BY DANI TIETZ dani@sjodaily.com Emmy Daniels is taking her passion for acting to the next level. Daniels, a 2019 St. Joseph-Ogden graduate who starred in the Champaign-Urbana Theatre Company’s production of Beauty and the Beast in June, will move on to Oklahoma City University’s Music Theatre program this fall. Her […]
While some kids are sleeping in during the summer months, 10-year old Colton Huls is at the barn by 6:30 a.m. with his dad, taking care of the cattle. You may find him on YouTube, but he won’t be watching someone else play Fort Nite. He will be entrenched in […]
Jordan Keyes started by performing to an audience of one: his dog. But this Sunday (July 14), from 5 to 7 p.m., Keyes will play to a larger audience on the lawn at the Lake of the Woods Botanical Gardens. Keyes, who started playing the guitar at age 12, grabbed […]
BY DANI TIETZ dani@sjodaily.com There are things we all want to see during our lifetime: children giggling while they build a sandcastle, the way the sun shines down on the world when we are looking at it from the top of a mountain, the skyline of a city or maybe […]
Balloons Over Vermilion Schedule Friday, July 12, 2019 2:30 PM Shuttle Bus Service Begins 3:00 PM Gates Open 3:00 – 10:30 PM Kids Zone 3:30 – 5:00 PM Band: Jordan & Jill 4:00 – 10:00 PM Balloon Photo Booth 5:00 – 6:00 PM Band: American Pie 5:45 PM Salute to […]
FISHER FAIR SCHEDULE Tuesday July 9 Military Day & Queens Night ($2.00 entry or FREE with Boxed donation 5 items per person or 10 items per family) “Giveback Night”- bring boxed foods to help replenish the Fisher Food Pantry (see list of food items needed here.) 9:30-11am Farm Frenzy with […]
The Central Illinois Diamonds will kick-off their 25th season with 2019-2020 tryouts on August 4. Tryouts will be held at the St. Joseph Sports Complex at 2004 E. Grand Ave. from 1:30 to 6 p.m. Age-level tryouts are as follows: 8U: 1:30 to 3 p.m. 10U: 1:30 to 3 p.m. […]
The Torment Girls basketball team will host tryouts for the 2019-2020 basketball season on August 7. Tryouts are open to girls in grades 3-6 and will be held at R.E. Franks Meeting Center, 127 W Washington St, Philo, Ill. There is a $5 tryout fee and participants must bring their […]
The Village of Ogden distributed a summer information update to residents last week. While residents are welcome to attend the monthly board meeting at Village Hall at 7 p.m. on the first Thursday of the month, the Village has its sights set on increasing communication with residents so they are […]
BY DANI TIETZ dani@sjodaily.com Hillbilly Deluxe is ready to welcome spectators to the Oakwood fireworks show on July 4. The band, which has been together for six years, will cover new country hits from 6 to 9 p.m. at Oakwood Park. Oakwood native and Hillbilly Deluxe bass player Jon Foley […]
