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 […]
The University of Illinois Extension Boone County 4-H program presented Super Saturday for its members on Saturday, Feb. 4, at the Evangelical Church in Belvidere. Forty-five 4-H members from Boone County participated in 21 different project workshop sessions. Super Saturday was organized by the University of Illinois Extension Boone County […]
Belvidere Friday, Feb. 17 Around 1:08 p.m., BPD Officer conducted tobacco compliance checks of local retailers, in partnership with the Boone County Health Department. Nine retail establishments were checked and all nine were in compliance. Thursday, Feb. 23 Around 4:11 p.m., BPD Officer conducted tobacco compliance checks of local retailers, […]
Ismael Bello, 45, of Caledonia, passed away suddenly, March, 13. He was born Nov. 23, 1971 in Mexico City, Mexico, son of Genaro and Maria (Morales) Bello. He married Maria J. Jaramillo on Aug. 5, 1997. Ismael attended Saint James Church in Belvidere. He had a love for animals, which […]