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I want to apologize for this week's paper. Throughout this entire Stay at Home Corona situation, we have been trying to avoid simply using Illinois Press Association Covid releases to fill our pages. And I won't lie, when I kept getting emails and phone calls complimenting us on what we've been able to put together, it made me proud. But this week, as you can undoubtedly see, we are not on our game. Admittedly, I'm making a prediction right now because well ... you see ... I'm writing this to yo...
I’m gonna ask my mother if that offer to slap me into next year is still on the table. Until further notice, the days of the week are now called, “Thisday, Thatday, Otherday, Someday, Yesterday, Today and Nextday.” This quarantine made me realize that I have no real hobbies other than going out to eat and spending money. If you thought the toilet paper thing was crazy, just wait until 300 million people all want a haircut appointment. Yesterday, my husband thought he saw a cockroach in the kitchen. He sprayed everything down and cleaned thoro...
We are all in this together! The Jo Daviess Conservation Foundation (JDCF) is taking COVID-19 very seriously. While we have cancelled our upcoming events, our six nature preserves remain open for those needing an escape to nature. This week, we are featuring a scavenger hunt at our Horseshoe Mound Preserve, 1679 N Blackjack Rd, Galena. Please practice social distancing while taking the kids in search of the 5 clues on this hunt. A numbered tree cookie will mark the correct spot for each clue...
Sometimes, someone unexpected comes into your life out of nowhere, makes your heart race, and changes you forever. We call those people cops. There’s a story out there that says the following letter was sent to President Andrew Jackson from New York State Governor Martin Van Buren. January 31, 1829 Dear President Jackson: The canal system of this country is being threatened by the spread of a new form of transportation known as ‘railroads.’ The federal government must preserve the canals for t...
By now, if you read our front page, you know I have been spending my week stuck here in a Rockford hospital room. Now, nobody enjoys being in the hospital. The bed is too short for me, so they put on an extender – but when you have all kinds of wires and IV lines sticking on and into you – try rolling over in bed and see how many alarms go off. (Yeah, deep sleep here …) Apologize for the mental image, but sitting in your underwear with a loose back tied hospital gown on also leaves a lot to be...
The Greater Freeport Partnership launched its Partnership Cash program on Friday, April 24 at 7 pm and the program exceeded $10,000 sales of all grant funded purchases before noon on Saturday, April 25, 2020. After just one Facebook Live program introduction, Stephenson County residents pushed the post viral to help promote the program and increase support of small business in the area. Just 18 hours later, the program met its maximum investment allotment of $10,000. The $10,000 investment from...
The 4-H "What a Hoot" Owl Club members are taking part in the Illinois 4-H Nesting Box Challenge that began this winter. The Illinois Raptor Center has asked 4-Hers across the state to build Barred Owl nesting boxes for a state-wide study and youth in Jo Daviess County signed up to be a part of this groundbreaking research. The Barred Owl is a large owl species that live throughout the state of Illinois. This species is a lowland bottoms area owl that preys upon various rodents, reptiles,...
On 04/19/2020 at approximately 4:52 pm, Jo Daviess County Sheriff’s Deputies were dispatched to E. Parker Road, west of S. Elmoville Road for a single vehicle rollover accident with injuries. Upon arrival it was discovered that a juvenile driver (age 16 of Stockton) was operating a motor vehicle eastbound on E. Parker Road. The driver lost control of the vehicle while accelerating on the gravel roadway. The driver was unable to regain control of the vehicle and drove off the roadway to the right. The vehicle struck a small tree and fence, c...
Over the past month, I have put Northwest Illinois Values on the forefront as we discuss our regional response to the COVID-19 pandemic. I have helped share stories of neighbors helping neighbors, businesses retooling their production lines to produce life-saving Personal Protective Equipment, encouraged opportunities to get involved and updated my COVID-19 website constantly with the latest information and resources for constituents, many of whom are suffering greatly because of the economic...
The Freeport Community Foundation (FCF) and the United Way of Northwest Illinois (UWNWIL) announced today that their respective organizations are awarding $205,000 in Northwest Illinois COVID-19 Response Fund (NWILCRF) grants to thirty non-profit organizations based throughout Stephenson, Jo Daviess and Carroll counties. The emergency needs grants awarded include funding for ten northwest Illinois organizations offering assorted COVID-19 Emergency Needs Support programs to citizens impacted by the pandemic, nine (9) support emergency food...
The Salvation Army continues to adjust services collaborating with other local organizations, understanding and feeling the effects of the ever-growing food insecurity in our community. Unfortunately, the social distancing has distanced even more of our community from the funds needed to continue to provide for the unforeseen needs during this crisis. Although the offices are closed to the public, the Corps continues to provide meals and emergency pantry orders daily Monday thru Friday from...
The Daily Drawing (a cooperative fundraiser) is a drawing for 366 daily cash prizes from October 1, 2019 – September 30, 2020 to those donating for a ticket. Cash prizes vary between $50 and $250. A ticket may win multiple times as each ticket remains in the drawing each day for the entire year, no matter how often it may be drawn. There are nearly 20 organizations working together on the Daily Drawing from Jo Daviess, Carroll & Stephenson County. Sponsoring organizations include: Caring Community of Elizabeth, East Dubuque Music Boosters, E...
To help meet the needs of millions of Americans, Monroe Clinic and the Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center are hosting a blood drive. The event will take place on Tuesday, May 5, from 10:30am – 3:30pm at St. John’s United Church of Christ, 1724 14th Street, Monroe. Appointments are required to maintain social distancing. Donors will be screened before donating and can’t have donated blood after March 10. To reserve your time slot, please visit www.bloodcenter.org/donate. For questions, please contact Dawn Meier, Monroe Clinic Volun...
Stockton Keith Heidenreich, 81 It is with great sadness that I announce that my dad, Keith Heidenreich, passed away Wednesday, April 1, 2020 in Apache Junction, AZ which he chose as his second home. Born December 23, 1938, he grew up in Stockton, IL, graduated high school in Stockton, married in Stockton twice, farmed, owned Keith’s Main Tap, raised his children to have them graduate from the same town he had, served as a Volunteer Mounted Patrol Deputy Sheriff in Jo Daviess County, IL in which he and his team would conduct searches and p... Full story
