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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 […]
UNION – The McHenry County Historical Society kicks off its annual Sampler Series Monday, March 16, with a topic that is sure to get your toes tapping. Musician and history buff Mary Ellen Heelan, of Cary, will present “We Sang! We Danced! A Musical History of McHenry County” at 3 […]
By Tricia Goecks Editor In January 2014, the Belvidere school district approved a three to five year strategic plan. Among the initiatives under the category of college and career preparedness was: develop five magnet schools by 2017. As part of that initiative, plans are in the works to develop vocational […]
By Tricia Goecks Editor The Special Olympics oath states “Let me win. But if I cannot win. Let me be brave in the attempt.” Being brave in the attempt was de rigueur on Saturday March 7 when 518 brave individuals took the plunge at Rock Cut State Park in Caledonia. […]
By Bob Balgemann Reporter BELVIDERE – Garden Prairie Organics (GPO) is asking the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to renew its operating permit for a landscape waste compost facility at 11887 U.S. 20 in unincorporated Garden Prairie. The EPA has allowed a window for comments and it will close March […]
By Tricia Goecks Editor Walking into the meeting room at the Public Safety Building for the graduation night of the Citizen Police Academy on March 4, the camaraderie between the academy’s participants and members of the Belvidere Police Department is obvious. The jokes and verbal jabs flow freely. The Citizen […]
