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UW-Whitewater Dean's List The following students were named to the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Dean's List for the 2022 spring semester. Macie Kaney, Pearl City IL Naomi Mullen, Lanark IL Emma Norton, Lanark IL Simon Rillie, Stockton IL Nevaeh Roberts, Lena IL These students have demonstrated their academic abilities by receiving a grade point average of 3.4 or above in a single semester. "Making the Dean's List is a tremendous honor for our students. It is a recognition of their hard work and commitment to success," said Robin Fox, who...
West Point Mutual Insurance Company is proudly celebrating 150 years of service to its policyholders in northwest Illinois. Recently the Illinois Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (IAMIC) presented them a Certificate of Excellence for reaching this important milestone. As a mutual insurance company, West Point Mutual is owned by its policyholders and controlled by a board of directors elected by those same policyholders. Complete insurance coverage is offered to all persons who reside in the Illinois counties of Carroll, DeKalb, Jo...
Timber Lake Playhouse, the premier professional summer theatre of northwest Illinois, will bring back their on-campus workshops and performance opportunities for area youth of all ages including the High School Internship Program which provides paid internships for four area high school students. Timber Lake Playhouse will, again, provide paid apprenticeships for area teens interested in pursuing careers in the theatre arts. Four teens will be chosen to work alongside TLP’s artistic and administrative teams performing a variety of tasks in all...
As students prepare for their summer break from school parents find themselves looking for activities to keep their kids busy. One activity to consider is a summer reading program. When young people are not engaged in educational activities during the summer they often experience learning loss, effectively erasing gains made during the school year. The good news is summer reading programs keep kids growing. Studies show students who participate in summer reading programs have better reading skills and score higher on standardized tests than...
You're welcome to join us in person at St. John's Lutheran Church in Pearl City on Sunday, June 12th for worship with the NO WORRIES BAND at 9 am. Pastor Shellie Knight will lead the worship service which will include music from the No Worries Band. The Summer Brat Stand has resumed in downtown Pearl City. The Brat Stand will be open 11 am -2 pm on June 11 and 25. A Brat or Hot Dog meal deal will be $6 and individual sandwiches are also available. Join us at St. John’s Lutheran Church in Pearl City, IL for Tree of Healing Vacation Bible S...
NUIC North Player of the Year: Cheyenne Handsaker First Team Cheyenne Handsacker, Sr. Pearl City Tessa Janecke, Sr. Orangeville-Aquin Hannah Bowers, Sr. Dakota Jenna Damon, Sr. Durand Brianna Stager , Sr. Pearl City Rachael Setterstrom, Fr. Lena Winslow Emmie Nyen, Sr. Durand Mary Zettle, Sr. Dakota Meghan Carlisle, So. Orangeville-Aquin Meghan Holder, So. Orangeville-Aquin Brea Musser, Jr. Pearl City Delaney Wirtjes, Fr. Durand Second Team Leah Baker, Jr. Orangeville-Aquin Amya Stack, Sr....
“Jesus said to her, ‘I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me will live even if he dies.’” I’m getting tired of crying all the time. It’s been another roller coaster week emotionally. My family is enduring much sorrow at this moment in the loss of my nephew's 3 year old son due to a drowning accident on Memorial Day. That, and the loss last month of a 10 year old boy from our congregation in an accident and we are weary with grief and sadness (not to mention the national tr...
(Ouch) I love my wife, I really do … honest … but there are times I’m convinced she’s trying to kill me. For those who don’t know – and that would be just about all of you – we have had a pool for many years. It was a vinyl one for a long time held up with a metal frame, but we eventually put in a hard sided one about a year ago. My wife and kids were always pool rats, and for a long time they were the only ones who used it. Not because I’m scared of water or anything, but because the ric...
Giving back to your community gives you a sense of purpose and a deeper appreciation for what you have. 4-H youth in Stephenson County have learned that one way of giving back is through using your hands for larger service. Stephenson County 4-H Ambassador's planned and conducted a community service project this year, that involved making handmade tie-blankets for those in need. The Ambassador team of 9, along with 10 local 4-H clubs made 31 tie blankets, that were donated locally to the...
Mobile Gas Station Robbery On May 27, 2022 around 10:24 P.M., officers of the Freeport Police Department responded to the Mobile Gas Station in the 1200 block of West Galena Avenue in reference to a robbery. Upon investigation, officers learned that a male suspect walked into the business and waited for other customers to leave. The suspect then approached the cashier and displayed a firearm, demanding money from the cash register. The suspect was able to obtain an undisclosed amount of cash and other items. The suspect is described to be a...
Yes, I work as a bank teller. No, I don’t “make it rain.” A bank is a place that will lend you money, if you can prove that you don’t need it. There is a special place in Hell for people who press the call button more than once in the bank drive up. The bank turned down my loan, but approved the payments. Poor Steve, he realized that all of those jokes about bankers hours he had been telling were no longer funny after he worked his first ten hour day. I know we got special funding to do Disaster Loans Mrs. Randecker, but that’s intended...
Last week, I presented details regarding the question that Orangeville residents need to determine for their school district. Well, Lena-Winslow has an item on the upcoming Primary Ballot too – one that some might recognize. The issue, is whether or not the School Board members should be elected by popular vote, (like most people in the modern world) or if they should keep the antiquated system where members must live in certain congressional districts in order to hold a seat. The best e...
Recently, the Eastland JH track team has been competing in East Peoria at the IESA State Track Meet. They had an exceptional weekend which included four State Champions and a second place overall team finish. 8th Grade Boys-2nd PLACE TEAM FINISH 4x200 Relay - STATE CHAMPION, 1:40.52 (Braden Anderson, Zy Haverland, Parker Krogman, Draven Zier and alternate Cameron Huber) Draven Zier - STATE CHAMPION, Long Jump - 19ft 2in Parker Krogman - STATE CHAMPION, 110 Hurdles - 16.43 seconds Parker Krogman...
Growing up in the Sterling-Rock Falls area, Amanda Larry of Rock Falls, and her sister Ashleigh Chapman of Sterling graduated from high school not thinking about the career path toward a nursing career until they both married and raised families. Both worked in the healthcare field, Larry as a Medical Assistant, and Chapman as a CNA. It would take a dream Larry had one night that told her the sisters should return to school to study and become registered nurses. They talked it over, explored...
For the first time since lawmakers expanded the state’s hate crime law in 2018, Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul is launching a civil lawsuit against two Illinoisans for allegedly engaging in hate crimes. The lawsuit says two residents of Carroll County in northwest Illinois lynched an effigy of their neighbor, who is Black, to intimidate him. Cheryl Hampton and her adult son, Chad Hampton, both white, also allegedly displayed a Confederate flag and a racial slur in a window facing their n...
Carroll County and its County Seat, the village of Mount Carroll, were carved out of the once massive Jo Daviess County. The original Jo Daviess County was a part of the Old Northwest Territory. At the end of the French Indian War in 1763 a huge portion of the north American continent was ceded to Britain by the French. This included all French holdings east of the Mississippi River as well as all of Canada. This area was unsettled virgin soil, being populated by a few French or Spanish...
NUIC North Player of the Year: Ethan Fye First Team Ethan Fye, Sr. Lena-Winslow Nathan Brinkmeier, JR Pearl City Jake Zeal, Jr. Lena-Winslow Adam Thompson, Sr. Dakota Evan Broge, Sr. Aquin Clay Luedeking, Sr. Aquin Drew Streckwald, Jr. Lena-Winslow Trenton Taylor, Sr. Du/Pec Brody Mahon, Sr. Lena-Winslow Luke Benson, Sr. Lena-Winslow Kaidyn Niedermeier, Jr. Dakota Michael Conroy, So. Du/Pec James Eyster, Jr. Dakota Tanner Perdue, Jr. Pearl City Second Team Bryce Fitzanko, Sr. Du/Pec Caden Wenger...
Boys NUIC Co-MVPS Matt Beltran, Forreston/Polo Dawson Feyen, Galena/RR/ED Amboy Brock Loftus, Kyle McNinch and Ian Sundberg Dakota Camden Foesch, Kaleb Morris, Tyler Kauffman, Tug Dornink, Adrain Arellano, kooper Meier and Aiden Ruiz Forreston/Polo Brock Soltow, Payton Encheff, Carson Jones, Lucas Nelson, Dane Setterstrom, Micah Nelson, Thomas Falk, Wyatt Queckboerner, Johnny Kobler and Matt Beltran Fulton Daken Pessman, Brock Mason Galena/RR/ED Ali Alhamdani, River Alvarado, Aaron Culbertson,...
Interested in helping local charities and having fun while doing it, a group of men from Stephenson County are starting a new organization called 100+ Men Who Care for Stephenson County. The first meeting will be at 6pm on June 14that the Freeport Elks Lodge at 608 W. Stephenson Street. The group plans to meet quarterly to pick a charity to support. Men who join pledge that they will give $100 to each charity chosen quarterly. “If we get enough guys involved, we can end up making a donation of $10,000 or more, which can make a significant d...
