By Kathryn Menue EDITOR Throughout the 2016-2017 school year, Concordia Lanes, located at 1205 Logan Ave. in Belvidere, has conducted their yearly Junior Bowling League for area students looking to improve their alley game. Twice a week, Concordia conducts the youth bowling league on Saturdays and on Mondays after school. […]
By Bob Balgemann REPORTER City officials and representatives of the business community were supposed to gather Monday night, March 13 at city hall, to discuss a proposed business registration program, as a means to “eliminate prostitution through the guise of massage parlors.” However, the inability of a key alderman to […]
Attorney Allen Silver passed away at Northwoods Care Center in Belvidere, Ill. on Thursday, March 2, a few weeks before his 90th birthday. He was born on March 27, 1927. Although he was a divorce attorney, he was able to save many marriages. Allen belonged to VFW Post 1461. He […]
By Anne Eickstadt REPORTER Sixty-eight people came out to listen to local historian, Kathi Kresol, share her knowledge of local, historical crimes in Boone and Winnebago Counties at the Boone County Historical Museum on Wednesday, Feb. 22. “We have a great turnout tonight,” Anna Pivoras, executive director of the Boone […]
By Bob Kopp BDR SPORTS CORRESPONDENT When Head Coach Aaron Pearson arrived at Belvidere High School a decade ago, he promised to make Bucs basketball as renowned as its legendary football tradition. With top assistant Nate Lister at his side throughout his tenure, Pearson has delivered and continues to add […]
Georgia Ruggles has joined Blackhawk Bank as a personal banker serving clients from its Belvidere, Ill. office. “We’re extremely pleased to have another well-known, skilled banker on our team. Georgia possesses superior banking expertise acquired through 38 years of managing a local bank branch and being a personal banker. She […]
By Bob Balgemann REPORTER Now that the new animal services building on the north side of Squaw Prairie Road is finished, Boone County officials are ready to sell the old one at 1230 S. Appleton Road. After quite a bit of discussion, the county board voted 12-0 to open the […]
By Anne Eickstadt REPORTER On Saturday, Feb. 25, Boone County Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) hosted a flapjack fundraiser at Applebee’s Restaurant, located at 2126 Gateway Center Dr. in Belvidere from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. Tickets were $5 per person, which included pancakes, bacon, and a drink. The Boone […]
By Kathryn Menue EDITOR Walking into the Belvidere North High School forum room on Thursday, Feb. 23, people could sense something special was happening from the blue and yellow décor around the room to the cheery faces filling the seats. This special event was all for one student: Cameron Lundquist. […]
By Chris Johnson REPORTER The winter sports season has come to a close at North Boone High School. The 54-29 loss on Monday, Feb. 21 to 10-seed Oregon in the opening round of the Class 2A Rockford Christian Regional sealed the deal for the Vikings. North Boone worked through a […]