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The Illinois Office of Tourism announced both international and domestic travel expenditures reached $41.7 billion in 2018 which is a $2 billion boost to the state's economy since 2017. More than 117 million visitors came to Illinois in 2018 – the 8th consecutive year of record tourism growth in the state – contributing to an increase of visitor spending, tax revenue and local jobs. Stephenson County contributed to the state's added economic domestic growth, with $37.56 million in travel exp...
Senior Resource Center staff and volunteers will be participating in two food-themed fund-raisers in late September. The first is the Cub Foods brat stand, and the second is the inaugural Eats and Beats event in downtown Freeport. The Senior Resource Center invites everyone to support both these events. Details are: Cub Foods Brat Stand – Sept. 20 All sorts of grilled meats will be served by SRC staff on Friday, Sept. 20, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Cub Foods Brat Stand. On the menu will be brats, ribeyes, hamburgers, cheeseburger, pork c...
“We be po,” I cried to my wife. “Would you stop it, we are not poor. We’re just cash strapped a little until Friday.” In the grand scheme of things, a perfect storm of financial needs came up all within the last few weeks. Of course we had property taxes which are always so much fun to pay, but then added on top of that were the ever present car payment, mortgage, and then top it off with the monthly necessities like the cell phone bill and cable television bill, not to mention the water and sew...
When I was in the eighth grade riding the bus to school, my family was the last to get on in the morning and the last to get off in the afternoon. In the morning this meant we only had to ride the bus for about ten minutes, but the afternoon ride home was more than an hour. Few things are more annoying for a rambunctious kid than to have to sit on a school bus for seemingly hours on end every day. It was such a long ride home, that my younger brothers and I decided it was better to walk the 3.2...
Hanover Doris Goff, 95 Doris Goff, age 95, of Hanover, Illinois, passed away September 9, 2019 at the Elizabeth Nursing Home, Elizabeth, Illinois. A funeral service was held at 11:30 a.m., Saturday, September 14, 2019 at the Hanover United Presbyterian Church. Burial will take place in Evergreen Cemetery, Hanover. Visitation was held from 10:00 to 11:30 a.m., prior to the service at the church. Family and friends are invited to share in Doris’ life at www.lawjonesfuneralhome.com. Doris was born December 20, 1923, in Hanover, Illinois, the d... Full story
Hey Students – What is a respiratory therapist? What about a laboratory technician? What happens in the operating room? Who works there? You can get the answers to all these questions and others at Club Scrub, a Health Career Club. Club Scrub is an after-school program located at the Monroe Clinic main campus, 515 22nd Ave. in Monroe. It is designed to spark interest in health-related careers among 8th grade students through informative, hands-on activities. Students have the opportunity to s...
In my last column, I wrote about how priorities matter with limited time the General Assembly is in Session. One of the ways I sought to “practice what I preach” was to spend time this Spring working on several measures to protect vulnerable groups, like senior citizens. I was proud to co-sponsor and support several consumer protections that will help with important problems faced by our senior population in Northwest Illinois. One of those measures was to co-sponsor Public Act 101-264. Thi...
The Northwest Illinois Forestry Association will tour Johnson Creek Hardwoods, near Mount Carroll, on Saturday, September 21, from 1:00 until 4:00 pm. For over 20 years, this facility has been producing high quality lumber for craftsmen and woodworkers. Their stock is sourced from two-dozen northwestern Illinois hardwood species in their adjacent woodland. The Johnsons will show their standing timber and will lead a walk through their shop discussing how logs are cut, lumber is dried, and their emphasis on quality. The finished products are...
Very rarely does an athletic event take place where both teams walked out of the gym feeling good about themselves, but that's exactly what happened Monday night when the Warren Lady Warriors paid a visit to Lanark to challenge Eastland. As game one opened up, Cougar middle hitter, Karlie Krogman, was set up for a big kill in the middle – everybody saw it coming – but so did Warren middle hitter Sydni Sigafus who timed her two handed slap perfectly and opened the match with a strong stuff blo...
If you ran into Forreston senior outside hitter, Alexus Houston on the street, you would be convinced she was a popular girl who probably was in the running for prom queen. But her 5'7" frame would never lead you to believe that she was a pure beast on the volleyball court. Houston had "one of those nights" against Aquin in Freeport Tuesday night as the senior dominated the match in racking up 18 kills in just two games to lead the Cardinals to the 26-24, 25-20 victory. In both games, Aquin...
If one needs to wonder why volleyball coaches tend to pull out their hair and suffer from premature aging, one look at Wednesday's battle between Stockton and Eastland in Lanark might explain it. In game one, the Eastland Cougars played a nearly flawless game – committing only three unforced errors in the game as a team, while spreading out their offense with six players recording a kill, while four of them – Addison Burkholder, Karlie Krogman, Dani Rush and Maddy Cropper - all had three kills i...
Let's be honest, ever since their victory over Dakota at home, the Lena-Winslow Panthers had not been playing up to their potential ... in fact, opposing teams were hoping to play them now – before they got back on track. Well ... news flash ... you're too late. "This was so much better than the other night," said head coach Sue Amendt. "You could see more smiles on the court. The pressure is gone. I think they realized we need to just be in the moment and stop worrying about next week, or n...
Stockton 40 AFC 6 Forreston 40 Amboy 7 Aquin 42 Milledgeville 14 Benton/SM/Shull at Potosi/Cassville Southwestern 53 Boscobel 0 Dakota 28 Du/Pec 20 EPC 8 West Carroll 0 Lena-Winslow 48 East Dubuque 12 River Ridge (WI) at Pec/Argyle BH/Warren 35 Waterloo 0 River Ridge 48 Lake Forest Academy 6 Galena at Orangeville – (Sat 1:00) This Week’s Schedule Benton/SM at Blackhawk/Warren Dakota at Lena-Winslow East Dubuque at Aquin Forreston at AFC Milledgeville at EPC Orangeville at Du/Pec Stockton at Galena West Carroll at Amboy Alden Hebron at Riv...
With most of the local teams either being covered, or not having a quality match up, this past Friday I was going to stop off in Warren to see the new Blackhawk/Warren Warrior co-op take on Waterloo. Weather and field conditions moved the game up to South Wayne, but having gone to East Dubuque to cover games, what difference did the direction make – but I won't lie – I was hoping to see good football, but I wasn't expecting it. The last time we covered a Six Rivers team was several years ago...
With a tough back end of the schedule, the Aquin Bulldogs realized how crucial wins in their first few games would be if they had playoff hopes this season. The results speak for themselves as Aquin has roared out of the gate as the Bulldogs now are 3-0 with a dominating performance in a 42-14 win in Milledgeville Friday night. Aquin overcame a shaky start as they fumbled the opening kickoff and the Missiles recovered the ball deep in Aquin territory. A quick score could have given Milledgeville some much-needed confidence as they have nine...
When the River Ridge Wildcats hosted the Lake Forest Academy Caxys (Ancient Greek for the word "ribbit"- seriously), there wasn't a whole lot of drama. In fact, about the only question to be answered came with two minutes remaining in halftime: When will the lights come back on? The power flashed off and then back on at the school, but the lights needed to cool off for about ten minutes before turning back on. On the field, however, there wasn't much to wonder about. The Wildcats completely exer...
With just over three minutes remaining in the game, the Orangeville Broncos still held on to their precarious 6-0 lead over the Galena Pirates, but faced a fourth and three at the Pirate 15. "People probably thought I was nuts," admitted head coach Jay Doyle. "But I knew they were keying on Carter and Garrett, and I didn't want to pass." Instead, the Broncos came out of their time out setting up in field goal formation with junior Zach Baker lined up to kick. "Watch the ball, don't jump off side...
The Eastland Cougars had competed in local Cross Country meets in recent years, but they always had to do so as individual runners because they simply did not have enough to comprise a team. In Cross Country, the fastest five place finishers for each school are added together to come up with a team score. But if you don't have five runners ... then there was no way to get a team score. But the 2019 Cougars have a full team this season, and in their first race last week in Winnebago, those five...
