I also had two tires needed repairing and two kind women at Casey's, Kaitlin and Rachel, helped me out as I was out in the snow removing one tire with the funky jack handle that is difficult to turn ...

HANOVER—Northwest Illinois Economic Development (NWILED) has announced its session line-up for its 2026 Build It Grow It (BIGI) program, an entrepreneurial boot camp designed to empower aspiring busin ...

Twenty-five percent will come back to the Fulton Food Pantry, Savanna Food Pantry (we have walkers with Mount Carroll addresses) and the Thomson Children’s Christmas Program. The remainder moves on to ...

ObamaCare's insistence on covering people with existing illnesses differentiates it from true insurance and reveals it to be government-run healthcare. When it became apparent that ObamaCare couldn't ...

The Carroll County Senior Center will begin hosting a monthly event entitled Coffee & Conversation the second Thursday of each month (excluding holidays) from 9-11 a.m. at the Senior ...

Board member Zac Vandendooren opposed the bond resolution as premature, "noting they don't have some project costs," but that didn't stop the West Carroll board in the high school move a year ago as ...

SAVANNA—Ronald Lee Preston, 80, of Savanna, passed away peacefully on Saturday night, Nov. 15, 2025. Ron was a resilient, community-minded individual whose life was defined by perseverance, hard work ...

FITCHBURG, Wis.—Alisha K. Toepfer, 41, of Fitchburg, Wis., passed away on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025, at St. Mary's Hospital in Madison, Wis. She was born on March 17 ...

Food baskets and gifts can be picked up at curbside in the alley behind the Methodist church on Dec. 13 from 9-11 a.m. Financial donations to support these programs and to provide assistance ...

This is in response to the article published Nov. 19, 2025, “No contest for sheriff.” I was disappointed in Mr. Stephens’ interview with the Carroll County Mirror-Democrat/Savanna Times-Journal last ...

Well, David Hanson wrote a letter (Nov. 5-6 MDTJ “Just whistle while you work”) consisting of three snarky remarks directed at his most current adversaries, and a comment/promise, “My work here is ...

MILLEDGEVILLE - George R. Mencin, 80, died at home Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025. George was born on September 17, 1945, in Oberdorf, Germany, the son of Myron and Alexandra (Zakrewski) Mencinsky. He married ...