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Over the summer, there was a lot of excitement over what kind of game fans would see when Lena-Winslow, and the Mapes sisters, squared off against the Stockton Blackhawks – their former team. But when the day finally arrived Monday night, injuries had taken such a large toll, that the battle was over before it even began as Stockton cruised to the 59-38 victory. Lena-Winslow was without their leading point guard, Madilyn Schultz – and had been for a month. Sadie Mowerey, her replacement, was...
The program officially lists Andy Wurster as being 5'8" tall. We think it's lying. But the one thing that nobody can deny is how hard and fast the senior guard works for the River Ridge Wildcats. "I know he's going to go out there and go 110% all the time. It's the only speed he knows," said head coach Shean Albrecht. "That's why you see him pulling himself out all of the time. He can't keep up with his own pace." After mounting a furious comeback from ten points down in the final three minutes...
The gap in talent has never been wider than it is right now amongst the girls basketball teams in the NUIC. There are quite a few great to very good teams and quite a few teams experiencing lows with not a whole lot of teams in between. River Ridge-Scales Mound (RRSM) is one of those teams experiencing lows right now as there isn't a wealth of talent among the upperclassmen on Dave Wiegel's team. Stockton, on the other hand, has four strong starters, three of which were key players on their...
After winning the jump ball to open the game, the Lena-Winslow Panthers came down and worked their offense for a good twenty seconds before Sean Ormiston pulled up and hit a 15 foot jumper for the 2-0 lead. That was the extent of the Lena-Winslow highlights. Evan Flynn nailed a three point basket the first time the Indians had the ball, and claimed a lead they would never relinquish. This was Dakota vs Lena – this was hard nosed defensive in-your-face basketball that needed overtime the first t...
The Wrestling post season gets underway this coming weekend where the teams from our region will be making the trip to Polo for the Class 1A Regional. And to say that a lot will be on the line would be a massive understatement. Two different things will be taking place at the Regional. On the one hand, the individual wrestlers will be battling it out to finish among the top four in order to advance on to the Sectional at Oregon. The field is loaded, so advancing will not be easy as eleven teams...
Madelyn Walters is in her second year at SIUE and was recently named the student body Vice President at Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville. She is shown above taking the oath of office. She previously served on the student senate as the External Affairs Officer. She was the 2018 Valedictorian of River Ridge HS and earned a full academic scholarship to the university. She is an economics and pre-law major. Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is the fastest growing public institution...
Governor J.B. Pritzker painted a rosy picture in his first “State of the State” address January 29, but Senate Republican lawmakers say a greater emphasis should have been placed on rooting out corruption, starting with revamping the state’s process for drawing legislative maps. Senate Republicans reacted to Governor Pritzker’s first official “State of the State” address, delivered to a joint session of Illinois lawmakers January 29 in the House of Representatives Chambers, noting that the Go...
"Science Siesta is once again being offered by the University of Illinois Extension for both boys and girls," said Johnna Jennings, University of Illinois Extension 4-H Youth Development Educator. "This year we will be offering a Science Siesta event just for boys on Friday, March 13 to Saturday, March 14, and another Science Siesta just for girls on Friday, April 3 to Saturday, April 4 both at the Discovery Center Children's Museum in Rockford," said Jennings. These events are open to youth in...
2nd Quarter Honor Roll 4.00+ Lydia Groezinger, Madeline Klippert, Julianna Kuzniar, Andrew Merkle, Tayden Patterson, Abby Richmond, Madison Stulc, Joseph Tippett, Kathryn Walters, Greta Dittmar, Julia Finazzo, Riley Finn, Livia Haas, Kaitlin Kilgore, Sarah Pratt, Caleb Rhodes, Charlie Schnitzler, Mary Scott, Libbey Shellenberger, Emma Boop, Margaret Cahill, Ashley Carroll, Kari Conklin, Kali Crusilla, Ajdar Limani, Anna Navarro-Garcia, Leanna Scott, Lauren Kloss, Jamie Schnitzler 3.50 - 3.999 Patrick Cahill, Dylan Landwer, Derek Lehman, Sara...
(Forgive me if I’ve told this one before) … But … one dark night outside a small town in the midwest, a fire started inside the local chemical plant, and in a blink of an eye it exploded into massive flames. The alarm went out to all the fire departments for miles around. When the volunteer firefighters appeared on the scene, the chemical company president rushed to the fire chief and said, “All of our secret formulas are in the vault in the center of the plant. They must be saved. I will gi...
I hear a lot of things first. People send me emails, or tips on what they think is newsworthy, and a lot of times it is – so I look into it or try to help promote what’s happening. And admittedly there are a lot of times where the concern they had was misplaced. A ton of things I find out early never make it into print. There are a ton of reasons for this too – sometimes it is because there is no reason to print it, just diggin into some things has resulted in changes taking place. Other times...
Cory Cassens, Jo Daviess County FSA Executive Director, is hosting ARC/PLC Farm Bill informational meetings in the Jo Daviess County Service Center conference room on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 9:00 a.m. and at 2:00 p.m. Seating is limited to approximately 15 attendees. Past meetings have been successful with fluid small group discussion. All meeting attendees based on the knowledge gained successfully made a program election prior to exiting the building after the meeting. Call 815-858-3418 ext. 2 if you have any questions on this topic....
Five Fury skaters lit the lamp in the Fury's 8th Badger Conference game on January 24. The Fury easily defeated the Icebergs 7-0 in the contest. Claudia Boehlke and Anika Einbeck each tallied two goals while Haley Knauf, Sara Loerke, and Alyssa Knauf added one goal each. Earning assists were Alyssa Knauf, Anika Einbeck (2), Haley Knauf (2), Sara Loerke, Olivia Combs, and Presley Kovacevich. Goaltender Oliva Cronin stopped all 20 shots she faced as the Fury outshot the Icebergs 38-20. Cronin...
Freeport Community Foundation has added three new board members: Jenny Blocker, Kim Rampenthal, and Michelle Stubbe. “We are pleased to welcome Jenny, Kim and Michelle to our board of directors,” said Michelle DeHaven, Executive Director of the Foundation. “We believe that Jenny, Kim and Michelle bring a wealth of experience to our board and will be very valuable in furthering the mission of FCF: to empower non-profits to develop solutions that help northwest Illinois communities thrive.” Jenny Blocker is a partner at Benning Group, LLC and...
Expect the drum beat on ethics reform to continue at the State Capitol as more legislators become embroiled in what is now apparently a web of corruption being unwoven by President Trump's Federal Department of Justice. While Governor Pritzker attempted to lay out his annual priorities to legislators in his State of the State speech at the end of January, the cloud of corruption and indictments dogged the Democrat Governor in delivering his second annual address the same week as it was...
This Friday, area Speech teams will all compete in the IHSA Regionals, with our area going to Sterling. Similar to a track meet, there are 14 different Speech events, but at the Regional competition each school may only have one – and only one – entry in each of the 14 events. In addition, a kid may only enter into two different events – nobody may do more than that. At Sterling, 12 teams will all send their best to compete in the preliminary rounds. From there, the top six kids in each event...
Lena Robert B. Bonnet, 93 Robert B. Bonnet age 93, passed away on Friday January 31, 2020 at the Lena Living Center. He was born on July 16, 1926 to Bernard and Mary Sophia (Greenwald) Bonnet in Menominee Twp, Jo Daviess County at their rural home. He attended White Grade School in a one room building in rural Jo Daviess County and then Warren High School. He was raised on the farm in Menominee Twp. and farmed in the Warren, Stockton and Lena area since 1941. He married Dorothy Ann Wolfram on April 8, 1947 at St. Ann Catholic Church in Warren... Full story
