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There's no easy way to break the news. On Friday, August 28, Freeport Police arrested George Buss on charges of Soliciting a male prostitute, and possession of child pornography. George Buss made himself famous as an Abraham Lincoln Re-enactor, and along with Tim Connors who played Stephen Douglas – they performed all over, including C-Span and the national stage in Washington D.C. When you think of people in the area who made you proud, one of the first names to come to mind was George Buss. H...
Courtesy of The History Channel Labor Day, an annual celebration of workers and their achievements, originated during one of American labor history's most dismal chapters. In the late 1800s, at the height of the Industrial Revolution in the United States, the average American worked 12-hour days and seven-day weeks in order to eke out a basic living. Despite restrictions in some states, children as young as 5 or 6 toiled in mills, factories and mines across the country, earning a fraction of their adult counterparts' wages. People of all ages,...
Dear Dan, First, I want to tell you how much we enjoy and appreciate your newspaper, Village Voices. We get news and other things that we don’t get anywhere else. I especially enjoyed your “Points to Ponder” in the August 19-25 issue. It did prompt a couple of questions out of curiosity though. -Who or what government agency, or panel, or committee, or organization, or authorized person, determines what it “politically correct”? Where does that come from? And where does the authority come from to use the word “ban”? -You write “They (?) hav...
What if this quarantine is just the aliens fattening us up before the big harvest? If you see me talking to myself this week – don't worry – I'm having a parent/teacher conference. I just Clorox wiped a bottle of Purell, then Purelled my hands because I touched the Clorox cannister ... How far down a rabbit hole does this go? The officer said, "Your staggering." I answered, "You're quite handsome yourself." We just laughed and laughed ... I need bail money. When I yell at my dog to stop barking, I wonder if he's thinking, "This is awesome! We'...
I received a letter from a very nice lady scolding me for my continued support of President Trump. Her letter to me merits an article, as I’m sure others have similar views which is shocking and scary. Her letter, and obvious hatred for our President, reads like MSNBC and CNN Evening News. I marvel at the folks who have drunk their Kool Aid and it scares me that people listen but don’t think about what was said. The gentle lady started by assuring me that in the President’s 1,278 days in offic...
With all the unrest and division and disruption and hate around us, life can be somewhat unsettling. When the rioters began rioting and looting in Minneapolis and in Portland and Seattle, it was pretty far removed from us out here in the sticks. When they targeted Chicago it was getting a little closer to home, but I still felt safely removed from it. But then when they hit Kenosha, that’s starting to get a little too close to home. That’s now in my state. I’ve watched in disgust as the autho...
Patience is being tested in my house these days … all because of a new canine addition that is loving and eager to please, but was never house broken and has yet to see that lesson sink in. As many know, my wife went on a family camping trip along with her mother and aunt, and partly because I had duties here – but mostly because my idea of a camping trip includes room service and an indoor pool – I stayed home alone with our new dog “Bucky.” Bucky was a rescue dog – we got him from Friends For...
Elizabeth Beverly Ellen Dittmar, 79 Beverly Ellen Dittmar of Freeport, previously of Elizabeth, Illinois passed away on Saturday August 15, 2020 at Manor Court Nursing Center, Freeport, Illinois. A private funeral service will be held with Pastor Roger Bokkema of the Elizabeth United Methodist Church officiating. Burial will be in the Elizabeth Cemetery. Memorials may be made in her name to the Friends Forever Humane Society, Freeport, or to the Elizabeth First Methodist Church, Elizabeth. Family and friends are invited to share in Beverly’s l... Full story
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...
The Scales Mound community is proud to sponsor our next blood drive with the American Red Cross on September 3, at the Scales Mound Town Hall, 802 Main St, Scales Mound. Donations can be made between 1:00-6:00 pm. An estimated 38 percent of Americans are eligible to give blood or platelets, but of those, less than 10 percent actually donate each year. If you are healthy and eligible, please come out to donate. Most donations take about an hour, so book your appointment, roll up your sleeve and become a part of the lifesaving mission of the Red...
The 2020 Highland Community College 2020 Virtual Job Fair will be held Tuesday, Nov. 17 located on the second floor of the Student/Conference Center (Building H) room H-201 Highland Community College, 2998 W. Pearl City Rd., Freeport, Ill. “Due to the unknowns of COVID-19, we chose to make the job fair virtual, which was originally scheduled in April this year,” said Anthony Musso, Career Services Coordinator. “We hope that this platform makes it easier for businesses, students, and the public.” Highland plans on having on-campus compute...
Freeport Community Foundation is currently accepting grant applications for its fall 2020 grant cycle. On-line application procedures and grant guidelines are available on our website at www.freeportcommunityfoundation.org , by calling the Foundation at 815-801-3035, or emailing [email protected]. $93,750 is available in grant funding which includes $7,500 from Compeer Financial and $5,000 from Citizen's State Bank, both awarded to FCF earlier this year in support of the organization's COVID-19 emergency response...
This past week, I enjoyed hosting my third TeleTownHall Meeting since the COVID pandemic set into Illinois this Spring. Many of you may have received a call from my office asking you to hold on the line on Tuesday (8/25) to go live with me via phone for this event. Much like my “Pizza and Politics” events hosted throughout 2019, these TeleTownHall Meetings allowed me an opportunity to provide a 20 minute legislative update and then allowed for at least 20 more minutes of direct questions and...
The Eastland Cougars have been running Cross Country for the past several years, but never in the school's history have they ever actually hosted a meet. But all of that changed last Friday. Typically, Eastland traveled in order to compete – running at Dixon, Sterling, Freeport, or any one of an assortment of larger schools that hosted large Cross Country meets. But with the new rules set forth by the IHSA dealing with COVID – all of those larger meets had to cut back – with a maximum of four te...
The 2020 Pearl City Boulevard Bash scheduled for August 22nd was cancelled due to the unforeseen circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic. Each year the profits from the event go to local charitable causes. With no in-person Bash in 2020, we are inviting donations to keep making our contributions. An anonymous donor has come forward and is challenging Pearl City residents to help the Bash by offering to match all individual donations up to a total of $2000. Your $10 donation turns into a $20 donation. $20 becomes $40. $50 is now $100. This...
Boys Eastland 192 Andy Anderson – 42, Kellen Henze – 47, Treyton Selman – 51, Jacob French – 52 = 192 RR/SM 210 Thomas Hereau – 44, Owen Knauer – 54, Kari Conklin – 55, Tom Winter – 57 = 210 Aquin 191 Lane Pierson – 44, Hayden Neuendorf – 44, Jackson Hilby – 51, Ty Stykel – 52 = 191 East Dubuque 197 Jackson Lange – 43, Andy Montag – 50, Jon Montag – 52, Brodie Tashner – 52 = 197 Du/Pec 217 Zach Stricker – 42, Trenton Taylor – 57, Evan Folk - 58, Jake Anderson – 60 = 217 Forreston 236 Logan Dyso...
Dakota 6 – 0 Eastland 4 – 0 Amboy 4 – 1 Galena 2 – 2 Du/Pec 1 – 1 Aquin 2 – 2 Stockton 1 – 1 E. Dubuque 1 – 1 LW/PC 0 – 2 Polo 0 – 2 W. Carroll 0 – 2 RR/SM 0 – 3 Forreston 0 – 4 Top Ten Individuals (Note – based on average scores of all conference matches, which favors schools who play home matches on an 'easier' course. But we like rankings so ... take it for what it's worth. Number in parentheses are times they won medalist honors) Ethan Rood, Dakota 38.9 (2) Ian Peterson, Dakota 40.3 (1) L...
