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For the last 25 years Ron Kane has been the Stephenson County Assessor. He's served 400 different County Board members and 12 different Chairman, and County Clerk Vici Otte was convinced that the two of them would eventually call it quits and walk out of the office together some day. But all of that changed when Kane announced to his office that he had accepted the position as the Ogle County Assessor and would be leaving on September 30th. "You're kidding right?" was the immediate response....
River Ridge High School took some grief when they made the decision to abandon football and go to the eight man format this season. But following their incredible 60-22 blasting of Cuba North Fulton, some of those same critics are probably biting their tongues. The Wildcats made the long trip down to Cuba North Fulton for their first contest, and to put it bluntly, the only thing that went wrong was that their bus failed to start for the trip home. “Yeah, it was kinda funny,” said Athletic Dir...
Everybody knew Lena-Winslow was good, but nobody thought they were THIS good. What is typically their weakest outing of the season – the opener – proved to be an incredible display of passing prowess for the Panthers that began with their very first possession and continued on both sides of the line of scrimmage until the running clock was started at the 9:10 mark of the third quarter in a 50-6 romp. EPC was held to an initial three and out on their first series. And after Isaiah Bruce plo...
East Dubuque 26 AFC 0 Du/Pec 58 Amboy 7 BH/Warren 42 Cuba City 7 Lena-Winslow 50 EPC 6 Forreston 30 Dakota 12 Stockton 26 Milledgeville 8 West Carroll 22 Galena 20 River Ridge 60 Cuba North Fulton 22 Aquin 28 Orangeville 16 This Week’s Schedule Dakota at West Carroll Du/Pec at EPC East Dubuque at Milledgeville Galena at Forreston Lena-Winslow at Amboy Orangeville at AFC Potosi/Cassville at BH/Warren Stockton at Aquin River Ridge at Mt. Union, IA NUIC Football Standings North Lena-Winslow 0 – 0 1 – 0 Stockton 0 – 0 1 – 0 Pec/Durand 0 – 0 1 – 0...
Both the Aquin Bulldogs and Lena-Winslow Panthers have height, excellent athletes, and high volleyball hopes for the season. But one of them starts two freshmen, and that proved to be the difference as Lena-Winslow thumped Aquin in their home opener 25-12, 25-17. The lack of overall experience was apparent from the very beginning. With a packed gym full of football players dressed in their Hill Billy best and chanting "Plant The Corn" or "Mountain Dew" or any other inane thing they could think...
It was the kind of match that, in years past, the Wolves would have probably lost. Polo came in with a collection of solid hitters, and had a height advantage that they used well to claw their way out to the early lead in game one. But this is not the same Pearl City squad. There was no panic, there was no obvious look of players eyes caught in the headlights, in fact the biggest nerves were on the bench. "Oh I was scared to death," said JV coach Josee Pickard, who was taking over the varsity...
Boys RR/SM 202 Derek Lehman – 49, Maddox Knauer – 49, Any Wurster – 50, Riley Wolters – 54 = 202 Stockton 212 Garrett Buske – 47, Cody Breuer – 53, Mitchell Coffey – 53, T. Williamson – 59 = 212 LW/PC 214 Tavor Buss – 47, M. Brinkmeier – 49, James Freytag – 56, Mikhail Hussain – 62 = 214 Amboy 236 Wes Wilson – 54, Bret Buhrow – 59, Mike Zaller – 60, Jay Long – 63 = 236 Polo 238 Denesy Lackland – 53, Spencer Scott – 55, Clay Scott- 61, Cody Buskhol – 69 = 238 Stillman Val 177 Tim Marcum – 39, Axel Lovgren – 45, Pat Hickey – 46, Tristan Lyons – 4...
The Stockton Blackhawks opened their volleyball season up at home Monday night against a solid Orangeville Bronco squad in a battle that could have gone either way ... if not for the perfectly timed highlight reel efforts of Blackhawk senior Kaige Brown. In game one, the Blackhawks jumped out to the early 8-4 lead after a kill by Katie Wright which prompted Orangeville to call time out. But the Broncos fought right back – knotting the score up at 14-14 thanks in large part to a balanced offense...
Most of the first half between the Orangeville Broncos and Aquin Bulldogs was a clinic in how to not have successful offensive drives. Whether the result of first game jitters or not, both teams made some nice plays, but every drive (minus the Bulldogs' last drive of the half) came up empty as a result of an offensive shortcoming on one play. Penalties, dropped passes, missed blocking assignments, fumbles. The game saw them all, as the two offenses sputtered their way through most of the first...
My wife is living proof that we often take our body for granted. Now, before you get the wrong idea – where I’m going with this is that she recently had to have Rotator Cuff Surgery on her right shoulder. Anyone who is familiar with it knows – the rehab includes having your arm strapped to your side where you are unable to use it in any way, shape or form. And this was her right arm. Try going throughout your day trying to function while never using your right arm – and then you’ll begin to see...
Every life is a story. Every story is different. What is interesting to some is ordinary to others. A few years ago a friend from our church suffered a stroke. While in rehab at the nursing home I would sit with him and visit. I watched as he took a child’s toy consisting of a bucket with a lid on it that had plastic cutouts of a star, a half moon, a plus sign, a circle, and a square. His job was to take the objects of those shapes and put them in the correct hole on top of bucket. He would d...
Lake Carroll Christine Sucholl, 67 Christine Sucholl, age 67, long-time resident of Lake Carroll, Illinois passed away at home Thursday, August 22, 2019 due to a house fire. A Celebration of Life service will be held 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, September 3, 2019 at the Law-Jones Funeral Home, Mt. Carroll, Illinois. A visitation time will be held from 12:00 noon – 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, September 3, prior to the service. Family and friends are invited to share in Christine’s life at www.lawjonesfuneralhome.com. Christine was born December 16, 1951 in Chicago... Full story
Monroe Clinic FastCare has moved to a new permanent location. The walk-in care clinic opened its doors at 100 West 8th Street in Monroe on August 27, 2019. "Monroe Clinic FastCare provides care for over 10,000 patients each year," shared Monroe Clinic President, Mike Sanders. FastCare is open Monday thru Friday 8:00 am to 8:30 pm, Saturday 9:00 am to 5:30 pm and Sunday 10:00 am to 5:30 pm. For more information, go to www.monroeclinic.org/fastcare....
Priorities matter. How we spend our time is a statement of those priorities. Unfortunately, time is limited in our lives and in the government bodies influencing our lives and livelihoods. As such, with limited time and resources, it matters a great deal how we spend our time in bodies like the Illinois General Assembly. Are we making the best and ultimate use of that time, addressing priorities of our constituents, or is too much time being squandered on crass appeals that are designed to...
We are the champions! For the second year in a row, a team from the Senior Resource Center has claimed the State Senior Brain Games Championship. Freeport residents Dan Moeller, Gloria Moeller and Cheryl Robinson, who call themselves the Breakfast Club, won the title in August at the Illinois State Fair by besting five other teams from around the state. The competition occurred on Senior Day at the fair. The Breakfast Club earned the right to represent the Senior Resource Center by topping...
It is time again for the Lena Lions 69th Annual Fall Festival, known as "The Cadillac of Small Town Festivals"! The event will be held in downtown Lena on September 6th & 7th. Free entertainment on Friday – 7:00 pm – Sunshine Band is best described as a power trio of Guitar, Electric Bass and Drums. The three members are Tom Bussan, Bill Eaton and Mike Dunbar. The group has been together since 1975 with musical hits from the late 50's, 60's, 70's and 80's – blended with traditional and conte...
The Stockton Blackhawks are a team full of hungry players. Although the Blackhawks didn't graduate a lot of players from last year's team in terms of numbers, they did graduate a lot in terms of importance to their team. That allowed for the opportunity for some players to step into larger roles, and many current Blackhawks are looking to take advantage of that opportunity. Offensively, the graduation of Conference Player of the Year Colin Dvorak opened up the opportunity for more carries....
