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The Lena-Winslow Panthers had a problem in their season opening basketball game at home against Durand. Simply put ... because they had been playing football less than a week before, they weren't ready. "I am not even close to being in basketball shape yet," admitted Brody Mahon. "Yeah, me either," added Luke Benson. But the schedule had the Panthers opening their home schedule with a conference battle against Durand – a team that already had four games under its' belt. The issues began to s...
When most people walk into Amy Baker's office at Citizens State Bank in Lena, they might take notice of the collection of brightly colored medals hanging on her wall – but few know exactly what they represent. The President of Citizens State Bank is not only a financial expert, but also has made her mark as a Marathon runner at competitions around the world. "My competitive joy of running started in 2010 at the Shamrock Shuffle 8K in Chicago with my sister Kelli Pieper. I enjoyed the c...
The Northwest Illinois Forestry Association (NIFA) will meet on Tuesday evening, December 14th, at 7 pm, at the Stockton Public Library, to elect officers and to continue planning events for 2022. This business meeting will finalize a list of tours and events for next year. Both members and the public are welcome to provide their input and suggestions. The Stockton Public Library is located at 140 West Benton Avenue, Stockton, Illinois....
Mediacom Communications is offering $60,000 in scholarship support for high school seniors who plan to obtain further education. The scholarship program is in its 21st consecutive year and Mediacom’s investment will award $1,000 World Class Scholarships to 60 high school seniors. Scholarship recipients are given the flexibility to use the financial awards to support post-secondary college costs or vocational training from an accredited institution starting in the fall of 2022. Award selection is based on academic achievement and leadership. A...
SSM Health Monroe Volunteer Services is once again offering scholarships for students seeking a career in the healthcare field. The deadline for application submission is February 28, 2022. The first type of scholarship is for high school seniors where four $500 scholarships are awarded to graduating high school seniors each year. Two scholarships will be awarded to Monroe High School seniors and two scholarships will be awarded to high school seniors from communities with SSM Health Monroe Clinic Medical Group sites – Albany, B...
Years ago, we ran the story regarding the rankings of Nursing Home Facilities within our region, and according to those numbers, the Lena Nursing Home was dead last. Since that time, the facility was sold to a Suzanna Koenig, and her company – SAK Management – that promotes itself as "the Senior Housing Turnaround Specialists" was called in to help turn the facility around. But according to the family of Dick Deyo of Lena, things might actually be worse now than before. Village Voices was con...
Help FHS Thespians collect food donations for the Freeport Area Church Cooperative and ring in the Christmas season! FHS hosts Christmas Memories, a collection of humorous and heartwarming songs and stories. Guests should bring food donations for the Freeport Area Church Cooperative, which needs plenty of food to keep up with our community’s need for non-perishable food items. Directors Becky and Tim Connors describe Christmas Memories as “our homemade Christmas card for the community. Becky searches high and low for holiday stories that she...
At their November meeting the Lanark Lions Club voted to give a financial contribution to the Lanark Area Community Foundation (LACF). The $500 donation will allow the LACF to expand their growing list of projects supported. "I was honored to accept an invitation from Allan Rahn recently to guest speak at a Lions meeting, where I was able to share the excitement that the LACF has for the future of the Lanark area. Lions members seemed genuinely interested and pleasantly surprised with our past...
The Freeport Community Foundation announces the 2021 and 2020 recipients of the organization’s Matthew A. Marvin Community Impact Award. This award recognizes an individual who has selflessly served the Northwest Illinois community with vision, humility, dedication and enthusiasm. It is named for community leader and philanthropist Matthew A. Marvin, who was a dedicated supporter of the Freeport Community Foundation and significant donor to the Foundation’s Unrestricted Community Needs Fund, its largest granting source. Sharing the 2021 hon...
Pearl City Jim Brandt, 84 Jim Brandt, 84, a fourth generation farmer of Pearl City, IL, passed away on Wednesday, November 24, 2021 at FHN, Freeport, with his loving family present. Jim was the first born to parents Evan and Belva Brandt (Bowers) on May 29, 1937. Jim’s education began at Valley View country school for his first four years. He spoke of that school often as they had hot lunches. Jim would reminisce of the different lunch favorites that he & fellow students would request. At that time, Jim lived in a non-high school district so h... Full story
Some of you probably already know this, and many others may have heard through the grapevine, but for many more an explanation is needed for why this week’s paper is what I would term “inferior” to our normal effort. Just before Thanksgiving, I got sick – really sick – and sure enough, as it turned out, yours truly became one of the many to fall victim to Covid. My Thanksgiving holiday was spent in isolation down in the basement while my family enjoyed all of the regular trimmings and festiviti...
Birthdays must be good for you because statistics show that people who have the most, live the longest. (Anonymous) I like to write. I write this column, a church newsletter, plus a note on the back of our Sunday bulletin, a sermon, an adult Sunday School class, and a Thursday Bible study lesson. Every class I teach gets a handout with my notes printed out. Sometimes I overlap the content. Most of the time I don’t. Some people enjoy what I write, others are offended by it. Every year when we s...
The Stockton FFA Chapter will be holding the Community Scavenger Hunt again this year. The goal of this event is to promote shopping locally in Stockton for the holiday season. The event runs from December 1st to 15th. We have nine businesses participating this year including: Glad Rags, Subway, JJ & Freddies, NAPA, Savvy Scavengers, Hartig Drug, Sullivan's Foods, Spahn & Rose, and Ace Hardware. How does it work? You will pick up your punch card at the first business that you visit. Next, you will visit a total of five of the nine businesses...
The Pantherhawks opened their season at half strength as many members of the Lena-Winslow football team are not yet competing on the wrestling mat. But it still gave fans a chance to see who might be stepping up to fill the many shoes left open due to graduation from last year's state championship team. Dixon 36.0 Lena-Winslow/Stockton 32.0 145: Karl Hubb (LWS) over Cade Hey (D) (Dec 4-2) 152: Jared Dvorak (LWS) over Jayce Kastner (D) (Fall 4:31) 160: Owen Brooks (D) over Tanner Gile (LWS)...
