January 28, 2026 Local Stories in and Around St. Joseph, Illinois

Prairieview-Ogden first quarter 7th and 8th grade honor roll

Highest Honors (GPA greater than or equal to 3.7)

Sydney Abernathy

Reagan Blakey

Allie Bott

Chloe Bressner

Ava Buhr

Kolbie Busboom

Dean Franzen

Ella Gerdes

Emma Hammond

Kelsie Harms

Eli Hendry

Quinn Heuer

Elijah Kelly

Maddie Larson

Blair Mathis

Waylon McKinney

Ella Mohr

Imogen Osterbur

Noah Rademacher

Alea Rash

Easton Ray

Lauren Risley

Caylah Roberts

Lilly Sarver

Ryan Schmitz

Charlie Sjuts

Waylon Vaughn

Lyli Vilven

Ben Waters

Makala Wisehart

High Honors (GPA between 3.4 and 3.7)

Madison Alsip

Max Buhr

Calvin Clem

Emma Hale

Blake Lackey

Ben Loschen

Devin Loschen

Oxley Mohr

Owen Olson

Dylan Rineberg

Honors (GPA between 3.1 and 3.4)

Gatlin Finfrock

Kaden Flesner

Johnny Frost

Brinley Hallowell

Lincoln Meier

Brylee Ramm

Ben Taulbee

Kavin Vanetta

By Nora Maberry October 21, 2024

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PVO Junior High Second quarter honor roll

January 13, 2023 Nora Maberry

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For Schmidt, hard work pays off

July 12, 2019 Nora Maberry

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Prairieview-Ogden First Quarter Honor Roll

October 31, 2022 Nora Maberry

7th Grade Highest Honors: (3.7-4.0) Tyler Bonny Casen Goff Gaby Gomez Royce Loschen Lane McKinney Airin Rash Korinne Travis Evelyn Valentine...

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PVO to honor beloved teacher

March 13, 2019 Nora Maberry

Prairieview-Ogden will have a new award to honor one of their most beloved teachers. Kathy Klauda, the mother of Jennifer...

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SJO Drama department is ‘All Shook Up’

April 5, 2019 Nora Maberry

“All Shook Up” has been almost a year and a half in the making. St. Joseph-Ogden Drama Director Chandler Dalton...

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National Honor Society inducts new members

April 23, 2019 Nora Maberry

On April 22 the St. Joseph-Ogden High School National Honor Society inducted 20 new members. Those students include: Isabelle Brooks,...

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St. Joseph Middle School 5th grade honor roll

November 14, 2023 Nora Maberry

FIRST NAME LAST NAME Sophia Albrecht Madison Beeler Abigail Bewley Kynleigh Blunier Connor Bowman Naomi Cavanaugh Konlee Christians Henry Cluver...

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St. Joseph Middle School 8th Grade Honor Roll

November 2, 2021 Nora Maberry

Barrowman, Kylie Barrowman, Lexie Blackburn-Kelley, Timera Blackburn-Kelley, Timothy Carlson, Jacob Chaudhary, Rudra Clark, Joshua Ericksen, Katherine Getty, Camden Haley, William...

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“It couldn’t be done” read by Erica Guelfi

June 16, 2020 Nora Maberry

It Couldn’t Be DoneBY EDGAR ALBERT GUESTSomebody said that it couldn’t be done But he with a chuckle repliedThat “maybe it couldn’t,”...

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SJO 2021-2022 1st Quarter Honor Roll

October 29, 2021 Nora Maberry

Freshmen Allinger, OliviaAltenbaumer, JaredBesson, WilliamBirt, EliBirt, MilesBowlin, ChazBrazelton, HoldenButts, LandenChatterton, SarahChristians, PresleeFrerichs, LylaGriebat, JoeGuido, MasonHesterberg, HaleyIdeus, TinleyJohnson, KendrickJohnson, SethKindle, AmilliyaKnap,...