By Anne Eickstadt EDITOR “Due to COVID-19 concerns, we had a difficult time this year with finding locations for our officers and volunteers to collect food for our annual Christmas-time food drive,” said Belvidere Police Deputy Chief Matt Wallace. “We were unable to collect at certain sites and did not […]
By Bob Balgemann REPORTER As 2020 draws to a close, city staff is providing updates on happenings within their departments at Committee of the Whole meetings. Aldermen learned Dec. 14 that not everything in the city has been shut down, reopened, then shut down again as a result of state-mandated […]
By Anne Eickstadt EDITOR The traditional Hometown Christmas parade could not be held this year on Friday, Dec. 4 with its usual State St. businesses remaining open late to hold special sales for shoppers or for the usual Christmas movie to be shown at the corner of S. State Street […]
By Bob Balgemann REPORTER Two weeks before the final vote on the new tax levy for the city of Belvidere, officials of the Ida Public Library came to city hall to once again ask for a small increase in revenue. This time their appearance was under financial difficulties caused by […]
By Mindy Long Local History Librarian, Ida Public Library There is an adage that’s been around since at least the 1940’s which says, “Behind every great man is a great woman.” It basically means that someway, sometime, and somehow, a woman had a hand in a man’s great success. We […]
By Anne Eickstadt EDITOR Better known as “Shop with a Cop,” this event has become far more than that. The police and sheriff’s departments, and the Belvidere Fire and the Boone County Fire Departments participate as well. They all had the opportunity to Shop with a Kid. Numerous kids joined […]
By Bob Balgemann REPORTER Four Boone County Board members who attended their last monthly meeting Nov. 18 were thanked for their years of service to the community by board Chairman Karl Johnson and Sheriff Dave Ernest. They were District 1 board members Marshall Newhouse and Denny Ellingson; District 2 board […]
“We did our 4-H Recognition Award program a bit differently this year due to COVID-19,” said Extension Program Director Melissa Irwin. “We had a drive-thru award pick up with a photo booth and each family came one at a time. “The awards that all start with the name ‘Outstanding’ are […]
By Bob Balgemann REPORTER City officials have looked to the eminent domain process in order to acquire all the right of way they need for the proposed $1.9-million reconstruction of Logan Avenue. Ordinance 509H, which authorizes the taking of 113 square feet of land at 953 Logan Ave., has been […]
By Anne Eickstadt EDITOR On Thursday, Nov. 18, at 11 a.m. the Boone County Sheriff’s Office unveiled its new Emergency Management Agency’s Air Truck. The purchase was made possible when all fire departments in Boone County partnered with the Sheriff’s Office to share with the costs. These fire departments include […]