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Boone County’s Health and Human Services Committee tabled a resolution to change the food service code. Under the current code, nonprofit organizations…
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The Boone County Board will discuss whether local nonprofits should be charged for food service permits. Fees are expected to bring in $25,000 for the…
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The Illinois General Assembly passed -- and Gov. Bruce Rauner signed -- a stopgap budget Thursday which included larger-than-usual funding for public…
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Illinois has more than 8500 individual government entities – including a large number of community school districts, ranging from stand-alone elementary…
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The Boone County Board voted 10 to 1 in favor of a letter opposing the Great Lakes Basin Railroad Project. The Rockford Register-Star reports that the…
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A northern Illinois judge who helped implement a cameras-in-court program was selected to chair a committee comprised of chief judges from around the…
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The Boone County Department of Public Health today confirmed that a Belvidere man is the first human case of West Nile Virus (WNV) in the county in…
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The coordinating committee of five Belvidere city aldermen and five Boone County Board members has voted unanimously to pursue completion of the…
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A massive mulch fire is causing headaches for travelers and residents in northern Boone County. The smoky fire started around noon in piles of mulch on…