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By Kathryn Menue EDITOR On Monday, Feb. 6, the Concordia Lanes Junior Bowling League bowlers met yet again for a night of fun, competitive play. As a result, six bowlers came away with the top scores for the week in the three divisions of the junior bowling league: Bantams, Preps, […]
By Bob Balgemann REPORTER The Boone County Board has voted to ask the Illinois General Assembly for permission to impose a gasoline tax of up to four cents per gallon, only for transportation purposes. State Rep. Bob Pritchard, R-Sycamore, introduced House Bill 4368 in December 2015, but it never got […]
By Kathryn Menue EDITOR On the luminous morning of Monday, Feb. 6, Sunshine Stitches, located at 1490 N. State St. in Belvidere, held their celebratory opening at 10 a.m. The vividness of the morning sun carried inside Sunshine Stitches with smiling faces of Belvidere Area Chamber of Commerce members, city […]
By Jim Hagerty REPORTER “He’s famous,” and “We know him,” members of the Belvidere High School student body muttered Friday, Jan. 6, during a special assembly that honored Eddy Baeza. His classmates are correct. Baeza, a Belvidere junior, is now famous. The crooner displayed his voice all the way to the […]
By Chris Johnson REPORTER A win over Harvard was recorded as the second week of regular season game play for the North Boone Vikings. Some internal concerns distracted the squad as they moved through the year and showed up each night to compete. With a 1-17 overall mark heading into […]
By Chris Johnson REPORTER On Friday, Jan. 27, Belvidere North hosted Harlem and did so in an un-welcoming fashion as they outpaced their guests by 25 points, winning 68-43. In the win over Guilford on Friday, Feb. 3, the offense stayed nearly as sharp as they pulled away to a […]
By Chris Johnson REPORTER Back-to-back wins helped close the month of January for the Belvidere North Blue Thunder boys’ basketball team. Wins over nearest neighbor Belvidere in overtime on Wednesday, Jan. 25 preceded a Friday, Jan. 27 win over the Harlem Huskies, 54-48. As February opened, the situation changed and […]
By Chris Johnson REPORTER This Friday’s match for the Belvidere Lady Bucs on the road at Guilford helps bring to an end the regular-season portion of the winter sports schedule. The playoffs start on Monday, Feb. 13. On Wednesday Feb. 7, the Lady Bucs battle in Freeport as their journey […]
By Bob Balgemann REPORTER It was quite a weekend for winter sports teams at Belvidere North High School. First of all, the Blue Thunder co-ed competitive cheer team was crowned state champion on Saturday, Feb. 4 going up against some larger, suburban schools such as Hoffman Estates Conant (second place), […]
Wanda P. Kuehne, 91, of Belvidere, passed away in her home, Sunday, Feb. 5, after a lengthy illness. Wanda was born on June 3, 1925, to Gomer and Inez (Anderson) Davis in Des Moines, Iowa. She was a member of the Belvidere Women’s Bowling Association for many years and worked […]
