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Project Purse to benefit women entering workforce

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	Volunteer Melissa Perez fills a donated purse with items to empower a woman to look and feel her best.

New and gently used purses have been collected from the Belvidere community and at the food pantry in Capron.

 
 

Can the song ‘Baby Shark’ help save lives?

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	Members of Beck’s CPR class practice doing compressions on CPR mannequins.

There are numerous songs that will help you keep the right pace. ‘Stayin’ Alive’ by the Bee Gees is familiar to many people but ‘Baby Shark’ will keep the beat for you just as well.

 
 

Sister Cities’ 30th Annual Youth Art Showcase on display at Midland States Bank

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	Mayor Mike Chamberlain, Pres. Brad Peters of Sister Cities, and other dignitaries join artists Abbey Brynolf and Sebastian Williams Lacy at the awards ceremony. Second place winner Sydnie Lynn Elder was involved in a school sporting event and was unable to attend.

“Our Young Artist program had really exceptional artists participate,” said Brad Peters, president of the Sister Cities Association of Belvidere.

 
 

Fire Behavior, Smoke, and new Construction class educates area fire commanders

Fire Behavior, Smoke, and new Construction class educates area fire commanders

Understanding fire behavior is the key component to the tactic that the incident commander will choose and deploy and it will change everything. So if you choose the wrong tactic, the fire will grow.

 
 

104th Annual Belvidere Area Chamber of Commerce Dinner

104th Annual Belvidere Area Chamber of Commerce Dinner

Many of the warriors would arrive with little more than the bandages covering their wounds. Hopkins needed to keep their hope alive, assure them that better days would come.

 
 

McHenry County Sheriff’s Deputy killed in Rockford

McHenry County Sheriff’s Deputy killed in Rockford

McHenry County Deputy Sheriff Jacob Keltner, sworn as a Special Deputy U.S. Marshal assigned to the U.S. Marshal’s Task Force, was struck by gunfire outside the hotel. He was transported to a hospital in critical condition.

 
 

Firefighters flip pancakes in Garden Prairie

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	The Boone County Fire District 2 Firefighters Association serves a sumptuous pancake breakfast with all the trimmings to the community of Poplar Grove.

This is one of our annual fundraisers,” said volunteer firefighter Brian Block of Boone County Fire District 2 Firefighters Association of their pancake breakfast on Sunday, March 3.

 
 

Pre-schoolers meet Belvidere police officer

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	Officer Tim receives many ‘high fives’ from the kids for everything he has done during his visit to the class.

The kids were very quiet and careful when this tall police officer entered the room but did not take very long before he had them smiling and eager to talk.

 
 

National Association of Regional Councils agrees on two issues

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	Belvidere’s Mayor Mike Chamberlain and Rockford’s Michael Dunn, Jr. of R-1 in Washington DC.

Our choices ranged from transportation to the workforce, environment to economic and community development, and beyond.

 
 

High school actors learn to fly high for production of Peter Pan

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	Audrea Cannon of Vertigo choreographs the fight and flight scenes with the students as they prepare to perform Peter Pan.

It looks so easy but it’s not. You have to be in complete control of your body. It’s hard, but it is super cool.

 
 
 
 
 
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