on the final ramps needed to complete the $13 million, full-access Irene Road Interchange on the Jane Addams Memorial Tollway (I-90). […]
