Commentary
Serving St. Joseph, Ogden, Allerton, Broadlands, Fithian, Homer and Royal, Illinois with opinions on local and regional topics.
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Commentary: The Call for American Rights and Freedoms
By Dani Tietz dani@sjodaily.com There are many topics on the forefront of American’s minds today. Recently we’ve seen a lot…
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Commentary: Don’t Fear Vote by Mail. It’s Pretty Great.
By Ben Chapman It wasn’t the first time that one of President Trump’s tweets left me scratching my head. He…
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St. Joseph Mayor Tami Fruhling-Voges updates residents as Illinois moves into Phase 3
Dear Village of St. Joseph Residents, Over the last three months our community along with the rest of the world…
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Commentary: The reminder of Memorial Day
By Jason Schifo Memorial Day, is set aside on the last Monday of May, today, to honor all the men…
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Commentary: Heritage graduation ceremony captures key moments
Editor’s Note: The SJO Daily was granted permission to attend one graduation ceremony of the four school districts we cover:…
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Commentary: The Introvert
By Dani Tietz dani@sjodaily.com I saw a friend the other day who asked how I am doing. It’s not an…
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Village of St. Joseph Mayor writes letter to update residents
To the Residents of the Village of St. Joseph. I wanted to give a brief update as to what the…
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Commentary: Driving across America during COVID-19 crisis
We made our last stop at Hurts Donuts in Bettendorf, Iowa, Friday morning after driving across the country for four…
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Commentary: An Open Letter to Andrew Cotner
EDITOR’S NOTE: Staff writer Fred Kroner acknowledges that, in the past, he has been guilty of saying, “I wish I…
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Commentary: “..in humility count others more significant than yourselves”
BY JASON SCHIFO It is a strange time, isn’t it? As I look back on the almost 50 years that…
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