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Section: Sports
Headline: H-BR's start buries Somonauk
Somonauk's Nick Gudmunson and Hinckley-Big Rock's Zack Michels fight for a rebound Friday night in the Little Ten Conference Tournament championship game.
February 4, 2012
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Section: Youth
Headline: PHOTO: Improving Technology
Fairmount Minerals through Technisand Corporation of Troy Grove recently approved a grant application for more than $34,000 to support installation of a wireless network and purchase a mobile lab containing a classroom set of iPads for Milton Pope Elementary School in rural Marseilles. Technisand also provided funds for two classroom iPads and an Elmo document projector in August and has sent volunteers to help with school painting projects. Pictured are Alicia Nicole, representative from Technisand, and Bruce Peterson, school board president.
February 3, 2012
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Section: Youth
Headline: PHOTO: Family Fun
Families came dressed in pajamas for Zion Lutheran Preschool's Family PJ Reading Night recently. Everyone enjoyed books, crafts and milk and cookies.
February 3, 2012
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Section: Today's News
Headline: Picture This
A barn owl flies over the crowd at the raptor show during Eagle Watch Weekend at Starved Rock Lodge last weekend.
February 3, 2012
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Section: Today's News
Headline: Background checks for users of dating sites?
Jamie "De" Warner and his fiancee, Annette Fronczak, feed their nubian goats at their rural Ottawa home. An online dating success story, Warner and Fronczak are engaged to be married. Fronczak favors legislation that, if passed, would require such sites to notify users whether they run background checks on their users.
February 3, 2012
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Section: LifeTimes Features
Headline: This Life (Peru)
You can't miss her — Lady Liberty, that is. Anyone driving down Fourth Street (U.S. 6) in Peru can't help but see the Statue of Liberty lookalike dancing along the sidewalk in downtown Peru. Actually, Lady Liberty is none other than Margaret Gonzalez, who is promoting a local tax preparer service. She has been out drawing attention since January and will keep it up until the tax due date of April 15. Gonzalez works a four-hour shift and when she's done, a fellow co-worker takes her place. It can be cold out, and Lady Liberty's torch doesn't keep her warm, but moving up and down the sidewalk can keep the cold at bay.
February 3, 2012
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Section: Today's News
Headline: PEOPLE COUNT: First thing in the morning!
If you want to belong to the Ottawa Sunrise Rotary Club, you have to be prepared to get up early — the club meets on most Fridays at 7:15 a.m. Meetings last about one hour. The Ottawa Noon Rotary Club, a separate and larger organization, meets at noon on Wednesdays.
February 3, 2012
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Section: Sports
Headline: Somonauk survives Newark's last gasp
Newark's Grant Riehle-Moeller makes a layup surrounded by the Somonauk defense during the second half.
February 3, 2012
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Section: Today's News
Headline: State's oldest tournament a Streator tradition
Streator Township High School scholastic team members conduct research on laptops as STHS science teacher and coach John Burke (top right) asks them questions Thursday afternoon during practice.
February 2, 2012
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Section: LifeTimes Features
Headline: Award winner convinced patient to stick out his tongue
Shown with OSF St. Francis DAISY Award winner Jennifer Uzella (second from left) are (from left) Renee Waitkus, DAISY Award committee facilitator; Lori Wiegand, chief nursing officer; Abby Lotz, manager; and Deb Richardson, INI chief operating officer.
February 2, 2012
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Section: Today's News
Headline: Working It Out: STHS, Businesses partner to expand work program
A student practices welding in class at Streator Township High School this week. The school and local businesses are partnering to expand the work program to include manufacturing jobs such as Computer Aided Design, welding, engineering and quality control.
February 2, 2012
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Section: Today's News
Headline: PHOTO: Nerds for the Day
Dressed as nerds, Allyssa Vesely, Grace Reinhardt and Katie McGraw check their cards while playing bingo Thursday at Marquette Academy's elementary campus. The dress-up day and bingo game time were part of the celebration of Catholic Schools Week.
February 2, 2012
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Section: Today's News
Headline: Sign a petition and make Pluto a stamp
Leaders of the New Horizons mission to Pluto are hoping to celebrate the first voyage there with a postage stamp. Dan Durda, a space scientist and artist, designed the concept for the new stamp. This is only a concept. The U.S. Post Office will design its own.
February 2, 2012
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Section: Sports
Headline: Guenther brings the glory to OTHS Hall of Fame
Lyle Guenther gives some pointers to varsity tennis doubles team Karly Rosencrans (left) and Rachel Timmer during a 2010 practice. Guenther will be inducted into the Ottawa Township High School Hall of Fame on Saturday.
February 2, 2012
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Section: Sports
Headline: Ransom native spending week as 'Super' intern
Bradley University senior and Ransom native Zach Keesee (back) will intern for this weekend's Super Bowl. Keesee and Josh Koebert of Germantown, Wis., were selected earlier this month and began work on Monday at NBC offices in Indianapolis. They will have writing and public relations assignments in the days leading up to the game.
February 1, 2012
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Section: Today's News
Headline: United Way misses goal
At United Way of Eastern La Salle County's 73rd annual Recognition Event, the board of directors announced it reached 97.9 percent of its $444,444 goal.
February 1, 2012
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Section: Today's News
Headline: PHOTO: Mr. OHS
Senior Kory Schott (singing with microphone), a “Mr. OHS” contestant, enlists the help of his football teammates for backup as he sings the Miley Cyrus song “Party in the USA.” Schott dedicated the song to the team Friday night during the talent portion of the Mr. OHS competition in the Ottawa Township High School auditorium. The annual competition is in its fourth year and raises money for the school prom.
February 1, 2012
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Section: Today's News
Headline: PHOTO: Dancing Queens
Cheyenne MacBean and Andie SanGabriel, seventh-graders at St. Michael the Archangel School in Streator, perform as the 70s Swedish pop group ABBA during a school talent show Tuesday as part of Catholic Schools Week.
February 1, 2012
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Section: Today's News
Headline: Former Herwig building demolished
The former Herwig Chiropractic at 214 High St. is demolished Wednesday thanks in large part to a Federal Emergency Management Agency grant. The business was closed in 2007 after a landslide near the Vermilion River bank. A crew from Shay Construction handled the demolition.
February 1, 2012
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Section: Today's News
Headline: A coupon-free zone: Retailer launches new sales technique
Amanda Beard, department manager at jcpenney in Peru, arranges merchandise in the men's department. On Wednesday, the department store chain launched its Fair and Square pricing, part of its transformation to rebrand itself.
February 1, 2012
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Section: LifeTimes Features
Headline: On Sale Now: Crafts part of monthly preseason farmers' market
Megan Taylor mans the Aussem Gifts tent during a 2011 Home and Handmade Market sale on Clinton Street in Ottawa. Aussem Gifts — owned by Melanie Walk, Taylor's cousin — will be one of the arts and crafts vendors participating in the monthly preseason Old Town Farmers' Market, which will begin Saturday, Feb. 4.
February 1, 2012
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Section: Sports
Headline: A HOUSE OF HORRORS — Seneca's Lee scores 26 in win over Marquette
Seneca's Chris Lee (right) uses nearly all of his 6-foot-5 frame to reach over Marquette and Irish teammates alike for a rebound during Seneca's 65-53 win over the Crusaders Tuesday night. Lee finished with a career-best 26 points and nine rebounds in the win.
February 1, 2012
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Section: Sports
Headline: Sterling shuts down Pirates
Ottawa's Nathan Hawk and Tabor Griglione try to stop the progress of Sterling's Patrick Petrosky as he tries to go up for a shot in the lane during Tuesday's game. Ottawa fell 73-47.
February 1, 2012
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