SJO Daily

Modern and catchy was what the St. Joseph-Stanton Fire Protection District was going for when they finalized the design for their new building. They also wanted it to look like a fire station. If public reaction to the rendering they posted online is any indication, they succeeded. Assistant Fire Chief […]

When Will Page was three years old he was diagnosed with leukemia. He received chemo every single day for three and a half years. “As you can imagine, for someone who was really too young to understand what was happening there was a great a deal of fear and stress […]

Sometimes, families in the St. Joseph area need a little help. That is where the St. Joseph Food Pantry comes in. Years ago, the ministers from all the churches in St. Joseph met and decided the churches needed to work together on a food pantry rather than have separate ones, […]

When St. Joseph residents received their sewer bills this week, they were in for a surprise. The amount they owed the village was higher than they initially anticipated. For the December bill, St. Joseph residents were billed for three months worth of sewer service instead of their usual two months. […]

Denise Langendorf loves to create. “The process is like an addiction,” she said.  “Once I get started I can’t stop.” Langendorf is known for taking old, primitive or vintage items and repurposing them. She said part of the fun is looking at an item and trying to figure out what […]

Kiel Duval remembers going to St. Joseph-Ogden High School’s holiday basketball tournament growing up. The SJO Toyota of Danville Classic, formerly called the Leader Classic, has been held every December for the past 30 years at the high school. When Duval was younger, his father, Hall of Fame football coach […]

The St. Joseph Women’s Community Club was formed to help St. Joseph. And help the St. Joseph Community they do. Currently, the club is sponsoring the St. Joseph Angel Tree at the St. Joseph Apothecary. “I love the Angel Tree,” said club member Angela Page. The tree is decorated with […]

Murelle Plotner never knew a stranger. Case in point: she was always one of the first people to try and make a new student feel welcome in St. Joseph. “When I first moved to St. Joseph in 2013, we didn’t know each other,” said Rachel Mullen, a 2015 St. Joseph-Ogden […]

John Jones loved teaching. He enjoyed it so much that he was working as a long-term substitute for the Heritage School District teaching Spanish even though he was retired. “He was like a walking education history book,” Heritage Superintendent Tom Davis said. “He was passionate about Spanish and teaching and […]

When Rachel Mullen was on the volleyball team at St. Joseph-Ogden High School, she suffered a few injuries that took her off the court. Mullen, who graduated from SJO in 2015, said those injuries made her realize the importance of teamwork. “I know what it is like to have to […]