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Ok, nobody is really looking forward to it, but we all know that winter – and snow – is on the way. Well, with everyone stuck at home for the most part, we thought of a new contest for our readers. We're looking for the best snow sculptures we can find. Whether they are elaborate, or funny, it doesn't matter. Let your imagination run wild. All you have to do is build your masterpiece whenever we finally get the flaky white stuff, then either shoot the photo of it and email it to us, or send us...
1) Section Meats CDE Results On Friday, November 13th, the Stockton FFA Chapter participated in the Section One Meats Judging contest and placed first overall! Stockton FFA had nineteen members participate with nine members in the "Top Ten Individuals" as follows: 1st- Morgan McPeek, 2nd- Joseph Brudi, 3rd- Caleb Mammoser, 4th- Hunter Hille, 5th- Jason Hermann, 7th- Jenna Haas, 8th- Ivannie Jones, 9th- Connor Vincent, and 10th- Katie Bartch. The team judged 25 retail cuts, graded carcasses on...
No, I’m not a conspiracy theorist. Quite the contrary. I love listening to all sides of a discussion. I’m writing this on the 24th of November, just 21 days after arguably the most controversial election any of us can remember. There is little doubt that each presidential candidate got in excess of 70 million votes. Though the electoral college has not yet met, that will be mid-December, to formally elect the President. Of course, the media has declared Joe Biden the winner, the Trump Team cli...
I came across an organization this week that I had never heard of before. It’s called “The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists.” Since 1947, The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists (heretofore referred to simply as the Bulletin) has portrayed on its cover what is called the Doomsday Clock. This clock registers how close the world is to nuclear apocalypse by the proximity of the minute hand to midnight. A group of nuclear scientists meet in Chicago twice a year to weigh both positive and negative facto...
As a kid, I thought the people that moved away for the winter were nuts … but now I’m not so sure. We all know the snow and colder temperatures are coming, and maybe it was the announcement of our Snowman contest … but for whatever the reason all of this weather stuff reminded me of the worst storm I was ever involved with. Back when I was a freshman in High School, we lived in Northwest Indiana, where lake effect snow made for far more inches of the white stuff than we see around here on an an...
Agriculture First Scholarship Pearl City Elevator, Inc. is proud to sponsor an 'Agriculture First' scholarship program. The company has been sponsoring the scholarship program which has been created to improve and support the agricultural industry for over 15 years. Pearl City Elevator, Inc. will award up to (3) three $500 scholarships to qualifying students furthering their education in an agricultural field. Any high school senior graduating in 2021, pursuing a two or four-year degree in lives...
Single Vehicle Accident At about 4:28 am on 11/21/20, the Jo Daviess County 911 Dispatch Center received a 911 call reporting a single vehicle crash at the intersection of North Scout Camp Road and Stagecoach Trail in rural Apple River. Deputies investigating the crash discovered that Bruce A. Greene, 29 of Richland Center, WI, had been traveling north on North Scout Camp Road and failed to stop at the stop sign located at Stagecoach Trail. Greene’s vehicle traveled across Stagecoach Trail showing no indications of attempting to stop or slow d...
Stockton Catherine J. (Boyle) Broshous, 56 Catherine J. (Boyle) Broshous, age 56, of Stockton, IL passed away Saturday, November 21, 2020 at home. She was born February 10, 1964 in Freeport, IL to Owen and Nola (Mitchell) Boyle. Cathy married Doug Broshous on May 21, 1983. She was a 1982 graduate of Stockton High School. Cathy had worked at Stockton Elementary School and Saunders Family Citgo in Stockton. She was also owner of Broshous Tire and Auto for 37 years. She loved watching her children and grandchildren play Stockton Blackhawks sports.... Full story
The Northwest Illinois Daily (a cooperative fundraiser) announces the winners for November. The Daily Drawing is a drawing for 365 daily cash prizes from October 1, 2020 – September 30, 2021 to those donating for a ticket. Over $21,000 is paid out to ticket holders during the drawing year. 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 16 organizations working together on the Daily Drawing from Jo D...
Lena Christmas Parade Lena's Christmas Parade/Walk will be held this Friday night, December 4th, in downtown Lena in spite of the Covid Pandemic. The Christmas Parade starts at 6pm. Due to COVID restrictions, Santa will not be at the library, but he and the Grinch will both be available for photos in a safe environment. Light Up Lanark Shake up 2020 by participating in "Light Up Lanark." Help the Celebrate Lanark Committee brighten the end of this dismal year and make Lanark shine with your...
Thanks to the amazing generosity by Lake Carroll members we were able to donate two full truckloads of goods, plus nearly $1000.00 in cash to the Shannon-Lanark Food Pantry. Above, Lake Carroll Board Member Cliff Mortenson presents the food and other items to Deb Foust, Chairperson of the Shannon-Lanark Food Pantry on behalf of the members of Lake Carroll. Thank you to everyone who donated and made this a success....
Voters’ rejection of the Tax Hike Amendment on November 3rd has brought into full focus the terribly unbalanced budget passed by the Democrat majority during the height of the pandemic in May of this year. You see, Governor JB Pritzker and democrat leaders were counting on at least $3.4 billion in new revenue generated by passage of the “Tax Hike” Amendment, about half of which they anticipated being available for this fiscal year. Their strategy failed and they now find themselves deali...
Freeport alderperson and retired executive, James Berberet, published his first novel in early November available in both paperback and eBook. His novel, Quest for the Pulitzer, is a story about the future of Illinois, what it could become, if changes are made. Now. What transpires in Quest may never come to pass, but if it does, it’ll be labeled Political Fantasy, a new genre in fiction. Berberet is a retired Executive Director of the local community college foundation and a former President/COO and Vice President of Sales and Marketing for m...
