August 2, 2025 Local Stories in and Around St. Joseph, Illinois

St. Joseph Middle School 8th Grade High Honor Roll

Ames, Trevor

Beyers, Kaitlyn

Bird, Emily

Brooks, Addison

Bytnar, Sara

Campbell, Shelby

Carlson, William

Childers, Adelyn

Coffey, Christopher

Evans, Callie

Getty, Abigail

Harper, Zachary

Hartman, Claire

Huckstadt, Lydia

Jannusch, Adalyn

Kelley, Madilyn

Kietzman, Cooper

Lockhart, Ryker

McGinnis, Isabelle

McMahon, Patrick

Miller, Ashlyn

Mock, Hannah

Nekolny, Delaney

Osterbur, Kayla

Overstreet, Colton

Page, Gary

Pearman, Branson

Peoples, Kaleb

Pruemer, Asher

Schluter, Cameron

Sexton, Trevor

Smith, Lucas

Smith, Talia

Stahl, Quinn

Steinbach, Sydney

Tranel, Luke

Vliet, Sophia

Wells, Madeline

Wertz, Wyatt

Wilson, Taytum

Xiao, Logan

Zadeh, Cyrus

By Nora Maberry November 2, 2021

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Safety concern prompts letter to parents

March 2, 2019 Nora Maberry

The system worked how it is supposed to. That is what St. Joseph-Ogden Superintendent Brian Brooks stressed in a letter...

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Heritage Junior High Honor Roll

January 19, 2023 Nora Maberry

HONOR ROLL Heritage Junior High has compiled the list of honor roll students for the second quarter. Astudent must have...

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SJO Winter Sports Award Winners

March 12, 2020 Nora Maberry

Basketball CheerleadingTia Pruitt, Sr.Raegan Crippen, Jr.Vania Kaenzig, Jr.Alyssa Lynch, Jr.Alyssa Maddock, Jr.Ava Meyer, So.JoLeena Reynolds, So.Alexis Taylor, So.Regan Uden, So.Leah...

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Live at SJO School Board, Special meeting

January 11, 2023 Nora Maberry

It’s a special meeting night. Construction on the relocate softball field could start as early as February so they need...

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Live at St. Joseph-Ogden High School Board

February 27, 2023 Nora Maberry

I am here so you don’t have to be. Tonight they are discussing facilities updates. They are discussing a new...

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SJO announces Illinois State Scholars

December 15, 2023 Nora Maberry

Fifteen St. Joseph-Ogden students have been named Illinois State Scholars. The State Scholar Program publicly and personally identifies graduating high...

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Maxey to step aside, but ‘SJO is a better place’ because of former SRO’s role at school

August 15, 2019 Nora Maberry

Alicia Maxey, like many other high school students, didn’t exactly know what she wanted her future job to entail when...

People, Schools

Emmert expresses himself via artwork

May 1, 2019 Nora Maberry

St. Joseph-Ogden senior Nathan Emmert loves creating art work. “I have always enjoyed making different kinds of art,” he said....

People, Schools

Franzen finds freedom in music

October 4, 2019 Nora Maberry

Dakota Franzen is an inspiration. Marching Band Director Chuck Hess said Franzen’s efforts to be the best he can be...

Life, Schools

SJO could return to full in-person instruction

March 3, 2021 Nora Maberry

St. Joseph-Ogden High School is starting to plan for the future. Superintendent Brian Brooks said the school is looking into...

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SJO third quarter high honor roll

March 29, 2021 Nora Maberry

FreshmanAllen, LoganBaltzell, OwenBeetz, SamanthaBurkhalter, ChloeDivan, RachelEricksen, SadieFrick, AddisonGetty, GraceHaake, LoganHarper, ChloeHarris, RachelHausman, BrodyHueber, AnnabelleJacob, TannerJolley, KyaJones, HeleneKibler, ToriLeVeck, PatrickLewis, HaydenLewis,...