A Dwight retired carpenter and a craft artist have combined forces to create wig stands for cancer patients. They are part of a network of wood turners and other artisans who donate the wig stands to the Susan Komen Foundation…
Harvey Grieff of Odell and Keith Verdun, formerly of Odell now of Pontiac, invested $2,500 together on a horse that won a $180,000 purse Sept. 23. Not a bad deal. “I liked this guy from the time I looked at…
Danny “Tic” Tock, Dwight, and the Prelude to a Million organization will mark its 10th anniversary Sept. 24. Tock/Prelude to a Million kicks off a year-long celebration on that date to mark the decade since the release of its first…
Remember the games in the high school gym in Reddick, with the stage on the far south side, and the cheerleaders standing in front, chanting slogans to inspire the Bulldog boys teams? Remember the orange and black colors, with the…
Perhaps the greatest measure of a successful teacher is how much they inspire enthusiasm for the subject in their pupils. Out of a field of 234 Illinois teachers for Illinois Teacher of the Year, 10 have now been selected as…
The Emmanuel Lutheran Congregation of Dwight will celebrate 150 years in Dwight with a special service Sunday, July 9. As part of the service, Dwight native son Peter Kirby will give the sermon. “I never forget my roots,” Kirby said…
The small but mighty Gardner Area (Marching Panthers) Band marched in the national Memorial Day Parade, May 29, in Washington D.C. The trip, culminating a year of planning and fund-raising, included the 40 band members taking in the educational and historical…
An original Abraham Lincoln portrait by Dwight artist Cat Clausen that was sold to a patron in Springfield a few years ago will now be a mural on a building — a much bigger version of course. And the man…
Dwight’s Dairy Queen has been operated by the Oates Family for a third of a century as of May 1. The business at 324 W. Mazon, was purchased by Paul Oates as of May 1, 1984, and is now run…
An explosion at the World War II Joliet arsenal, and getting shot in the stomach failed to stop Jewell Carlson, now 93, who will soon be celebrating his 70th wedding anniversary with his wife Marguerite (Peg).Carlson grew up in LaRose,…