SJO Daily

St. Joseph Mayor Tami Fruhling-Voges has a plan for the future of St. Joseph. That plan does not include two solar farms scheduled to be built north of town. Fuhling-Voges is trying to rally residents to let the Champaign County Board how they feel about two additional solar farms being […]

The Prairieview-Ogden Board of Education has approved a fundraiser for St. Joseph-Ogden Junior and volleyball player Anna Wentzloff.   Wentzloff has Hodgkin’s lymphoma. “The Anna fundraiser is being organized by Tracey Mathis,” Superintendent Vic White said.  “She talked about doing a 50/50, donations, shirts, ect.” White said the fundraiser will […]

The St. Joseph-Ogden football team will be facing a familiar foe in the first round of the 3A IHSA playoffs—Monticello. The IHSA released the pairings on Saturday night and the Spartans (5-4) will be making the 35-minute trek to face the Sages on their home field. Monticello comes into the […]

Kelly Skinner wants to help people. Earlier this year Skinner listened to pocast with Dr. Christine Osgood. Osgood is a mother and a marriage and family therapist who created a space in the Minneapolis suburbs for people to work on their journey of personal and spiritual development. “She provided a […]

Gracyn Allen, the 2018 Miss Champaign County Fair Queen will provide SJO Daily with a recap of her experiences as she fulfills her requirements throughout the year.  I started out the month of September by being in my first parade as the 2018 Miss Champaign County Fair Queen. The parade was […]

Madeline Thompson, a freshman at Heritage High School,  loves to read. That love led to her Girl Scout Silver Award Project. Those looking to pursue a Girl Scout Silver Award must be in sixth, seventh or eighth grade, a registered Cadette and completed a Cadette journey. Scouts must first identify […]

Amy Markstahler has always loved to write. As a young girl, she would handwrite long stories to pass the time as she grew up in the country surrounded by cornfields. She stopped writing as she grew older and graduated in 1998 with a college degree in Graphic Design. That led […]

St. Joseph-Ogden High School Drama Director Chandler Dalton is challenging her actors. The students are tackling Shakespeare this fall. “When picking a play I have to take into account that I have to accommodate for a larger cast and this one wasn’t super cheesy,” she said.  “I found that it […]

Doug Appl has served the St. Joseph community since 1977 when his father started  Appl Sanitary. Now he and his brother Dennis, run the company. Doug’s workday begins around 6 a.m. when he boards one of their garbage trucks and starts the routes for the day, ending by noon. That […]

The Homer-based, Leaping Lizards 4-H club is still accepting new members. The club is for ages five to 18, said leader Melissa Siegmund. Siegmund said she thinks 4-H clubs, no matter where they are located, are fun places for a diverse group of kids to meet and have fun. The […]