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 […]
By Anne Eickstadt REPORTER Our opening day, May 6, was ready and fully staffed with volunteers. We highlighted the Pitts, donated by Jeff Kaney, and the Curtis Jenny. Our special guests were the Jenny team and project part-ners, Chapter 1414 Board of Directors. The Jenny has been moved from the […]
The following is a release from the Belvidere Fire Department: On May 1, the City of Belvidere [began] providing ambulance service to its citizens. We will be providing the service with two (2) Advanced Life Support Ambulances stationed at 1560 N. State St., Belvidere. Both ambulances will be staffed with […]
By Anne Eickstadt REPORTER On April 22, the Belvidere Police Department held a drug takeback event at the Belvidere Township building, 8200 Fairgrounds Road. “This program has always been run by the Boone County Soil & Water Conservation District in conjunction with Keep Northern Illinois Beautiful,” said Officer Tim Blankenship. […]