By Bob Balgemann REPORTER Fairgrounds Road is one of the main entrances to the city and soon it will showcase a new building, designed by the local architectural and engineering firm of Ollmann, Ernest and Martin. The new office will serve the Belvidere Cemetery, final resting place of numerous […]
By Anne Eickstadt Editor Kasey Wells is running as a write-in candidate for president. He has been hauling an 11-foot scrap metal elephant around the country seeking votes for November. “I left home on tour five months ago with $500,” Wells said. “I am now registered in virtually every state […]
By Bob Balgemann REPORTER The life of city police officers has changed considerably over the years and there are fewer typical days, when they primarily keep busy writing traffic tickets, responding to complaints, and filling out incident reports. One Belvidere sergeant and five officers were honored during the July 27 […]
By Anne Eickstadt EDITOR The truck from Prairie Farms arrived at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, July 29. It delivered 900 boxes of dairy products fresh from Prairie Farms for the B1 Food Pantry, at the B1 Church, 1105 7th Ave. Each box contained two gallons of 2 percent milk, four […]
By Anne Eickstadt EDITOR The Boy Scout Explorer programs are interactive, worksite-based career education program of Learning for Life, an affiliate of the Boy Scouts of America. Participants in the program are called Explorers. The program serves youth in 6th to 8th grades and young men and women who are […]
The Boone County 4-H youth development program empowers and prepares youth for success by providing opportunities for youth to learn, practice, and demonstrate skills needed for home, career, and citizenship. Youth, organized in clubs, study areas of interest called 4-H projects. Projects include a wide range of interests: animal science, […]
-The Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) Family Health and Wellness Center-Belvidere is a primary care, near-site health facility established to serve more than 8,600 FCA employees and their covered family members. It is located at what was formerly St. Joseph’s Hospital in Belvidere, 1625 S. State St. -FCA partners with SwedishAmerican […]
By Bob Balgemann Reporter There was a larger than usual turnout of residents at the July 15 Boone County Board meeting, with the vast majority of them commending three employees of the County Animal Services Department, and wondering why they suddenly walked off the job Friday afternoon, July 10. Each […]
By Anne Eickstadt Editor The Stroll returned to its usual day and time of Sunday afternoons on July 12 from 1 to 6 p.m. There was entertainment including Dale Rhode and the Crossroads, Bucktooth Sugar Bush, and TNZ Magic. Restaurants and businesses were open on the west part of […]
By Bob Balgemann Reporter Every once in a while Public Works Director Brent Anderson will talk to aldermen about money his department puts aside each year, in order to be able to afford those costly utility projects that pop up on occasion. One of them recently was dealt with, that […]