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One week ago, the Eastland Cougars were sitting at 17-2 on the season, earned the #4 seed in the post season regional, and looked like a major contender. Since then, the Cougars were stunned by Amboy, lost to a strong Fulton team, then limped out of the Huntley Tournament after only going 1-4 on the day. In less than a week, 17-2 had turned into 18-8. "Everybody goes through slumps," said head coach Kelsey Thurman. "Unfortunately for us, we're picking the worst time of the year to do it." In...
Kaydra Wright, the sophomore setter for the Stockton Blackhawks has a problem most setters dream about ... she might have too many options of who to give the ball to. "A lot of times they call out to me and tell me they want it," Wright explained. "but coach has always said that whenever I can I should set the middles because when they get it, that usually leads to a kill. So, I try to set the middles when I can, but – yeah – there are times when someone is hot – like Madie and Taylor tonig...
Last week, we reported on the proposed Track and football field project that the School Board of Lena-Winslow approved, and how they discovered a Village Water main lying underneath the current field. The School Board was told that there was no easement or agreement on record – after all the main was put in over 40 years ago – so the responsibility, and cost, to move the main would reside with the Village of Lena. So, the decision, as far as the School Board knew, was that the Village nee...
The Freeport City Council has an odd tradition of letting Council Members “Chair” their monthly Committee of the Whole (COW) meeting, and last week it was Cecelia Stacy’s turn. Now, for a woman who takes a dramatic pause before each and every vote she makes, and desperately wants to feel important, this seemed like the perfect recipe for disaster. (And it was.) The biggest issue “debated” on the Council Floor during the COW, only illustrated the racism, and complete lack of comprehen...
SSM Health Monroe Hospital and Green County emergency response organizations provided education at the 2024 "Prevent Alcohol and Risk-Related Trauma in Youth" (P.A.R.T.Y.) Program on October 2. Over 650 students from 15 local high schools attended to learn how decisions they make related to alcohol and drug use affect everyone around them. The program included a dramatization featuring student actors, SSM Health Monroe Hospital physicians and nurses, Green County emergency medical services,...
Every week for the past 18 years or so this column has appeared in this publication. I am grateful Dan Stevens gave me this opportunity so many years ago. It was a dream of mine since high school English class to have a weekly newspaper column. (This is not goodbye). Dan has always encouraged me to exercise my right to free speech and to freely express my opinions. When I first “signed up” he gave me the choice of a weekly column, bi-weekly, or monthly. He told me at that time that he would hol...
OK, I thought everybody knew this story, but after mentioning it in last week’s column I got a ton of phone calls asking me about it, so … I figure I might as well tell the story again. We need to go back to 2005, when the White Sox were battling the Anaheim Angels in the American League Championship series for the right to go to the World Series. On Thursday, October 12th, the White Sox tied the series at a game apiece with a 2-1 victory that was controversial. You see, A.J. Pierzynski was at...
Lena Marlin M. Mason, 73 Marlin M. Mason, age 73, of Lena, IL passed away on Thursday October 10, 2024 surrounded by his family, after a brief illness. He was born on December 21, 1950 in Rockford, IL to Harrison and Betty (Link) Mason. Marlin graduated from Winnebago High School in 1970. After graduating from high school, Marlin proudly served his country in the United States Coast Guard. On May 21, 1983, Marlin was united in marriage to Carol Lee. Marlin served on the volunteer fire department in Winnebago. His waste water career started in... Full story
Doctors are a lot like God. People put off seeing them as long as possible until they think they’re going to die. Your x-ray showed a broken rib, but we fixed it with photoshop. It’s easy to tell the difference between good cholesterol and bad cholesterol. Bad cholesterol has an evil laugh. I’m sorry Mr. Stevens but the handle on your recliner does not count as an exercise machine. I think diabetes is affecting my eyesight. I have trouble seeing the consequences of poor food choices. You caught a virus from your computer and we had to erase...
Effective October 16, 2024, Bruce Cubberley is the new Executive Director of the Freeport Park District. Cubberley earned a Bachelor of Science in Ornamental Horticulture at Purdue University and a Master of Science in Landscape Horticulture at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. For the last 5 years, Cubberley has been the Superintendent of Parks and Natural Resources at the Park District. "It is an honor to serve the Park District Board of Commissioners and the residents of Freeport. I see...
West Galena 11 – 1 28 – 1 Stockton 10 – 1 30 – 2 East Dubuque 7 – 4 11–13-3 Scales Mound 6 – 6 15–17-1 River Ridge 3 – 8 8–19-1 Warren 2 – 10 4–24-2 West Carroll 1 – 10 2 – 25 North Lena-Winslow 11 – 0 22 – 7 Pecatonica 8 – 3 26–8-1 Durand 7 – 4 25 – 8 Orangeville 4 – 7 15 – 13 Forreston 3 – 8 11 – 17 Pearl City 3 – 8 16–15-2 Dakota 2 – 8 10–20-2 South Fulton 10 – 2 20–8-1 Eastland 9 – 2 24 – 10 Milledgeville 8 – 3 22 – 8 Amboy 5 – 7 8–15-2 Polo 5 – 7 13–13-2 Morrison 2 – 8 6–20-4 AFC 0 – 10 6–21-1 Last Week’s Results Scales Mound 25,25 Warren...
Apple River United Methodist Church 102 E. Baldwin Street Apple River, IL 61001 Pastor Libby Rutherford (815) 594-2223 Calvary United Methodist Church 315 W. Maple Street Stockton, IL 61085 Pastor Jonathan Singleton (815) 947-2414 Christ Lutheran Church ELCA Stockton 600 N. Main Street Stockton, IL 61085 Reverend Roger Hurlburt (815) 947-2033 Evangelical Free Church Of Lena 720 N. Freedom Street Lena, IL 61048 Pastor Dr. Jim Erb (815) 369-5591 First United Methodist Church 411 S. Main Street Pearl City, IL 61062 Pastor Matthew Smith (815)... Full story
While Stockton, Galena, Lena-Winslow, Eastland and several other teams are getting pumped up and primed for next week's Volleyball Regionals, there are others who are not nearly as excited about them. The Warren Warriors got a very low seed, and are not expected to advance out of the opening day of competition. So, while they will show up, and do their best, a much more important game – for them – took place Tuesday night in Warren when they faced off against West Carroll. To begin with, it was...
