Hello from the Illinois Valley Golf Course!This week was certainly a wet one, not a record setter but definitely a very wet week. Hole #1 was impassable on Friday with about 3 feet of water over the culvert and water completely surrounding the green. The Kerby ditch was also pouring[Read More…]
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Tales from the Rural Patrol
(Editor’s note: Factual information for ‘Tales’ is provided by the Josephine County Sheriff’s Office. All persons listed are innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Charges can be amended or dismissed.) *Publisher’s Note: For decades, Illinois Valley News has published our unique version of the log entries from[Read More…]
Good Shepherd Lutheran
Sometimes words have meaning, power, and authority simply because of their speaker. In today’s gospel lesson, we see how powerfully Jesus spoke God’s word and how that word had authority and gave hope for living.In Mark 1:21-22 it says, “They were all amazed, and they kept on asking one another,[Read More…]
Cougar basketball gets 2 wins on the week, ranked 12 in the state
John Michaels IVN Contributing Writer The Illinois Valley High School boys basketball team suffered a disappointing loss at end the week, but picked up two Valley Coast Conference wins earlier and went 2-1 last week. The Cougars are now 13-5 on the year, with a 7-4 mark in the conference.[Read More…]
Viking Grapplers off to a good start
John MichaelsIVN Contributing Writer The Lorna Byrne Middle School wrestling team opened up its season with successful home meets against Scenic last week.Although official team scores were not kept for the match, The Vikings won 10 of the 19 matches wrestled. Eight of Lorna Byrne’s 10 wins in the match[Read More…]
I.V. wrestlers shine at Reser’s
Dusty FiskeIVN Contributing Writer The team traveled to Portland Friday and Saturday to participate in the elite Reser’s Tournament of Champions. This is a “invite only” tournament featuring all the top teams in the state of Oregon.Head coach Gene Griffin posted pictures on Facebook and wrote how proud he was[Read More…]
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Lorna Byrne girls basketball off to a great start
John MichaelsIVN Contributing Writer The Lorna Byrne Middle School girls basketball team remained undefeated this season with a hard-fought 35-30 win over New Hope Christian last Monday At New Hope. The Lady Vikings have a 2-0 record heading into the third week of the season this week. A game scheduled[Read More…]
Lady Cougs have a good week on the court
John MichaelsIVN Contributing Writer The Illinois Valley High School girls basketball team had an encouraging week with a one win and a couple of close losses while hosting a pair of Valley Coast Conference games and traveling for a single league game in basketball last week. The Lady Cougars sit[Read More…]