By Dani Tietz dani@sjodaily.com The summer months will look a little different for St. Joseph’s Patricia and Bruce Rape. Normally, the couple who has been married nearly five decades would spend the warm months looking out over vineyards, sharing glasses of wine with friends and bringing friends into their home. […]
Trump tells governors ‘you have to do retribution’ in response to destructive actions at protests By JERRY NOWICKI Capitol News Illinois jnowicki@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD — A conference call between U.S. governors and Republican President Donald Trump led to the latest in a series of spats between Illinois’ governor and the president […]
The Oakwood Public Library will reopen its door Monday, June 1 at 9 a.m. under Restore Illinois Phase 3 guidance. Hours will be Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon. The library will operate on temporary rules: 1. Mask must be worn […]
Dear Village of St. Joseph Residents, Over the last three months our community along with the rest of the world has experienced something that none of us could have ever imagined. Each of us will remember this time in different ways. For some it’s been a time to reflect on […]
By Dani Tietz dani@sjodaily.com There is still a lot to be learned about COVID-19. But as Illinois begins to reopen in Phase 3 of the Restore Illinois plan, one thing is for certain, COVID-19 is still prevalent. “We don’t have a vaccine or a medication that for sure will treat […]
The following St. Joseph-Ogden High School students earned honors on Honor Roll for the fourth quarter of the 2019-2020 school year. High Honors Freshmen Alyssa Acton McGwire Atwood Kaytlyn Baker Olivia Baltzell Tyler Burch Maddux Carter Yamilka Casanova Ariana Chambers Cale Coursey Morgan Cramer Aiden Cromwell Zachary Dahman Emily Elsbernd […]
By Dani Tietz dani@sjodaily.com For Sam Wesley, the opportunity to carry on the St. Joseph-Ogden baseball tradition carried weight. “Growing up watching players like Dalton Parker and Ty Brown motivated me to want to compete for a state championship,” Wesley said. “I always wanted to be like their class. They […]
By Dani Tietz dani@sjodaily.com Villa Grove’s Beau Beesley was ready to try something new at the end of his senior year: track and field. “I wanted to do as many sports as possible to preserve my high school experience,” Beesley said. Of course, that something new did not come to […]
By Dani Tietz dani@sjodaily.com What does it take to move past hurdles that continue to knock you down? For St. Joseph-Ogden’s Anna Tranel, it’s team. “I had a different track career then most,” Tranel said. “My freshman and sophomore year I did not run for more than half the year […]
By Dani Tietz dani@sjodaily.com St. Joseph-Ogden’s Anna Wentzloff has had to live through the unexpected. At age 16 she was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma— formerly known as Hodgkin’s disease — a cancer of the lymphatic system. But Wentzloff also knows how to get through the unexpected. In March 2019 Wentzloff […]
