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Timber Lake Playhouse (TLP), the premier professional summer theatre of northwest Illinois, opens its 61st Season on June 2 with the Regional Premiere of the Jimmy Buffett musical, Escape to Margaritaville. TLP Staff are busily making preparations for the opening. The summer series will begin Escape to Margaritaville, a musical-comedy featuring both original songs and your most-loved Jimmy Buffett classics, including “Fins,” “Volcano,” “Cheeseburger in Paradise”, and many more. This hilarious, heartwarming musical is a great way to kick-off th...
Timber Lake Playhouse, the premier professional summer theatre of northwest Illinois, invites area high school students to audition for their Summer Mainstage Season. Auditions will be held from noon until 4:00 on Saturday, May 7 at the playhouse. As Timber Lake Playhouse gears up for their 2022 Summer Series, they will hold an Open Call Audition to all area high school students to audition for their summer musicals. The musicals are the Regional Premiere of Jimmy Buffet’s Escape to Margaritaville (June 1 – 11), Annie (June 30 – July 10),...
Freeport High School Director of Theatre, Tim Connors, proudly announces the upcoming performances of The One-Act Play That Goes Wrong May 12, 13, and 14 in the Jeannette Lloyd Theatre, starting at 7 p.m. This show is sponsored by The Helm Group, Freeport Industrial Roofing, and Jewell Insurance and Financial Services. This hilarious comedy is a play within a play, which makes the farce twice the fun. In The Murder at Hamersham Manor, the action starts with an untimely death at a country manor,...
Traditional wisdom comes from the old adage: “Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.” In the technology-saturated world we live in today, that wisdom may be challenged, but it still holds true for the most part. There is no substitute for hard work. A friend shared with me a quote from his grandpa from years ago: “When you and I are dead and gone there is still going to be work to do and some darn fool trying to get it done.” We mused about the two sayings for a w...
Baseball 1. Lena-Winslow 13 – 4 Panthers have figured it out - strong pitching and a lineup that is murdering the ball right now. 2. Eastland 10 – 6 Big wins over both Forreston and Warren/Stockton vault the Cougars up to the #2 spot. 3. Fulton 11 – 2 Steemers continue to cruise through their schedule, but it's not an impressive on right now. 4. Warren/Stock 14 – 4 Warhawks had a bad week as both Eastland and East Dubuque took them down. Need to rebound. 5. Forreston 10 – 3 Cardinals are stumb...
A lot of stuff has been coming in recently in regard to Summer Camps, and that got me thinking about when I was a kid and going to YMCA camp. Every year my parents sent my brother, sister and I off to camp at Camp Tecumseh in Brookston Indiana. For a full week, we slept in the little cabins they had that were divided up by age and gender – as the youngest in my family, I was down in the cabin with the other ten, or eleven year olds, while my brother was with the “big” kids – 13 to 14 – and m...
Juvenile Aggravated Robbery On April 23, 2022, around 12:24 PM, officers of the Freeport Police Department responded to a robbery call in the 400 block of W Douglas. During the investigation, officers learned that a juvenile victim had come to Freeport in response to a social media sale of an iPhone. During the exchange, the suspect, a 16 year-old male from Freeport, removed a handgun from his pocket and robbed the victim of cash and an iPad. The handgun was later determined to not be real. The juvenile suspect was apprehended shortly after...
Stockton Harold F. Zarn, 90 Harold F. Zarn, 90, of Stockton, passed away on Monday, April 18, 2021. Born on September 25, 1931 in Lemont, IL, Harold was the son of Arthur and Antoinette (Herbert) Zarn. After serving in the Army during the Korean War, Harold farmed in Westmont (Maple Park), IL, where he met and married Isabel in 1969. Harold and Isabel moved to Stockton in 1970 to continue farming. Harold loved to farm, and after retiring, enjoyed discussing crops with his friend Bill. In his spare time, he could be found dancing (especially a... Full story
Lu Douglas, of Stockton, donated two new children's books to the Stockton Township Library. The author of these books is Linda B. Schmitz Spangrud who is originally from Rockford. When Linda Spangrud moved to Gulf Shores, AL, she began volunteering as a "Turtle Lady". Some of Linda's duties include finding and marking turtle nests, moving nests in times of high water, and guiding the hatchlings to the Gulf of Mexico. Linda has such a passion as a "Turtle Lady" that she wrote these books to help...
Thank You I would like to thank everyone for the support they have shown me since my accident. Saturday February 5, I was sledding with a Scout Troop. When I hit my head on a tree putting me unconscious. An ambulance was called, and I was taken to Saint Francis Hospital in Peoria. Where they drilled two holes in the skull to release pressure on the brain. As my condition worsened, I was given last rites and put on a ventilator. I was in the hospital for three weeks. The first two weeks, I have...
Intaxication – Is the Euphoria you get when you find out you’re getting a tax refund. It usually only lasts until you realize it was your money to start with. I truly hope your tax refund is greater than the cost of hiring an accountant. I’m seeking a tax return high enough to just barely keep me out of prison. I’m really glad I learned about parallelograms instead of how to do taxes. It’s come in really handy this parallelogram season. H&R Block called and said your tax refund is ready. So, tell me again about how you’re going to open a savi...
Enjoy a night of springtime melodies and music of the classics with the Highland Orchestra and Highland Concert Band at the Spring Instrumental Music Concert on Friday, May 6 at 7 p.m. in the Fine Arts Theatre at the Ferguson Fine Arts Center, 2998 W. Pearl City Rd., Freeport. The Highland Orchestra will play pieces including, “Selections from The Lord of The Rings,” by Howard Shore and “The Montagues and The Capulets,” by Serge Prokofieff. The Highland Concert Band’s selections include “The Colossus of Columbia,” by Russell Alexander, “H...
Freeport Community Foundation (FCF) announces the addition of Matt Moyer of Citizens State Bank (CSB) to its Board of Directors, effective April 1, 2022. Moyer, who has served as a Community At-Large representative on the Foundation's Grants Committee since 2019, is eligible to serve two, consecutive three-year terms on the FCF Board. "We are pleased to welcome Matt Moyer to the FCF Board of Directors," said Andrea Schultz Winter, FCF Board President. "Matt brings a wealth of both financial and...
The Stephenson County Fair Association is excited to bring the fair to Freeport on July 26-30, 2022. We have an incredible line up of 10 bands that will be playing in our entertainment tent! Wednesday, July 26th 4:30pm, Pretzel City Strummers LIVE 7:00pm, Two Cool Duo Thursday, July 28th 7:00pm, Just for Kicks Friday, July 29th 1:00pm, The Ville 3:00pm, Sophie Coyote 5:00pm, Rock Steady 8:00pm, Back Country Roads Saturday, July 30th 3:00pm, Emma Butterworth 6:00pm, The Southpaw Stance 8:00pm, Jukebox Baby For more information, go to the County...
Registration for 4-H Day Camp 2022 is open! 4-H Day Camp is set for June 14, 15, and 16 at Rock River Christian Camp, Polo, IL. Sign up today to get your child in on all of the amazing fun! Youth may choose to participate in all three days of camp or attend the dates that work best in their schedule. 2022 4-H Camp is a day camping experience that is conducted cooperatively by University of Illinois Extension staff in Boone, Carroll, DeKalb, Jo Daviess, Lee, Ogle, Stephenson, Whiteside, and...
The Northwest Illinois Forestry Association will sponsor Chain Saw Safety courses on May 16 to 18 at Oakdale Nature Preserve, 4433 S Cranes Grove Road, in Freeport. The one-day sessions include Level 1 Beginner (5/16), Level 2 Intermediate (5/17), and Level 3 Advanced (5/18). All sessions begin at 8 am. The cost for each session is $90 and registration will close on May 8th. For more information, equipment required, and to register, call Tom Arnold at 815-848-2407 or email [email protected]....
Baseball Lena-Winslow 5 Amboy 3 A three run fourth inning put the Panthers out in front, and they stayed there thanks to a strong pitching effort from Brody Mahon. Catcher, Rowen Schulz led the Lena-Winslow assault with two hits and two RBIs in the game. Jake Zeal also had two RBIs. Both teams only managed five hits, but Amboy committed four errors in the field, while the Panthers only made one. Warren/Stockton 16 Durand/Pecatonica 3 The Warhawks smacked out 17 hits against Du/Pec pitching – s...
