By Chris Johnson reporter The warm-up, which is called the regular season, is over for the Lady Blue Thunder. With the Rockford Boylan Lady Titans pulling away to the NIC-10 Title, Belvidere North had the chance to get its game in shape for a second chance. The 4A Girls’ Basketball […]
By Bob Balgemann Reporter New reports from various state agencies have shown Illinois continues to be less popular with each passing year. State Rep. Bob Pritchard, R-Sycamore, said the state now is the sixth largest in the country, having dropped from No. 5 due to the continued loss of residents […]
By Anne Eickstadt EDITOR The Belvidere Historic Preservation Commission hosted two evenings of murder mysteries on Friday and Satur-day, Jan. 26 and 27. Friday night’s fundraising event was attended by 53 people and Saturday’s event was also sold out with 50 people attending. People were encouraged to wear 1920s attire. […]
By Chris Johnson reporter There are preferred times during a high school basketball season that a team hopes to be playing its best. The Belvidere North Blue Thunder know they have a few weeks and a handful of games left to help get them where they need to be before […]
Keep Northern Illinois Beautiful has announced that Beverly Ashley Broyles has been hired to be the organization’s Director of Development and Communications. Prior to being hired for the position, Broyles was the Director of Development and Communications at the YWCA Rock County in Janesville, Wis. Before taking the position in […]
By Bob Balgemann Reporter Twelve streets around the city have made the list of those that will be resurfaced later this year. Aldermen saw the candidates during their Committee of the Whole meeting Jan. 8. Public Works Director Brent Anderson said the current budget has $500,000 in it for this […]
By Anne Eickstadt Editor Set during the Cold War, this comedy was written by Woody Allen and is being directed by John B. Van Nest. IT will be performed at the Community Building Complex of Boone Coun-ty, 111 W. First Street, Belvidere In an unnamed European country behind the Iron […]
By Anne Eickstadt Editor The Belvidere Fire Dept. was out in Belvidere Park over the course of three days to practice their cold-water rescues in the river. Firefighter/engineer Dan Drall is a certified rescue diver and was supervising the training. “Part of our yearly training, cold water rescue will include […]
By Bob Balgemann Reporter The new president of the Belvidere-Boone County Food Pantry board is going to municipalities around the county this month, asking for support of a united effort to reduce hunger, especially among children. His first stop was at the Jan. 2 Belvidere City Council meeting. Locally, one […]
Sue Ramsay Crull died on March 5, 2017, at the age of 76, after a seven-year battle with cancer. She was the daughter of Glenn and Edna Ramsay and grew up on a farm in Caledonia, Ill. She graduated from Belvidere High School and had a B.S. and M.S. from […]