Promise Assembly #89 won Assembly of the Year at Illinois Grand Assembly, International Order of the Rainbow for Girls recently in Springfield, held at the Wyndam Hotel. The members’ hard work and dedication was recognized by the leadership of the organization. Faith Dabbs Moscato was awarded Advisory Board Member of […]
Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States and Auxiliary Post 1461 will be hosting a VFW Commander and Auxiliary Pot Luck Reception starting at 5 p.m. Friday, July 14. The community is invited to come out and thank Past Commander Greg Kelm for his service to the veterans and […]
By Trenten Scheidegger CORRESPONDENT The North Boone Vikings have been hard at work with summer league, offseason workouts, and more. North Boone boys head coach, Beth Doetch, has been preaching the importance of offseason work. In 2022-2023, the Vikings finished with a middle of the road record of 14-16. Together, […]
Eagle Scout Candidate Bradley Fabiano and his troop met on a rainy spring day in April and installed the trail signs for his Eagle Scout Project at Kinnikinnick Creek Conservation Area. Bradley chose this project because he wanted to give back to his local community. The outdoors and hiking have […]
The Boone County Sheriff’s Office and the Belvidere/Boone County Communications Center (BBCC) are asking for assistance from the community regarding the recent increase in 911 hang-up and misdial calls coming into the Communications Center. Since the beginning of January there has been over a 200% increase in 911 hang-up calls […]
The Earth Force Club at Boone County Conservation District, along with Seth Whitman Elementary School, is working to reduce food waste going into landfills. As part of this project, the group gave two FoodCycler indoor compost machines to the Seth Whitman fifth-grade science teachers, Austin Busker and Eliana Postigo. They […]
By Trenten Scheidegger CORRESPONDENT The North Boone Vikings baseball team had their best season in more than a decade before it all came to a heartbreaking end. The Vikings ended the regular season with a record of 18-8. That set them up for a regional matchup against a familiar opponent […]
By Tracy Ouellette EDITOR IN CHIEF Local reporter Anne Eickstadt died unexpectedly May 15. She was 66 years old. Eickstadt loved the Belvidere community and for nearly a decade had worked as a reporter and editor for this newspaper. Eickstadt started as a writer for Rock Valley Publishing, which publishes […]
By Anne Eickstadt REPORTER VetsRoll is back on Wednes-day, May 24, after the pandemic hiatus. In order to protect the health of very senior retired members of the Armed Forces, VetsRoll was can-celled from the time COVID shut everything down. In caution for the Veteran’s health, that hiatus continued until […]