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By Tricia Goecks Reporter BELVIDERE – When residents go to the polls on Tuesday, April 7, they will have the opportunity to vote for members of the Belvidere Community Unit School Board 100 board. On the ballot are Allison Reid-Niemiec, Michael Rathbun, Frank Marks, Holly Houk, Lynette Danzl-Tauer, Heather Sell-Wick […]
By Bob Balgemann Reporter BOONE COUNTY – There are no attention-getting offices to be filled in Tuesday’s consolidated election. Typically, fewer than 20 percent of the registered voters go to the polls. But there are plenty of reasons for Boone County voters to turn out this Tuesday. One of those […]
By Bob Balgemann Reporter BELVIDERE – Police Chief Jan Noble has issued a 67-page annual report that touches on everything from criminal activity, to the work of the VIPs, to controlling gangs and citing intersections around the city where the most crashes occurred. It was dedicated to former Deputy Chief […]
By Bob Balgemann Reporter BELVIDERE – For years, the Boone County Board has voted annually to rebate property taxes needed to pay off bonds sold in 2000 to built a new jail. It wasn’t necessary to levy any taxes because voters in 1999 approved a half-penny increase in the local […]
By Tricia Goecks Reporter BELVIDERE – Manley Motors Ford Lincoln took a step forward its journey to its new home at the corner of State Street and Appleton Road in Belvidere with a groundbreaking ceremony on March 12. The company which first moved to Belvidere in 1917 announced last October […]
By Rhonda Mix Reporter POPLAR GROVE – The Poplar Grove Vintage Wings & Wheels Museum, located at 5151 Orth Road, attracts visitors from all over the world. Dedicated to pre-World War II transportation history, the museum sits on land attached to the Poplar Grove Airport. It features several early 20th […]
By Bob Balgemann Reporter BELVIDERE – The Boone County Health Department is getting high marks from the March of Dimes and Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) for a couple of its community programs. The March of Dimes likes the department’s program on becoming a mom so much that it’s […]
By Bob Balgemann Reporter BELVIDERE – It’s regional competition time again, with Boone County’s Flaming Monkeys robotics team slated to be in Milwaukee on Saturday for the first of two consecutive regional tournaments. The goal is to finish high enough there, or in Chicago in April, to reach the World […]
By Bob Balgemann Reporter POPLAR GROVE – Students at North Boone High School are known for their service to the community. Seventeen of them have come together, along with sponsoring Lions clubs in Capron and Poplar Grove, to form a Leo Club at the school. An organizational ceremony and dinner […]
By Tricia Goecks Editor BELVIDERE – It is a rare opportunity for people to hear the inside story of the Miss America pageant outside of a 30 second well-rehearsed sound bite. When the Belvidere Area Chamber of Commerce celebrated its 100th anniversary dinner on March 11 at the Radisson Hotel […]
