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The Jo Daviess Conservation Foundation (JDCF) is pleased to announce that the volunteer stewardship group, Galena Area Land Enthusiasts (GALE) has received the 2022 Nancy Hamill Winter Conservation Leadership Award. The award will be presented to the groups' founder and leader, Bill Reid, at JDCF's annual meeting on April 7, 2022. Under Bill's leadership, GALE has accomplished much, restoring over 50 acres of prairie and oak savanna at Galena's Gateway Park and JDCF's Horseshoe Mound, Casper...
Jazmin Wingert, of Kent, Illinois, has announced her Republican candidacy for the Office of Stephenson County Clerk. Jazmin attended Pearl City High School and graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Wisconsin Platteville with a Bachelors in Agricultural Business. Jazmin began her corporate career with Union Pacific Railroad as a Commercial Sales Consultant. Her responsibilities include maintaining customer relationships and expanding opportunities for business development. Jazmin is a...
The Scales Mound FFA will be hosting our Labor & Product Auction on Saturday, February 26 at 6 pm. The auction will be held in the old gym and a complimentary meal will be served from 4:30-5:45 in the cafeteria before the auction begins. Items and gift certificates will be drawn randomly throughout the auction with a grand prize drawing at the end. Must be present to win the items as they are drawn. New this year will be a mystery box bidding lot. The ag students have nearly wrapped up the auction donation requests and have a significant list...
You can save a life at the American Red Cross Blood Drive on February 24 from 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm at the Scales Mound School Ag Building, located in the parking lot behind the school. For the best service, please make an appointment at 800-733-2767 or at https://www.redcrossblood.org/give.html/find-drive. As a bonus for your time, donors will receive a $10 Amazon gift card. Once again, the American Red Cross is sponsoring a scholarship to the Scales Mound FFA senior students. As this is the third of four drives for the year, we need to collect...
The phone began ringing Wednesday as we got several questions concerning the Lena-Winslow School Board. “So, are you going to the Board meeting Tuesday?” “Why are they voting on masks again?” The problem, however, was that the questions were sparked by a story in the Shoppers Guide – a story that included information that was completely false. On the front page of the Shoppers Guide last week was the headline “Executive Order forged impact on District 202”. And after reading it, I realized wher...
Fatal Traffic Accident On 02/15/2022, at approximately 5:17 pm, the Jo Daviess County 911 Center received multiple reports of a traffic accident with injuries in the area of US Hwy 20 West, approximately a half mile west of Mitchell Road in rural Elizabeth. Responding deputies learned an east bound vehicle driven by Kathleen R. McCall, 67 of Elizabeth, had crossed into the oncoming lane of traffic, striking a west bound vehicle head on. This vehicle was driven by Ronald J. Tippett, 57 of Galena. McCall was pronounced dead on the scene. Tippett...
After reading this headline, you may be asking yourself, "What do you mean 'first' Nature Preserve?" What about Schurmeier Teaching Forest? What about Wapello? What about Casper Bluff, Horseshoe Mound, Valley of Eden, and all the other natural areas that the Jo Daviess Conservation Foundation (JDCF) has protected over the last 29 years? Yes, JDCF has preserved these natural areas in perpetuity for future generations to enjoy. But the title of "Nature Preserve" carries a very special meaning...
A bipartisan vote on Feb. 15 blocked Gov. JB Pritzker’s efforts to ensure his mask mandates continue in most Illinois school districts. The Illinois Department of Public Health had reissued an emergency rule Feb. 14 for schools not subject to an ongoing lawsuit about mask requirements. The state’s Joint Committee on Administrative Rules (JCAR) blocked that rule Feb. 15 by a 9-0-2 vote. “Democrat members of the JCAR joined with Republican members to block the Pritzker Administration’s order to continue enforcing state mask, vaccine and testing m...
State Representative Andrew Chesney has received the endorsement of every Sheriff from the counties within the 45th State Senate District. Chesney has represented Northwest Illinois in the Illinois House since 2018 and decided to run for the Senate seat after State Senator Brian Stewart declined to run for re-election. Stewart has since endorsed Chesney. “The most important issue in Springfield to me is those pieces of legislation that impact law enforcement. Andrew Chesney has our backs and, more importantly, he has the backs of the people h...
The Salvation Army of Freeport announces a grant award of $9,373 to transition the sanctuary to a multipurpose program space. This grant award was made possible by the Community Foundation of Northern Illinois. Through this initiative, The Salvation Army of Freeport will have the ability to increase program capacity to better meet the needs of Stephenson County residents. The space conversion facilitates flexible usage for existing programs and services such as the food pantry and holiday programs making preparation and sorting of resources...
Jones Pleads Guilty On February 8, 2022, Julius Jones of Dubuque, Iowa, plead guilty as part of a plea agreement to Driving While License Revoked (Enhanced Sentence), which is a Class 4 Felony. These charges stem from a traffic crash on June 2, 2020 on Hwy 20 West in rural Stockton, Illinois. This motor vehicle crash resulted in the death of a passenger in Jones’ vehicle and was the defendant’s second or subsequent Driving While Revoked violation. Although suspected at the time of the collision, the defendant was not under the influence of alco...
Citing the urgent need for swift action to stem the ongoing spike in violent crime across the state, the Illinois Senate Republican Caucus unveiled an updated legislative package Feb. 1 targeting violent crime and offering a critical lifeline to law enforcement efforts. “There is no excuse to go another single day without addressing the crime wave that is wreaking havoc on our state. While our package won’t eliminate crime completely, it would get us on a good path toward safer neighborhoods,” said Senate Republican Leader Dan McConchie (R-Ha...
Area Speech teams competed over the weekend at the Freeport IHSA Speech Regional, without many big surprises found in the results. Covid has decimated are speech to the point where EPC was the only small school team that was able to field a complete – all 14 entries – team at the Regional. But even though several other schools had far fewer competitors, those who did battle it out, came away with high honors. Final team scores saw Freeport dominate as the Pretzels, who hosted the Regional, won...
Everybody would know what you meant if you called someone a gym rat, but ... what name would you give to kids who spend almost all of their free time outside on an ice rink playing hockey? John Leuenberger Jr. always loved hockey. And while he couldn't really play organized hockey as a kid, as a grown up, he made regular trips to Lena with his own kids to skate on the Lions Park rink the Jaycees used to maintain. "We spent a ton of time there, but living on a farm outside of Winslow, you kinda...
Stephenson County Sheriff's Office Chief Deputy Steve Stovall has announced his Republican candidacy for the Office of Sheriff in the 2022 election. Chief Deputy Stovall joined the Sheriff's Office as a sworn deputy in 2014, serving in the capacities of Assistant Jail Director and Jail Director before becoming Chief Deputy in 2021. His professional law enforcement career began in 1994 when he served as a patrol officer, detective and narcotics officer for the Freeport Police Department for 14...
Felony Drug Arrest On 1/21/22 at approximately 1:04AM, Jo Daviess County deputies performed a traffic stop on a speeding vehicle on US Route 20 near Pearl Street in rural Stockton. Deputies approached the vehicle and immediately recognized the strong odor of burnt cannabis emitting from the vehicle. During a subsequent search of the vehicle, deputies located approximately 947 grams of suspected cannabis in multiple bags. Jamal L. Curtis, 37 of Dubuque, was charged with Unlawful Possession of Cannabis and Speeding. The passengers in his...
The Stockton/Warren Speech team was limited to only two novice freshman at their own tournament last weekend, but that didn't make the event any less critical for the other competing teams. "I was on the verge of cancelling, but got emails from the other coaches about how they had not had a meet yet and needed to get at least one competition in before Regionals," said Warhawk head coach Dan Stevens. So the meet was still held, with only six teams and a grand total of 30 kids competing – n...
Accident With Injuries On January 14 at approximately 3:11 pm, the Jo Daviess County dispatch center was notified of a single vehicle traffic crash with injuries on US Route 20 West approximately 2/10 of a mile west of North Sand Ridge Road in East Dubuque. Upon arrival, Deputies learned that a blue 2003 Toyota Sienna minivan was being operated eastbound on US Route 20 by Charlene A. Scharpf, 66 of Galena. While negotiating a curve in the roadway, Scharpf lost control of her van due to snow on the roadway. Scharpf’s van left the roadway to the...
Gov. JB Pritzker said Wednesday that he is "cautiously optimistic" that the recent surge in COVID-19 cases spurred by the omicron variant has peaked, but he cautioned that another variant could appear at any time and continued to urge people to get vaccinated and wear face coverings when in public. "Over the last two years, I've said over and over that you don't know when a surge has reached its peak until you're on the other side of it," Pritzker said during a news conference in Chicago. As of...
If you come driving through Winslow, you will notice a large sign proclaiming this town to be the home of Doc Carver. Who was Doc Carver? Doc Carver was born in Winslow in 1851. Carver would become a famous frontiersman, dentist, showman, actor, acrobat, equestrian and a world champion marksman. Much of Carver's early life is blurry because he was a proponent of the American Tall Tale. In American folklore, his life and legend are right there with Davy Crockett, Daniel Boone, and Buffalo Bill...
Circuit Clerk Nathan Luy has resigned, and a selection committee has been formed to find a replacement. William Hadley, Chairman of the Stephenson County Board, has announced Circuit Clerk Nathan Luy is resigning effective February 18th, 2022. Chairman Hadley would like to thank Mr. Luy for his dedicated 13 years of service. Mr. Luy started as an Administrative Assistant and in July 2015 he became the Circuit Clerk. Mr. Luy has been an asset to the County and will be greatly missed. Chairman Hadley has assembled a team of professionals to...
Illinois State Senator for District 45 Brian Stewart today announced that he will not seek re-election. Upon the conclusion of this term, he will have served almost 50 years in public service and it's time to begin a new chapter. "It has been a distinct honor and privilege in serving in the Illinois Senate and I am proud to leave a legacy that served the people of Illinois for the better. Years ago, as I was starting a career as a Military Police Officer and Military Police Investigator and...
Traffic Fatality On 01/08/22 at approximately 3:21 am, Jo Daviess County Sheriff’s Deputies were dispatched to S. Pleasant Hill Rd., approximately ½ mile south of Jenny Ln. for a single vehicle rollover accident. While en route, Deputies were informed two passengers had been ejected from the vehicle. Upon arrival, deputies discovered CPR was in progress on one passenger and they began CPR on the second passenger. Elizabeth EMS arrived on scene and pronounced the first two passengers, Wyatt Potter, 21 of Hanover, and Rhett Geisz, 21 of Elizabeth...
Nobody can be sure exactly when the fire started, so it might have been building inside the middle of the Lanark Building Center for hours late Sunday afternoon before it got big enough to be noticed from the outside of the building. But at 7:30 Sunday night, January 9th, the 911 call was made. "I got a call from a friend of mine from Mount Carroll who heard it on the scanner," said Building Center Manager Mark Macomber. "I got there just before the fire trucks arrived. When I got there, you cou...
Accident With Injury On 12/22/21 at approximately 4:53 am, the Jo Daviess County dispatch center received a report of a one vehicle rollover accident on US Route 20 approximately a quarter mile west of IL Route 84 North. Upon arrival, deputies learned that a black 2007 Chevrolet Monte Carlo was being operated eastbound on US Route 20 by Zachery T. Krieg, 21 of East Dubuque. Krieg sideswiped the concrete barrier, over-corrected, left the pavement to the right, collided with a large gravel pile, rolled multiple times, and came to rest on its...
