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Breakfast menus Elementary schools Monday, Nov. 7-Miniature chocolate chip French toast, chilled applesauce cups, 100 percent grape juice, and a variety of milk. Tuesday, Nov. 8-Apple cinnamon muffin, seedless raisins, 100 percent orange juice, and a variety of milk. Wednesday, Nov. 9-Miniature blueberry waffles, ripe banana, 100 percent apple juice, […]
By Bob Balgemann, REPORTER Outdoor storage at a supplier for Chrysler, another video gaming parlor, and an animated sign were among the issues dealt with during the most recent meeting of the City’s Planning and Zoning Commission. Each received a recommendation for approval and was presented to City Council on […]
By Bob Balgemann, REPORTER It’s being said that the likes of Tuesday’s Presidential Election has never been seen before and likely won’t be seen again. Whatever the case, the battle between Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump for President of the United States is expected to produce big numbers […]
On Tuesday, Oct. 25 the Belvidere High School Boys’ Soccer Team traveled all the way to Grayslake, Ill. to take on Grayslake North High School. Belvidere came out victorious winning the game 2-1. As per usual with Belvidere’s game play, the first period went by without any scores from either […]
By Chris Johnson, REPORTER With a season ending mark of 4-5, the Belvidere Bucs missed the 2016 post-season. They joined with many other NIC-10 squads who were home on opening night, including cross-town rival Belvidere North. The final game was played for a handful of veteran players, preparing to move […]
By Bob Balgemann, REPORTER Jarid Funderburg became Executive Director of Growth Dimensions in Belvidere in October 2014. Now, two years and one month later, he has departed to become Strategic Philanthropy Officer for OSF Health Care in Rockford. His departure was announced at the Oct. 19 meeting of the Boone […]
By Anne Eickstadt, REPORTER “This is the Halloween Carnival,” Belvidere Family YMCA CEO Jenni Jacky said. “Really, we try to give back to the community and have fun with the kids.” The gym at the Y was set up with ball toss games, bean bag toss games, bingo, bozo buckets, […]
On Saturday, Oct. 29, the Belvidere High School Boys’ Soccer Team faced off against Vernon Hills High School in a tough match set at home in Bucs territory at Funderburg Stadium. Vernon Hills won the game 2-0. Vernon Hills came out strong scoring their two game winning goals in the […]
By Chris Johnson, REPORTER The Fall Sports Season came to a close for the Belvidere Lady Bucs on Monday, Oct. 24, as they fell in the opening round of the IHSA Girls’ Class 3A Volleyball Regional to Freeport. The Lady Pretzels moved on to face two-seed Genoa-Kingston in the Belvidere […]
By Chris Johnson, REPORTER The Rockford Boylan, Lady Titans defeated the North Boone, Lady Vikings in the opening round of the IHSA Class 3A Girls’ Volleyball Regional in two sets, 25-13 and 25-8. The fact that the Big Northern participant had the opportunity to face one of the NIC-10’s perennial […]
