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The Eastland Cougars are not following the typical script of small school basketball teams. They don't really have five starters with a few on the bench. No, their bench needs a few extra chairs. "You saw how many kids we have," said head coach Nicole Brinker. "And they're all about the same. So, I tell them to go out there and give me everything you've got for two minutes, then we send out more. IF we can keep that up, I don't know how many teams will be able to handle it." Monday night in Lana...
In my review of Lena-Winslow’s play, there was some confusion in regard to why they were without a director, and while I thought I pointed it out, it was apparently not clear enough. Former Director, Mary Ellen Modica, and assistant Director Renee Schulz, had resigned back in 2020 – we even honored Mary Ellen at the Theater Awards for her many years of dedication to the program. The next year COVID shut almost everything down. But there was no advertising, or public attempt to find a rep...
West Galena 0 - 0 4 – 0 RR/SM 0 - 0 5 – 1 West Carroll 0 - 0 1 – 0 Warren 0 - 0 2 – 2 East Dubuque 0 - 0 0 – 4 Stockton 0 - 0 0 – 5 North Orangeville 0 - 0 4 – 1 Aquin 0 - 0 4 – 2 Lena-Winslow 0 - 0 3 – 2 Pecatonica 0 - 0 3 – 2 Dakota 0 - 0 1 – 4 Pearl City 0 - 0 1 – 4 Durand 0 - 0 0 – 2 South Eastland 0 - 0 4 – 2 Amboy 0 - 0 1 – 1 Milledgeville 0 - 0 1 – 1 Fulton 0 - 0 0 – 0 Forreston 0 - 0 2 – 3 AFC 0 - 0 0 – 2 Polo 0 - 0 0 – 3 Last Week’s Results Kirkland Hiawatha 26 Durand 19 West Carroll 55 Milledgeville 22 Oregon 42 Polo 27 Warren...
Della Crain Earns Volleyball Honor The Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference announced Thursday afternoon that Rockford University senior outside hitter Della Crain has been selected NACC Honorable Mention by the conference's 14 head coaches. This is now the third straight season that Crain has received NACC Honorable Mention accolades. She also becomes the first Regent in program history to earn a postseason award from the NACC in three separate seasons. Della Crain was once again the top of...
It was a magical volleyball season as we all got to follow Aquin claim their first state championship. But as proven throughout the post season, the strength of the NUIC is far and away better than any other conference, and seeing how we cover a lot of NUIC teams, who do we feel would comprise an All Area Team? Glad you asked. One point that I should mention, while I respect the selections made by coaches in their All Conference picks, I often don't agree with them. All too often they have to...
The Salvation Army of Freeport is excited to kick-off the 2022 Red Kettle Campaign at 12 noon on Saturday, Nov. 19 at the downtown Salvation Army Corps- 106 West Exchange Street. This event will coincide with the Cedarville Lions Toy Drive for the Salvation Army (10am to 2pm) and also the Mistletoe Walk, bringing shoppers downtown. Kurt Steffen, Cub Foods Store Manager and friend to The Salvation Army, will speak and announce the goals for the holiday season. The public is invited to attend and...
On November 2nd, the Stockton FFA Chapter had six students participate in the Section One Agronomy CDE. Students are required to identify crop seeds, identify weed plants, identify farming equipment, place rings of crops based on quality, and complete a written test. As a team, the students placed 2nd overall. Individually, Karl Hubb placed 4th, David Lancaster placed 5th, and Tyler Williams placed 8th. Greenhouse Update We are excited to share that the Stockton FFA Chapter Greenhouse has been...
We invite you to join SSM Health at Home for Celebration of Lights, an event to honor the light and love of someone significant. During this annual service, we will remember those whom we have lost and honor those who are still with us. Celebration of Lights will be held on Thursday, December 1, 2022, at Monroe United Methodist Church (2227 4thStreet) in Monroe. Attendees are welcome to join us at 6:00 pm for a special “Make a Memory” rock painting exercise. The celebration ceremony will begin at 6:30 pm and is expected to last about 45 min...
4+ Camdyn Bauer, Heaven Brotherton, Sophie Buck, Cora Dittmar, Sam Grzeslo, Lauren Kloss, Jamie Schnitzler, Nicholas Schnitzler, Emily Wurster, Enver Ahmedi, Addison Albrecht, Cora Boop, Ruby Dickerson, Avery Engle, Morgan Flynn, Lynnea Groezinger, Lucas Holland, Arthur Horn, Matthew Johnson, Gwendoline Miller, Micaela Miller, Benjamin Richmond, Isaac Rife, Evelyn Walters, Kathryn Cobine, Kayla Diehl, Aizlynn Griffiths, Nathan Haas, Elaina Doms, Sawyer Fry, Samuel Rife, Gracie Schnitzler, Sarah Winter 3.50 - 3.999 Sadie Fry, Emma Goldsmith,...
When my boss asked me who is the dumb one, me or him? I told him everyone knows he doesn't hire dumb people. My first paying job other than working on my parent’s farm was working on our neighbors’ farm. I was just a little guy, only about 10 or 11 years old at the time. My brothers and I got the job of picking up rocks in the neighbor’s field for 50 cents an hour. That was real pay that we were real happy with. One of us would drive the tractor pulling the wagon between the young corn rows...
I admit it, cooking has never been one of my strengths. “Whoa, whoa, whoa! Is this going to be another one of your stupid columns where you try and make excuses for yourself?” “Hi honey, nice of you to stop in.” “Don’t ‘Hi honey’ me. I have sat back and said nothing every time you come across with some lame excuses for why your inherent laziness is perfectly acceptable. But I’m drawing the line here.” “I’m not lazy.” “I had to buy you slip-on shoes because you didn’t want to bend over to...
On April 4, 2023, Highland Community College District residents will elect three people to serve six-year terms on the seven-member HCC Board of Trustees. Potential candidates must circulate and file nominating petitions with the secretary to the board of trustees during the filing period. These petitions are available in the office of the secretary to the board of trustees at Highland Community College, room H-231, second floor, Student/Conference Center, 2998 West Pearl City Road, Freeport, Ill. The petitions are available Monday - Friday, 8...
Mt. Carroll/Hanover Darlene A. Irwin, 88 Darlene A. Irwin, of Mt. Carroll, IL, formerly of Hanover, IL, passed away Wednesday, November 16, at Allure Nursing Home in Mt. Carroll. Memorial service was held at 11:00 a.m. Tuesday, November 22, at the Hanover United Presbyterian Church in Hanover. Visitation was from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. before the service at the church. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to a charity of your choosing. Darlene was born April 26, 1934, daughter of Phillip and Zela (Buss) Frontz. She grew up in Mineral Point... Full story
The Holidays are exhausting – pretending to like you people is hard work. Every family has one weird relative … If you don’t know who it is, then it’s probably you. The 3 stages of man are 1) He believes in Santa Claus, 2) He doesn’t believe in Santa Claus, and 3) He is Santa Claus. What really scares me about Halloween is knowing that all of the family holidays are coming up. Every year I make sure to bring up politics at Thanksgiving dinner … it’s the easiest way to save on Christmas gifts. May none of your true feelings slip out this Than...
Whenever we lose someone close to us, especially at a younger age, it's comforting to look for a lesson we can learn - to understand why that person was put into our lives, only to be taken before her time should have been done. I don't think I am alone in that struggle with my friend Angie Winter. Even though she knew how it would end often telling me that cancer wouldn't kill her, but what the treatments did to all her other organs would, I was too optimistic to believe that it really was...
The Highland Community College Agriculture Program will host the Northwest Illinois Agriculture Industry Expo from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 9 in the Student/Conference Center in building H at 2998 W. Pearl City Rd., Freeport, Ill. The first portion of the event features rotations of hands-on activities and demonstrations for high school students that align with Highland’s certificate and degree opportunities in agribusiness, animal science, crop and soil science, horticulture, and precision technology. High school students will n...
Highland Community College announces the 2022 summer graduates. Forty-Two graduates were awarded associate degrees, an associate of applied science degrees, or certificates. Apple River: Jessica Griffin, Associate of Arts Byron: Renee Gehrke, Associate of Arts Chicago: Lee Hodges, Associate of General Studies Davis: Riley Jones, Associate of Science; Allison Liszka, Associate of Science Davis Junction: Jada Nanni, Associate of Science Elizabeth: Brittney Brown, Medical Assistant AAS, Medical Assistant Certificate Forreston: Paige Chamberlin,...
On Saturday, December 3, a new holiday tradition will take place outdoors at Green Street Plaza and the City Hall parking lot in downtown Galena, IL from 11am-6pm. The Galena Holidaze Festival proceeds to support the Galena ARC, an organization which has brought over 50 years of art, sports, fitness, childcare, and early education to the community. "During the winter of 2020 while celebrating Christmas and binge-watching holiday Hallmark movies as a family, during a time when we were away from s...
Brrr… These last few days have certainly felt like late fall and early winter. It has made me immensely thankful for my warm jackets, gloves, and hats. With the temperatures trending downward as winter officially approaches, we will again this year be accepting socks, coats, gloves and hats for the Salvation Army. We ask that these items be new or gentle used. You can drop these off at the Stephenson County Farm Bureau Monday through Friday, 8:00a.m.-4:30p.m. Please help us help others stay warm...
Eleven students from Eastland High School were inducted into membership of the National Honor Society in a ceremony on November 15th. Students selected for induction are: Kennedy Burkholder, Kennidee Bryant, Lillian Greenfield-Siegner, Ella Gunderson, Paige Joiner, Isabelle Lego, Mallory Misiewicz, Jason Prowant, Ryan Sauer, Gracie Steidinger, and Jenica Stoner. They are joined by 7 seniors who are current members: Hudson Groezinger, Ashleigh Ifert, Emily Janssen, Sarah Kempel Kyla LaRue,...
As part of village-wide celebrations, bring the family to the Apple River Fort State Historic Site on Saturday, December 3rd to celebrate Christmas the 1830’s way. Learn the origins of our modern Christmas traditions - presents used to be exchanged on New Year’s Day! - and why many on the frontier considered Christmas the “Day-the-World-Turned-Upside-Down.” Visitors can experience a typical frontier German Christmas, complete with marzipan and a decorated fir tree - an oddity for the time! Hear about Mrs. Juliette Kinzie’s attempts to celebr...
It had to be Forreston. Of all the teams in the NUIC, the biggest challenge to the Panthers over the last decade has been the Forreston Cardinals. For five straight years Lena-Winslow has been in the 1A State semi-finals, and the one time they lost ... was to Forreston. And this season, as the Panthers dominated every opponent by more than 22 points, and piled up running clocks every week ... the one exception was their 28-14 tough win against Forreston. So even when the Cardinals were 4-3 and...
West Scales Mound 0 - 0 4 – 0 East Dubuque 0 - 0 3 – 0 Galena 0 - 0 2 – 1 Stockton 0 - 0 0 – 0 River Ridge 0 - 0 1 – 2 Warren 0 - 0 0 – 1 West Carroll 0 - 0 0 – 1 North Durand 0 - 0 3 – 0 Pecatonica 0 - 0 1 – 0 Lena-Winslow 0 - 0 0 – 0 Dakota 0 - 0 1 – 2 Aquin 0 - 0 0 – 2 Pearl City 0 - 0 0 – 3 Orangeville 0 - 0 0 – 3 South AFC 0 - 0 1 – 0 Polo 0 - 0 2 – 1 Milledgeville 0 - 0 2 – 1 Forreston 0 - 0 0 – 0 Eastland 0 - 0 0 – 0 Amboy 0 - 0 1 – 2 Fulton 0 - 0 1 – 2 Last Week’s Results Durand 73 Kirkland Hiawatha 46 Morrison 51 Milledgeville 24 Po...
