March 19, 2024 Local Stories in and Around St. Joseph, Illinois

Month: <span>December 2021</span>


‘Julie has been the backbone of this village for a long time’

December 28, 2021

December 28, 2021

Julie Hendrickson loves St. Joseph. And a piece of the small town’s footprint will soon step away from a long-time...

SJO student creates program to help the food insecure

December 23, 2021

December 23, 2021

Kirsten Schaefer wants to help feed her neighbors. Schaefer, a junior at St. Joseph-Ogden High School, created the Feeding Your...

Treatment for the common cold

December 23, 2021

December 23, 2021

By Jeanelle Murphy, DO The common cold is caused by a virus. There are over 200 common cold viruses but...

Library to hold winter used book sale

December 23, 2021

December 23, 2021

The St. Joseph Township-Swearingen Memorial Library (201 N. Third Street, St. Joseph, IL 61873) announces its Winter Used Book Sale....

Tough tests: SJO girls’ basketball loses to Teutopolis, Mahomet-Seymour

December 15, 2021

December 15, 2021

Playing quality competition should only make a team better later in the season. The St. Joseph-Ogden High School girls’ basketball...

Live at St. Joseph Village Board, Dec. 14, 2021

December 14, 2021

December 14, 2021

I am here so you don’t have to be. This time about five years ago Bob Rigdon and BJ Hackler...

Brazelton wins title at Rex Avery Invitational

December 13, 2021

December 13, 2021

Holden Brazelton is only a freshman. But the St. Joseph-Ogden High School wrestler is quickly making a name for himself....

Seven and counting: Pence, Ingram lead way as SJO boys’ basketball stays undefeated

December 13, 2021

December 13, 2021

High-scoring wins have materialized for the St. Joseph-Ogden High School boys’ basketball team so far this season. Whether it’s on...

10 things you don’t know about me… Alisyn Franzen

December 13, 2021

December 13, 2021

We asked St. Joseph Middle School Principal Alisyn Franzen to tell us 10 interesting things about herself. Here are her...

SJO boys’ basketball stays unbeaten, wins Toyota of Danville Classic

December 7, 2021

December 7, 2021

The St. Joseph-Ogden High School boys’ basketball program relied on stingy defense, balanced scoring at times and its Division I...