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State Representative Joe Sosnowski of the 69th District announced winners for the second annual 69th District Photo Challenge. Four lucky winners were selected: Gordon Ellingson, Sharon Thomas, Karen Snyder, and Loreen Burton. Ellingson won with a beautiful fall photo from Midway Village in Rockford. Thomas’ photo of the river in […]
By Bob Kopp BDR SPORTS CORRESPONDENT The NIC-10 may be among the most competitive conferences in Illinois with every team in contention for post-season laurels. A very talented, talkative to taunting, and young Jefferson flew into Belvidere to prove that point and flew away with a hard-fought 56-48 win to […]
By Anne Eickstadt REPORTER Several inches of snow made Santa feel right at home as the Poplar Grove Vintage Wings and Wheels Museum held their annual Visit with Santa on Sunday, Dec. 4. “This is the 10th year that we have had Santa at the museum,” Judi Zangs, Museum General […]
By Bob Balgemann REPORTER There will be elections April 4, 2017 for the Belvidere City Council, mayor, city clerk, and city treasurer; village boards, township boards, and school boards in Boone County. However, qualifying periods vary, with one of them already having been held and even that only is partially […]
On Monday, Nov. 21, Boone County Council on Aging Director Joe Fortmann, and staff members, June Doty, Cindy Mathison, and Rachel Vinciguerra, accepted a check from Shopko Store Manager Jaimie Little in the amount of $1,000. The check was awarded as a result of a grant request written by Project […]
By Chris Johnson REPORTER A great opportunity presented itself to the Belvidere boys’ basketball sophomore-representatives as they were invited to participate in the season-opening Pecatonica Thanksgiving Turkey Tourney, a usually exclusive varsity tournament. The going hasn’t been the best, so far in the week long tournament, as Belvidere carried a […]
By Kathryn Menue EDITOR On Saturday, Dec. 3, boys and girls from Boone County flocked to Concordia Lanes, located at 1205 Logan Ave. in Belvidere, to bowl in the junior bowling league. No competitors joined in on the Cookies and Milk league fun, but older bowlers did join in on […]
By Chris Johnson REPORTER The Belvidere North Blue Thunder faced the Harlem Huskies on Wednesday, Dec. 7 knowing they had some work to do if they wanted to find ways to influence the outcome in the race for the NIC-10 title. It hasn’t been the ideal start for Belvidere North […]
By Bob Balgemann REPORTER It was all Belvidere North last year when the cross-town rivalry with Belvidere returned to the bowling alley. Not so this year. Varsity newcomer Greg Suthers improved on his opening-day series by 216 pins as the Bucs stunned the Blue Thunder, 3,470-3,248, in NIC-10 competition. He […]
By Jim Hagerty REPORTER While a number of area businesses have come and gone since 1986, one Belvidere company is still thriving, with plans to continue for another 30 years. Affordable Water, Inc., located at 214 W. Menomonie St. in Belvidere, has been a water purification service provider for three decades. Owner […]
