January 29, 2026 Local Stories in and Around St. Joseph, Illinois

St. Joseph Middle School 5th grade high honor roll

LAST NAME	FIRST NAME
Bacon	Adalyn
Barnhart	June
Bronowski	Elijah
Burnett	Ethan
Crackel	Bowen
Daniel	Jocelyn
Dirksmeyer	Claire
Fisher	Camden
Harwood	Quinley
Hinkel	Thea
Huckstadt	Tyson
Kerner	Abbigail
Kerner	Kylie
Kuhn	Grayson
McGuffee	Jackson
Musselman	Tessa
Oleynichak	Kinsley
Parker-Resendiz	Noah
Parrish	Harvey
Ryan	Katelyn
Suchor	Tanner
Vliet	Geneva
Weidenburner	Alexander

By Nora Maberry June 7, 2023

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