September 22, 2025 Local Stories in and Around St. Joseph, Illinois

Author: <span>Nora Maberry</span>


Live at St. Joseph Village Board

October 13, 2020

October 13, 2020

It’s a full house with seven audience members. Public comment time: Basically, don’t ramble about nonsense, you gotta provide your...

10 things you don’t know about me… Jeff Van Buskirk

October 7, 2020

October 7, 2020

What is your favorite childhood memory?I took guitar lessons when I was in 4th or 5th grade and did not...

Village reminds residents to pick up after their animals

October 6, 2020

October 6, 2020

Poop is a problem in St. Joseph—dog poop that is. Village of St. Joseph Office Manager Julie Hendrickson said that...

SJO student tests positive for COVID-19

October 2, 2020

October 2, 2020

A student at St. Joseph-Ogden High School has tested positive for COVID-19. On Oct. 2, Superintendent Brian Brooks emailed parents...

St. Joseph announces trick-or-treat hours

October 2, 2020

October 2, 2020

Trick-or-treating is happening in St. Joseph. “The village will be making a proclamation to allow trick-or-treating this Halloween at our...

Mayor to encourage board to allow trick-or-treating

October 1, 2020

October 1, 2020

St. Joseph Mayor Tami Fruhling-Voges is going to encourage the village board to allow Trick-or-Treating. Fruhling-Voges said she had examined...

Panthers softball advanced to regional final

September 25, 2020

September 25, 2020

After a strong 3-1 start to the 2020 middle school softball season, the St. Joseph Panthers ended the season with...

Knapp helping lead the way for SJO girls’ cross-country

September 25, 2020

September 25, 2020

Heading into the annual Spartan Classic that St. Joseph-Ogden hosts at 9 a.m. on Saturday, the SJO girls’ cross-country team...

Mattsey, Maroon help SJO boys’ cross-country win St. Teresa Invitational

September 25, 2020

September 25, 2020

Brandon Mattsey is helping set the pace for a solid start to the season by the St. Joseph-Ogden boys’ cross-country...

‘We want to do everything we can to prepare our students’

September 23, 2020

September 23, 2020

The ALICE Drills at St. Joseph-Ogden High School looked a little different this year thanks to COVID-19. Principal Gary Page...