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APRIL 6The Kerbyville Museum will reopen for the season Saturday, April 6 at 11a.m…April to October.Admission is free. Come and enjoy the local history items and changes in exhibits. April 9**Illinois Valley Amateur Radio Club (IVARC) will be having our monthly meeting @ 6pm at Wild River Pizza in CJ.[Read More…]

Good Shepherd Lutheran

Welcome to Holy Week Palm Sunday used to be just Palm Sunday in Lutheran churches. A day when we celebrated the triumphant arrival of Jesus Christ in Jerusalem. But now it’s different. Now it’s Palm/Passion Sunday. The church felt we had to do that because people weren’t showing up for[Read More…]

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…]

New KOA park now open in Cave Junction

Cave Junction, Oregon – March 20, 2024 – Cave Junction KOA, a brand-new RV park located in Cave Junction, Oregon, is now open and offers a welcoming retreat for travelers seeking adventure, relaxation, and connection.“It was important to us in our planning process to ensure that our sites were able[Read More…]

Horoscopes: by Sean Sky

Sun Sign Horoscopes for Aries: March 21 – April 19 Astrology alert: With Jupiter conjunct Uranus, and in the sign of Taurus, you may see banks and other financial institutions start to fail or experience a tremendous amount of trouble and change. This may start to happen anywhere from now[Read More…]

Biden alone in Oregon voters’ pamphlet after Trump declined

Julia ShumwayOregon Capital Chronicle President Joe Biden will be the only presidential candidate in the state-issued voters’ pamphlet after former President Donald Trump declined to submit a statement.Oregon voters will see a big name missing when they open their state-issued voters’ pamphlet next month: Republican Donald Trump.Laura Kerns, a spokeswoman[Read More…]

Lady Cougars off to a good start

John MichaelsIVN Contributing Writer The Illinois Valley High School softball team had a very busy and mostly successful week, winning all three Special District 6 league games, but dropping a non-league tilt Wednesday. The Lady Cougars are now 3-2 on the year with a 3-0 mark in District 6 play.The[Read More…]

Crawlies with Cri: jumping spider

Marchena Minuta – Jumping spider This week’s crawly is so small. (How small is it?) It’s so small it has “minuta” right there in their name. Meet the Marchena minuta jumping spider.Literally, how small are they? Marchena top out at just over one-eighth of an inch. That’s small. Really, really[Read More…]

IVHS track team has reason for optimism

John MichaelsIVN Contributing Writer The Illinois Valley High School track team had a pair of meets this week, competing in the Phoenix Icebreaker Wednesday and the Crater Twilight Classic Thursday. Although the Cougars did not fare well in the team scores of either meet, there were a number of individual[Read More…]

Cougars move to 2-1 on the season, ranked 8th

John MichaelsIVN Contributing Writer The Illinois Valley High School baseball team won the only game they played last week, rallying for four runs in the sixth inning against Oakridge to claim a 5-4 non-league victory over the Warriors Tuesday in Cave Junction. The Cougars are now 2-1 on the year[Read More…]