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State News

As Illinois enters 10th year under Evidence-Based Funding model, equity remains an elusive goal

By Peter Hancock

Capitol News Illinois phancock@capitolnewsillinois.com

SPRINGFIELD — Illinois has made progress in recent years boosting funding for schools that serve some of the state’s poorest communities and leveling out some, but not all, of the wealth-based disparities in per-pupil instructional spending.

But as Illinois enters the 10th year of financing schools under the EvidenceBased Funding model — a formula adopted in 2017 that was supposed to improve both the adequacy and equity of the state’s school finance system — wide disparities still exist in the property tax system that funds more than half the cost of K-12 education.

An analysis of school finance data

by Capitol News Illinois covering the nine-year period from 2017 to 2025 shows homeowners in the lowest-wealth districts pay tax rates that are double those in the wealthiest districts.

The findings are largely consistent with those of other researchers who follow school finance issues nationally.

“Given the design of EBF and the evidence basis on which it was built, this is about what I would expect. I mean, it’s actually a little better than I would have expected,” Bruce Baker, a school finance researcher at the University of Miami, said in an interview. “To a significant extent, it leveled out the resources, but it, by no stretch of the imagination, brought the state to equal educational opportunity.”

Evidence-Based Funding

The Evidence-Based Funding formula came about after years of negotiations among legislators and stakeholders who were searching for a way to reform what many considered to be the most inequitable school funding system in the country.

“I h a v e a l w a y s t a l k e d a b o u t Pennsylvania and Illinois as being kind of the equity trainwreck states,” Baker said. “Connecticut has taken Illinois’ place in that role.”

At that time, according to State Report Card data, Illinois was spending about $7 billion a year funding public schools, less than one-fourth of the total $28.4 billion being spent by the state’s public schools.

Federal funding provided another $2.1 billion, or 7.5% of the total.

But more than two-thirds of the total, $19.3 billion, came from local revenues, primarily property taxes.

Meanwhile, there were vast disparities across the state’s school systems, both in terms of the taxes they levied on property within their boundaries and the money they spent educating their students.

The aim of the new formula was to improve both the adequacy and equity of school funding in Illinois. That involved establishing an “adequacy target” for each district, using research-based evidence to estimate the cost of educating each student in a district.

The formula was predicated on the idea that some students are more expensive to educate than others. That meant the adequacy target had to account for such things as the poverty rate within a district, the percentage of its students from non-English speaking backgrounds, the number of students receiving special education services and regional cost of living differences, among other factors.

“A district that’s 60% to 70% kids from low-income households, 20 to 30% non-English speaking kids, that school or district might need 40%, 50% or even 100% more in spending per pupil than a district that has no kids from low-income families and no kids who are English learners,” Baker said. “The per-pupil spending really needs to be differentiated based on the costs to achieve common outcomes.”

The law then called for increasing state funding each year by at least $300 million and earmarking the bulk of that money for the districts furthest below their adequacy target, with the goal of eventually getting all districts up to at least 90% of adequacy.

It also called for funding $50 million each year in property tax relief grants to reduce levies in certain high-tax districts.

Districts are awarded grants based on a formula spelled out in statute. Districts are expected to use the grant funds to abate taxes they would otherwise levy.

At Gov. JB Pritzker’s urging, lawmakers did not fund the grants in the fiscal year that just ended June 30 but instead passed a bill calling for the Illinois State Board of Education’s Professional Review Panel to file a report assessing the impact of the program.

That report was released in March. It found that from 2015 through 2023, total property taxes collections grew in almost every district in the state, although the growth was slightly lower in districts that had received the grants than those that did not.

Lawmakers renewed the grant program

for the fiscal year that began July 1 but extended the period in which districts must use the funds to abate taxes to three years.

In the years since the EBF formula was adopted, overall annual state funding for schools has increased more than $3 billion, to an estimated $10.8 billion in the fiscal year that just began.

Out of 850 elementary, high school and unit school districts in the state, according to ISBE’s EBF distribution data, the number of districts that are funded at or above 90% of their adequacy target has grown from 194 in fiscal year 2018 to 313 in 2026.

But after nine years under the EBF model, that still leaves 537 districts, 63% of the total, funded at less than 90% of adequacy. ISBE reported during this year’s budgeting process that it would take an additional $3 billion to get all districts up to at least 90% of adequacy.

“We need more, and I have tried very hard, as you know, in very tight budget circumstances,” Pritzker said during a recent news conference. “We nevertheless increased funding for K-12 schools.”

But an analysis of school finance data covering the first eight years of the EBF formula shows the state has made only modest progress to improve the equity of its school finance system, either in terms of the taxes people pay to fund their local schools and the amount of resources those districts devote to classroom instruction.

Tax inequity

One of the hopes of the new funding system was that as state funding for schools increased, local districts would become less reliant on local property taxes.

At the time EBF went into effect, there were vast disparities among districts in terms of their relative wealth and the tax rates they levied.

According to data from the Illinois Local Education Retrieval Network, or ILEARN, in fiscal year 2017, the year before EBF took effect, district wealth ranged from a low of $20,449.57 in taxable property valuation per pupil to a high of $2.47 million.

Property tax rates among the districts also varied widely, from a low of $1.14 per $100 of equalized assessed valuation, or EAV, to a high of $21.82.

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According to the data, people in the poorest 10% of districts in the state paid an average tax rate of $5.39 per $100 of EAV. That was more than double the average tax rate in the wealthiest 10% of districts, which was $2.50 per $100 of EAV. Using a statistical tool known as regression analysis, the data showed that for every $10,000 increase in a district’s per-pupil property wealth, there was a corresponding $0.028 decrease in its property tax rate. And while other factors also influenced a district’s tax rate, property wealth explained 21% of the variation.

By 2025, the eighth year of the EBF formula, data from school districts’ annual financial reports showed those disparities had eased only slightly.

There was still wide variation in tax rates among school districts, from a low of $19,580 to a high of $3.3 million.

From 2017 through 2025, the average tax rate among the poorest 10% of districts fell considerably, to $4.81 per $100 of EAV. But that was still more than twice as high as the average tax rate among the wealthiest 10%, which was $2.40 per $100.

Differences in per-pupil property wealth still explained about 21% of the variation in tax rates but the relationship was not as severe. In 2025, for every $10,000 increase in property wealth, there was a corresponding $0.018 decrease in tax rates.

Spending inequity

One area where Illinois appears to have made more progress is in directing new resources to districts serving large numbers of high-needs students.

The EBF formula is predicated on the idea that some students are more expensive to educate than others. The additional cost of educating those students — including low-income students, English language learners and students receiving special education services, among others — is used as a factor in calculating each district’s adequacy target and, eventually, how much new money they receive each year.

To measure how effectively Illinois was directing resources to high-need districts, CNI compared each district’s instructional expenses per-pupil with its percentage of low-income students, as reported in the ISBE’s annual Report Card data.

ISBE defines instructional expenditures as “the direct costs of teaching pupils or the interaction between teachers and pupils.”

Low-income students are defined as those “who receive or live in households that receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or Temporary Assistance for Needy Families benefits; are classified as homeless, migrant, runaway, Head Start, or foster children; or live in a household where the household income meets the U.S. Department of Agriculture income guidelines to receive free or reduced-price meals.”

In 2017, the year before EBF took effect,

there were wide wealth-based gaps in instructional spending across all school districts in Illinois.

At that time, instructional spending averaged about $7,320 per pupil statewide. The average among elementary districts was below that level, at $6,822, while high school districts the average was $9,224.

Within elementary districts, however, the wealthiest 10% — those with the lowest percentage of low-income students — instructional spending per-pupil was 39% higher than it was among the poorest 10%.

Among high school districts, the wealthiest districts spent 29% more on average than the poorest districts.

Among unit districts, however, there was little difference in spending levels between wealthy and poor districts.

By 2025, the eighth year of the EBF program, the spending picture had changed considerably.

First, the infusion of $3 billion in additional annual state funding boosted instructional spending across the board.

That year, the statewide average was $10,601 per pupil, a 45% increase over 2017 levels.

In addition, many of the wealth-based disparities had been erased.

Among unit districts, the poorest 10% of districts actually spent about 29% more per-pupil on instruction than the wealthiest. Among elementary districts, spending levels were about even between rich and poor districts.

Among high school districts, however, wealth-based disparities persisted.

There, the richest 10% of districts continued to spend about 29% more per-pupil on instruction than the poorest districts.

Chris Johnson, deputy superintendent at New Trier Township High School District in northern Cook County, one of the wealthiest districts in the state, acknowledged in an interview that his district is fortunate to have more than adequate resources. But he said that is not the fault of the EBF system.

“We were 91% funded by local property taxes, and so we have a long history of our community generously committing to support our schools,” he said.

In 2025, New Trier ranked third in the state among high school districts for per-pupil instructional spending, at just over $21,000. Its property tax base was also among the highest, at nearly $1.9 million per pupil, and it had one of the lowest property tax rates, at $1.92 per $100 of equalized assessed valuation.

As a result, New Trier receives very little state funding through EBF, which is designed to prioritize the neediest districts. But Johnson, who wrote his doctoral dissertation on the implementation of EBF, said he supports the system and believes it is performing as it was intended.

“It’s brought more money to Illinois school districts, and it’s done it in an equitable way that focuses on the districts that need the most support,” he said.

“What I found in my dissertation was

that the function codes — the ways the district spent the money in their budgets — were aligned with the rationale for passing law,” Johnson said. “So, the categories in school district budgets related to instruction grew at a faster rate than expenditures related to some of the administrative and other expenses.”

One district official in a smaller rural school district said the EBF model was probably more useful in helping larger districts quantify their needs. “But like for ours,” he said, “it tells us that we need a 0.2 school psychologist and a 0.1 social worker. I can’t do a point one person.”

Overall, that official said the biggest benefit the EBF system has provided his district is greater certainty that state funding will arrive on time.

“I like the guaranteed money, you know. Making sure they’re gonna send us some money,” he said.

Some law makers, however, have expressed growing frustration with the slow progress being made in bringing all districts up to adequate funding levels.

Sen. Graciela Guzmán, D-Chicago, introduced legislation this year calling on the state to fund all districts at 100% of their adequacy target. Although the bill never advanced out of committee, it did receive serious discussion during one committee hearing in May. “If the state says that a service is required, the state should fund it,” Guzmán said during that hearing.

“And then if the state has defined what adequate education looks like, the state should also fund that. So, if we’re serious about equity, property tax relief and supporting public schools across Illinois, then we have to stop treating underfunding as if it is normal.”

How we reported this story

This story is based on analysis of publicly available data from several datasets maintained by the Illinois State Board of Education.

Information about school district property valuations and tax levies for fiscal year 2017 was obtained from the Illinois Local Education Agency Retrieval Network, or ILEARN. According to ISBE, there is a two-year lag in reporting that data. Therefore, the FY 2017 data was obtained from the FY 2019 report.

Property valuation and tax levy data for fiscal year 2025 was obtained from individual districts’ annual financial reports filed with ISBE. At the time this analysis was performed, data was available from 746 of the state’s 850 elementary, high school and unit districts.

Information about school districts’ instructional spending and low-income population was taken from annual report card data, available from ISBE’s Report Card Data Library.

Capitol News Illinois is a nonprofit, nonpartisan news service that distributes state government coverage to hundreds of news outlets statewide. It is funded primarily by the Illinois Press Foundation and the Robert R. McCormick Foundation.

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Kortman Gallery

Chicago artist Margie Lawrence shares her passion for baseball in Kortman Gallery exhibit From Doc Slafkosky Kortman Gallery

Margie Lawrence, well know for her portraits of baseball legends, especially the Chicago Cubs, will present her paintings and drawings of star players of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League, including the Rockford Peaches in a Kortman Gallery exhibition opening Friday, July 17th.

Her solo exhibition, “Amazons of the Diamond” opens as a kick-off event for the Women’s Baseball World Cup to be held in Rockford, July 22-24 at Rivets Stadium. Lawrence will also feature some of her paintings of classic Cub players that

she is so well known for.

“Having grown up blocks from the friendly confines of Wrigley Field, I had no choice but to fall in love with the Cubs,” says Lawrence.

“The organ music and cheers of the crowd would drift through the open windows of my school, which sat a mere block from the bleacher entrance. And like many of my loves, the Cubs have disappointed me, but…2016 was my epiphany and the religious experience fueled my artistic nature.”

Lawrence, a graduate of the Chicago Art Institute, has built a successful art career creating paintings of baseball legends.

“I do prefer the old timers, as they all seem to have been such characters— Three Finger Brown, Cool Papa Bell, and Leo the Lip. When my buddy Ronny Santo passed away, I did the ugly cry in front of Wrigley,” said Lawrence.

To welcome the Women’s Baseball Sof tba l l Con federat ion (W BSC) to Rockford, Margie Lawrence’s Kortman Gallery show presents mostly paintings and drawings of players from the All-American Girls Baseball league, made internationally famous with the film “A League of the their Own” which told the story through the Rockford Peaches, four-time league champions. Portraits

include Doris Sams, Shirley Burkovich, Bonnie Baker, and more.

“Amazons of the Diamond,” paintings and drawings by Margie Lawrence opens Friday, July 17th, from 5:30 to 9pm in the Kortman Gallery, upstairs at J.R. Kortman Center for Design, 107 North Main Street, Downtown Rockford. J.R. Kortman and the Kortman Gallery are open Tuesday through Friday, 11am to 6pm and Saturdays, 11am to 5pm. The opening event and gallery are free and open to the public. For more information visit www.jrkortman.com or phone 815-968-0123.

Anderson Japanese Gardens

Anderson Japanese Gardens Presents Japanese Summer Festival on July 18 & 19 Submitted Anderson Japanese Gardens, a nationally recognized Japanese garden located in Rockford, Illinois, invites guests of all ages to immerse themselves in the sights, sounds and traditions of Japan during its annual Japanese Summer Festival, taking place Saturday and Sunday, July 18 and 19, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Set within one of North America’s premier Japanese gardens, the two-day festival offers an unforgettable celebration of Japanese arts, culture and heritage through authentic performances, interactive demonstrations and hands-on experiences designed to educate, inspire and entertain.

“This festival is one of our favorite weekends of the year because it brings the beauty and traditions of Japanese culture to life throughout the Gardens,” said John Gleason, Chief Operating Officer of Anderson Japanese Gardens. “Whether you’re discovering Japanese culture for

the first time or returning as a longtime guest, there is something meaningful and memorable waiting around every corner.”

Throughout the weekend, guests will enjoy an ever-changing schedule of performances and demonstrations featuring traditional Japanese drumming, folk dance, martial arts, music and calligraphy. Returning favorites include Ho Etsu Taiko, Awa Odori, Chicago Koto Group, Candy Man, Spirit Bomb, MITTSU, k y udo (t radit iona l archer y), iaido swordsmanship, aikido demonstrations, and large brush calligraphy by renowned artists Hekiun Oda and Patricia Larkin Green.

During this family-friendly festival guests can also participate in a variety of hands-on cultural activities including: • Ikebana (Japanese flower arranging) • Origami • Japanese paper making • Anime drawing • Japanese name writing • Karesansui (Zen gravel garden)

experiences Authentic Japanese tea ceremonies will once again be offered throughout the weekend. Advance registration is required, and participation includes an additional fee.

Additionally, guests can browse artisan vendors featuring Japanese-inspired artwork, gifts, and merchandise while enjoying a variety of food available for purchase from festival food vendors. A designated outdoor seating area offers a comfortable place to relax, enjoy a meal, and take a break between activities. Bottled water is welcome; outside food and beverages are not permitted.

Festival activities are included with regular Garden admission.

• Premium Garden Members – Free • Adults – $15 • Seniors – $14 • Students & Military – $13 • Children 5 and under – Free Guests are encouraged to arrive early, as parking fills quickly. Complimentary

shuttle service will be available from the College of Medicine parking lot to the Garden Visitor Center throughout the festival.

A complete per formance schedule, tea ceremony registration and additional festival information are available at A ndersonGardens.org/ Japanese-Summer-Festival.

About Anderson Japanese Gardens

Anderson Japanese Gardens evolved from an individual’s vision to create a unique amenity for the Rockford region into an internationally renowned public garden. Today, the Garden is operated as a nonprofit and attracts over 125,000 guests annually.

For additional information regarding programming and events, visit us at www.

AndersonGardens.org. Stay connected by following Anderson Japanese Gardens on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, YouTube and TripAdvisor.

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Blueberries in northern Illinois: Success Starts with Soil

By Grant McCarty Contributor

July is blueberry season in northern Illinois. Just as strawberry season wrapped up in mid-June, many fruit lovers have turned their attention to the next small fruit crop. There are relatively few U-pick blueberry farms in our area because blueberries face two significant challenges: our soils and occasional spring freezes during bloom.

If you’ve enjoyed picking blueberries this summer—or have considered growing them in your own backyard—now is the perfect time to start planning for future plantings.

Many people assume winter cold is the biggest obstacle to growing blueberries in northern Illinois. In most years, that is not the case. Several northern highbush

and half-high cultivars are well adapted to our climate. The real challenge lies in the soil pH. Blueberries are members of the Ericaceae family, making them relatives of azaleas and rhododendrons.

Unlike many garden plants, blueberries evolved in naturally acidic soils rich in organic matter. Because of this, they grow best in soils with a pH between 4.8 and 5.2. By comparison, most vegetable gardens thrive in a pH range of 6.0 to 7.3.

Unfortunately, many northern Illinois soils do not have the right pH levels for blueberries.

When soil pH is too high, blueberry plants struggle to absorb essential nutrients, particularly iron. Even when nutrients are present in the soil, plants may develop yellow leaves, exhibit weak

growth, and produce disappointing harvests. Most of this is due to the soil chemistry and not environmental issues.

The key to long-term success is testing the soil before planting. If pH levels are too high, elemental sulfur can be incorporated to gradually acidify the soil.

However, this process takes time and should ideally begin months—or even a year—before planting. In fact, if you want to plant blueberries next spring, you could begin making pH adjustments right now.

Blueberries also have unique root systems. Their roots are exceptionally fine and shallow, lacking the root hairs found on many other plants. Most roots are concentrated within the top foot of soil, making blueberries particularly sensitive to drought. Mulching with wood chips, shredded leaves, or pine bark helps

conserve moisture, suppress weeds, and add organic matter.

For cult iv ars, consider rel iable, cold-hardy selections such as ‘Blueray,’ ‘Jersey,’ ‘Patriot,’ ‘Northland,’ and ‘Bluecrop.’ Planting two or more cultivars can improve pollination and often leads to larger berry harvests.

As this year’s berries ripen, consider taking a soil sample and making a plan.

In northern Illinois, growing blueberries is less about surviving winter and more about creating the acidic soil conditions these remarkable plants require. Get the soil right, and the harvest will take care of itself.

Grant is the Local Food and Smalls Farms Educator of the University of Illinois Extension.

Energy & Environment

Why we should care about climate change

By Dr. Robert Vogl, Ph.D.

Illinois Renewable Energy Association Contributor

Weather reports tell us what we are likely to have to deal with that day or week when we step outside where we live. How accurate the predictions are is quickly recognized by large numbers of people. Climate change addresses average weather conditions over long periods of time such as decades or more.

Since climate change is a slowly evolving phenomena it takes time for the public to accept the reality of the condition and seek solutions. The public had reached the point of accepting the reality of it, but a change in political leadership occurred that chose to deny it and dismantled government and institutional efforts to address it.

Supporters of climate change are dismayed by the sudden and sweeping dismantling of the reform effort. A recent interview by Nate Hagens of physicist and earth scientist Tad Patzek focused on the reality of climate change and why it is important to address it.

It is a long interview which I will share some of what I think are the key points.

Patzek uses the science of thermodynamics and ecology to explain why the climate is slowly heating up and its long term consequences for human survival, food and energy. The declining reflectivity of the planet is identified as the key factor in the accelerating heating up of the planet over the last decade.

Patzek addressed why we should care about a C02 gas molecule that is now only 435 parts per million in the lower global atmosphere. Prior to the industrial revolution it was 280 parts per million.

At that level it is naturally occurring but the increases in it have come from human activities, Once it enters the atmosphere it virtually lasts forever. Roughly half of the emissions end up in the ocean and exchanges of it occur between the atmosphere and the oceans.

There is also water vapor in the air, but it is not evenly distributed as is CO2 and the water vapor rapidly declines at higher elevations leaving C02 as the driver of climate change. Given the release of over

two trillion tons of CO2 over the last 140 years is a major geologic force. Without human emissions we would have the same climate we had over the last 800 thousand years. It is the C02 in the atmosphere that controls the climate on the planet as it blocks the escape of the heat occurring on the planet.

Another effect on the climate is from the normal oscillation in the warm waters of the tropics moving or south from the tropics in response to the shifting of the trade winds. During an El Nino event the warming waters in the Pacific ocean adds extra heat to the atmosphere increasing global temperatures. It also warms the air above the warm water which in turn increases the amount of moisture the air can absorb. Warmer air holds more moisture so the combined impacts of a super El Nino is temperature spikes, heavy rains and droughts.

Another factor contributing to the heating of the planet is that the earth is losing some of its ability to reflect sunlight reaching the earth back into space. With less ice to reflect sunlight

an increased amount of the sun’s heat is being absorbed by the exposed ground adding heat to the atmosphere. It results in which he melting of the permafrost in Alaska and Siberia releasing massive amounts of methane increasing climate change.

Patzek also indicted that the amount of aerosols in the atmosphere which come from volcanoes, natural emissions and human emissions block some of the sunlight from reaching and warming the earth. Changes in our land use and the presence of cloud can also help slow global warming.

For Patzek and other climate scientists the case is clear climate change is happening and maybe accelerating. We are already experiencing some of the adverse consequences of it which need to be addressed.

This is a brief description of what the scientific community has determined is happening. How we respond to the situation is the critical issue.

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n n n a public hearing on said tentative OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY months from the date of mailing as Mortgagee, and recorded in the Winnebago County, Illinois; Treasurer’s Report - Blackhawk Fire Protection District IN THE MATTER OF: or delivery of Notice to creditors, Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Budget and Appropriation Ordisituated in the County of Government Notices Fiscal Year 5/1/2025 - 4/30/2026 ALLEN P. MOLLY, if mailing or delivery is required Winnebago County as Document nance will be held at 12:00 o’clock Winnebago and State of Cash on Hand May 1, 2025 31,014.20 Deceased by 755 ILCS 5/18-3 of the Illinois No. 2021027795 and modified by noon on Wednesday, August 12, n n n Illinois.

Receipts (Income) No. 2026-PR-0000101 Probate Act, 1975 as amended, a loan modification agreement 2026, at One Court Place, Suite LEGAL NOTICE and for other relief; that Sum1.01 Real Estate Tax 209,047.16 CLAIM NOTICE whichever date is later. Any claim recorded on August 14, 2024, as mons was duly issued out of the NOTICE is hereby given that 404, Rockford, Illinois 61101-1088, 1.015 Revenue Recapture Adjustment 1,852.29 the Rockford Park District intends and that the annual meeting of the NOTICE is given of the death not filed by the requisite date as Document Number 2024019054 Court against you as provided by 1.02 Replacement Tax 18,370.62 to contract for the following items Board of Trustees of the District of ALLEN P. MOLLY. Letters of Office stated above shall be barred. in the Office of the Recorder of law, and said suit is now pending.

1.04 Miscellaneous Income 354,589.18 and services; specifications are on will be held at the same time and were issued on May 22, 2026, to Claims against the estate Deeds, Winnebago County, Illinois.; NOW THEREFORE, unless you, 1.06 Grant Income 3,079.00 file with Demandstar.com. place, at which meeting final action CAROLYN MINKLER of 688 Green may be filed in the office of and for such other relief prayed; the above-named Defendants and 1.08 Rescue Tax Fund 21,698.22 The Rockford Park District on the Budget and Appropriation Ridge Drive, Catawissa, MO 63015, the Winnebago County Circuit that summons was duly issued out Unknown Owners and Non-Record 1.09 Ambulance Billing 244,541.30 invites qualified contractors to Ordinance is expected to be taken as Independent Administrator for Clerk-Probate Division at the of the Circuit Court of Winnebago Claimants file your Answer to the 1.10 Ambulance Levy 207,193.65 bid on a complete, turnkey, and following the public hearing. the Estate. The attorney of record Winnebago County Courthouse, County against you as provided Complaint to said suit or otherwise 1.12 Firefighter Pension 1,984.44 fully operational two-wire autoAll interested persons are for the Estate is Kiera P. Kamedula, 400 West State Street, Rockford, by law, and that the said suit is make your appearance herein, in 3.01 Tort Liability 8,666.22 matic irrigation system at Ingersoll invited to attend the public hearing 1111 South Alpine Road, Suite 704, Illinois, or with the estate legal now pending. the office of the Clerk of the Circuit 5.01 Worker’s Compensation 15,744.39 Golf Course, 101 Daisyfield Rd. and will be given an opportunity Rockford, IL 61108. representative, or both.

YOU MAY BE ABLE TO SAVE Court of Winnebago County, at the 7.01 Audit 1,852.29 Rockford, IL 61102. The Contractor to be heard.

The estate will be adminisCopies of claims filed with the YOUR HOME - DO NOT IGNORE Winnebago County Courthouse, TOTAL INCOME 1,088,618.76 shall furnish all labor, materials, Dated this 9th day of July, 2026. tered without court supervision, Circuit Clerk’s Office-Probate Divi- THIS DOCUMENT. 400 W. State Street, Rockford, TOTAL 1,119,632.96 equipment, and services necessary By order of the Board of Trustees unless under paragraph 28-4 of sion, must be mailed or delivered By order of the Chief Judge Illinois on or before September Disbursements (Expenses) for a fully installed system that of the Washington Park Street the Probate Act (755 ILCS 5/28-4) to the estate legal representative of the Seventeenth Judicial Cir- 2, 2026, default may be entered 2.01 FF Equipment 6,091.44 seamlessly integrates and comLight District, any interested person terminates and to his/her attorney within ten cuit, this case is subject to the against you at anytime after such 2.04 Vehicle Maintenance 33,249.79 municates with existing wells/well Residential Mortgage Foreclosure date and a judgment and decree Andrew J. Mertzenich, independent administration at days after it has been filed.

2.05 Building 78,818.63 pumps, central control, Toro Smart /s/ Nicole L. Beran Mediation Program. Mediation is of partition entered in accordance Attorney for the Washington any time by mailing or delivering 2.06 Communications Equip & Maint 6,092.10 Hubs, sprinklers, weather station, free and may allow you to resolve with the prayer of said Complaint.

Park Street Light District a petition to terminate to the clerk. Prepared by: 2.07 FF Training 2,356.43 HDPE piping, and all associated Claims may be filed on or Nicole L. Beran, ARDC # 6271587 the case outside of court. If you do MICHAEL J. SMITH #3126411 27445R TRRT 7/15 2.08 Memberships & Associations 1,357.00 appurtenances. before January 1, 2027, that date 6072 Brynwood Drive, Suite 203 not participate in the mediation BARRICK, SWITZER, LONG, 2.09 Trustee Compensation 4,205.48 being at least six (6) months from Rockford, Illinois 61114 process, and fail to file a timely BALSLEY & VAN EVERA, LLP Bids will be opened online via 2.11 Office Expense 13,477.72 Zoom. Link to the Zoom opening is the date of first publication, or Telephone: 815.639.0982 Appearance and Answer, a judgPublic Notices 2.12 Utilities 16,452.02 provided on the cover page of the within three (3) months from the nicole@attorneylauraepstein.com ment by default may be entered 6833 Stalter Drive, 1st Floor 2.14 Insurance 35,672.98 bid document. The Rockford Park n n n date of mailing or delivery ofnotice 27405R TRRT 7/15 against you for the relief asked in Rockford, IL 61108 (815) 962-6611 2.17 Legal 16,245.00 District reserves the unrestricted ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF to any known creditor required by n n n the complaint.

2.18 Gas & Oil 22,535.01 right to reject any or all bids INTENTION Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF NOW THEREFORE, UNLESS YOU, Service.msmith@bslbv.com 27447R TRRT 7/29 2.20 Fees & Charges 874.26 received, to waive or not to waive STATE OF ILLINOIS, Act of 1975 as amended (755 ILCS INTENTION the said above defendant, file n n n 2.21 Miscellaneous 30,930.78 any informality, or to accept the COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO 5/18-3), whichever date is later. Any STATE OF ILLINOIS, your answer to the Complaint in 2.22 Capital Expenditures 16,132.54 bid considered to be in the best This is to certify that the claim not filed by the requisite date COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO said suit or otherwise make your ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF 2.23 Bookkeeping 8,999.90 interest of the Park District.

INTENTION undersigned intend to conduct stated shall be barred.

This is to certify that the appearance therein, in the Office of 2.24 Publication 394.25 STATE OF ILLINOIS, and transact a junk removal and Claims against the estate undersigned intend to conduct the Clerk of this Court in Winnebago Contractor shall not pay less 2.26 Taxes 2,672.04 than the prevailing rates of wages hauling business in said County may be filed in the office of the and transact a book publishing County in Room 103 at 400 W. State COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO 2.27 Medical 1,471.15 to all laborers, workmen, and and State under the name of Alpha Winnebago County Circuit Clerk- business in said County and State St., Rockford, IL 61101 on or before This is to certify that the 2.28 Dispatch Expense 10,360.00 mechanics performing work under Dog Junk Solutions at the following Probate Division at the Winnebago under the name of Zombie Logic August 14, 2026, default may be undersigned intend to conduct 2.31 PT_POC FF Pay 200,863.43 this contract, and shall comply with post office addresses: 4230 Harri- County Courthouse, 400 W. State Press at the following post office entered against you at any time and transact a in-home daycare 2.32 Withholding Taxes 41,438.28 the requirements of the IL Wages son Ave., Apt. 103, Rockford, IL 61108; Street, Rockford, Illinois, or with addresses: 119 S. 3rd St., Apt. 4, after that day and a judgment business in said County and State 2.33 Fire Chief Pay 54,772.61 of Employees on Public Works Act that the true and real full names the Independent Administrator, Rockford, IL 61104; that the true entered in accordance with the under the name of Ordering Your 2.36 Ambulance Operation 67,493.21 (820 ILCS 130/1-12).

Steps Daycare at the following of all persons owning, conducting or both. Copies of any claim filed and real full names of all persons prayer of said complaint.

2.40 Full-Time FF Pay 163,265.56 E-Filing is now mandatory post office addresses: 1911 Shelly Bid No. 26-2381 Ingersoll Golf or transacting such business are with the Circuit Clerk’s Office - owning, conducting or transacting 2.42 Health Insurance 22,215.32 Course Irrigation Renovation as follows: Isael Nieves Probate Division must be mailed such business are as follows: for documents in civil cases with Dr., Rockford, IL 61101; that the true 2.43 Union Dues 60.00 SIGNED: Isael Nieves 6/26/26 or delivered to the Executor and to Thomas Lee Vaultonburg limited exemptions. To e-file, you and real full names of all persons Pre-Bid Conference: Wednes6.01 Worker’s Compensation Insurance 24,896.36 day, July 22, 2026 at 10:00 a.m.

Subscribed and sworn (or its attorney within ten days after it SIGNED: Thomas Lee Vaultonburg must first create an account with owning, conducting or transacting 8.01 Audit Fee 12,500.00 via Zoom affirmed to) before me, this 26th has been filed.

6/23/26 an e-filing service provider. Visit such business are as follows: Vickie TO 80414 Tax Anticipation Warrant 149,960.42 Dated: June 25, 2026 Subscribed and sworn (or http://efile.illinoiscourts.gov/ser- Renea Wesley Bid Opening: Wednesday, day of June, A.D. 2026.

TO Byron Bank 2019 Vehicles Loan 38,528.58 August 5, 2026 at 2:00 p.m. via Zoom Lori Gummow, County Clerk SIGNED: Vickie Renea Wesley Carolyn Minkler affirmed to) before me, this 23rd vice-providers.htm to learn more TOTAL EXPENSES 1,084,382.29 BY: Owen Carter, Secretary Giselle Mandujano, Deputy Clerk 6/30/26 Independent Administrator day of June, A.D. 2026. and to select a service provider. If Balance as of April 30, 2026 35,250.67 27413R TRRT 7/15 Kiera P. Kamedula (ARDC 6351337) Lori Gummow, County Clerk Subscribed and sworn (or you need additional help or have 27443R TRRT 7/15 /s/ David Turngren, Treasurer n n n CANFIELD & McKENNA Krystal Soto, Deputy Clerk trouble e-filing, visit http://www. affirmed to) before me, this 30th n n n SUBSCRIBED to this 6th day of July, 2026 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 1111 South Alpine Road, Suite 704 27410R TRRT 7/15 illinoiscourts.gov/faq/gethelp. day of June, A.D. 2026.

LEGAL NOTICE /s/ James E. Stevens, Notary Public 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Rockford, IL 61108 n n n asp or talk with your local circuit Lori Gummow, County Clerk The Board of Education, School 27446R TRRT 7/15 District No. 205, Winnebago and WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS (815) 968-7200 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE clerk’s office.

Teresa Bravo, Deputy Clerk 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Circuit Clerk Boone Counties, Illinois, will IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: kiera@canfieldmckennalaw.com 27456R TRRT 7/29 BETTY MAE OBERHEIM, service@canfieldmckennalaw.

WINNEBAGO COUNTY Johnson, Blumberg & receive on or before 2:00 PM (CST), n n n Deceased. com (For service of documents ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS Associates, LLC Tuesday, July 28, 2026 sealed subASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF 2026-PR-127 only) ROCKET MORTGAGE, LLC 30 N. LaSalle St., Suite 3650 mittals for RFQ No. 21-07 Strategic INTENTION CLAIM NOTICE 27401R TRRT 7/15 F/K/A QUICKEN LOANS, LLC, Chicago, Illinois 60602 Planning Services, terms to be in STATE OF ILLINOIS, NOTICE is given of the death n n n PLAINTIFF Email: ilpleadings@johnsonaccordance with specifications COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO vs. blumberg.com which may be reviewed at the of Betty Mae Oberheim. Letters of ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF This is to certify that the unINTENTION CATHERINE TURNER; Ph. 312-541-9710 / Board of Education Office, 501 Office were issued on June 2, 2026 dersigned intend to conduct and STATE OF ILLINOIS, JASON HARGRAVES; Fax 312-541-9711 Seventh St., 6th floor conference to John Oberheim, who is the legal transact a product sales business COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND JB&A # IL 26 1852 room, Rockford, Illinois. All names representative of the estate. The in said County and State under This is to certify that the URBAN DEVELOPMENT; I3290323 of offerors submitting will be pub- attorney for the estate is Laura the name of Screw City Supply P27442R TRRT 7/29 Company at the following post licly read at that time and place. All L. McGarragan, 1004 N. Main St., undersigned intend to conduct THE FOUR RIVERS SANITATION and transact a lawncare business AUTHORITY; n n n offers submitted shall be valid for Rockford IL 61103. office addresses: 3511 Sunnyside Claims against the estate may in said County and State under UNKNOWN OWNERS AND STATE OF ILLINOIS a period of at least sixty (60) days Ave., Rockford, IL 61101; that the true NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE and real full names of all persons from the date of set for receipt of be filed on or before January 1, the name of ABC Lawncare at the DEFENDANTS 17th JUDICIAL CIRCUIT offers. The Board of Education 2027, that date being at least six following post office addresses: owning, conducting or transacting NO. 2026FC0000024 COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO reserves the right to accept or (6) months from the date of first 2434 Lorraine Ln., Rockford, IL 61109; such business are as follows: Caleb PUBLICATION NOTICE KARLA O. BERGSTROM, reject any or all offers. Package publication, or within three (3) that the true and real full names Spencer Sjostrom The requisite affidavit for pubPlaintiff, request forms are available on months from the date of mailing of all persons owning, conducting SIGNED: Caleb Spencer Sjostrom vs. the District’s website, rps205. or delivery of Notice to Creditors, or transacting such business are lication having been filed, notice 7/6/26 JACOB J.W. GUTIERREZ, com. Vendors registered with if mailing or delivery is required by as follows: Brandon Lee Chavez is hereby given to you, CATHERINE Subscribed and sworn (or SIGNED: Brandon Lee Chavez TURNER; and UNKNOWN OWNERS UNKNOWN OWNERS and Bonfire can download packages Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate affirmed to) before me, this 6th 6/23/26 AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, at no cost from their web-site – Act, 1975, as amended, whichever day of July, A.D. 2026.

Subscribed and sworn (or Defendant in the above entitled Defendants. https://rps205.bonfirehub.com/ date is later. Any claim not filed Lori Gummow, County Clerk CASE NO. 2026 CH 58 portal/?tab=openOpportunities by the requisite date stated above affirmed to) before me, this 23rd suit, that the said suit has been Giselle Mandujano, Deputy Clerk day of June, A.D. 2026. commenced in the Circuit Court of NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION Dated this 14th day of July 2026, shall be barred.

27457R TRRT 7/29 Claims against the estate Lori Gummow, County Clerk the 17th Judicial Circuit, Winnebago The requisite Affidavit for PubBoard of Education in and for n n n County, Illinois by the plaintiff lication having been filed, Notice is the School District of Rockford, may be filed in the office of the Teresa Bravo, Deputy Clerk ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF Winnebago County Circuit Clerk, 27411R TRRT 7/15 against you and other defendant, hereby given you, Unknown OwnIllinois.

INTENTION n n n praying for the foreclosure of a ers and Non-Record Claimants, Casey Ramas Probate Division at the Winnebago STATE OF ILLINOIS, Director of Purchasing County Courthouse, 400 W. State IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE certain mortgage conveying the Defendants in the above-entitled COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT premises described as follows suit, that said suit has been 27444R TRRT 7/15 St., Rockford, IL 61101, or with the This is to certify that the unestate legal representative, or both. WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS to wit: commenced in the Circuit Court n n n Copies of claims filed with IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: LEGAL DESCRIPTION: of the Seventeenth Judicial Circuit dersigned intend to conduct and NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING the Circuit Clerk’s Office–Probate RAQUEL VILLARREAL, LOT ONE HUNDRED FIFof Winnebago County, Illinois by transact a food truck business AND PUBLIC HEARING ON Div., must be mailed or delivered Deceased.

TEEN (115) AS DESIGNATED said Plaintiff against you and other in said County and State under THE TENTATIVE BUDGET AND CASE NO. 2026 PR 140 UPON THE PLAT OF SNOW’S Defendants praying for the real the name of Amigos Tacos at the APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE to the estate legal representative and to his/her attorney within ten CLAIM NOTICE ARLINGTON SUBDIVISION, estate commonly known as 6789 following post office addresses: WASHINGTON PARK STREET (10) days after it has been filed.

NOTICE is given of the death of THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBClovernook Road, Rockford, Illinois 209 S. Springfield Ave., Rockford, LIGHT DISTRICT Raquel Villarreal. Letters of Office DIVISION IS RECORDED IN and legally described as follows: IL 61102; that the true and real WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS DATED: June 29, 2026 full names of all persons owning, _s/ Laura L McGarragan were issued on June 15, 2026 to BOOK 15 OF PLATS, PAGE 7, Lot Two (2) as designatPUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY conducting or transacting such Attorney for Administrator Esther Poirot who is the legal IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE ed upon the Plat of Tower GIVEN that the tentative Budget business are as follows: Veronica representative of the estate. The OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, Hill Estates, being a Suband Appropriation Ordinance of Laura L McGarragan Castillo Hernandez attorney for the estate is Nicole ILLINOIS. division in part of the East the Washington Park Street Light 1004 N. Main St. SIGNED: Veronica Castillo L. Beran of Laura A. Epstein & COMMON ADDRESS: 5021 IlliHalf (1/2) of the Southeast District, Winnebago County, Illinois, Rockford IL 61103 Hernandez 7/7/26 Associates 6072 Brynwood Drive, nois Street, Loves Park, Illinois 61111 Quarter (1/4) of Section 15, for the 2026-2027 fiscal year, is on Tel: 815 961-1111 Subscribed and sworn (or Suite 203, Rockford, IL 61114.

P.I.N.: 11-12-281-005 Township 44 North, Range file and conveniently available for Laura@McGarraganLaw.com affirmed to) before me, this 7th 27400R TRRT 7/15 Claims against the estate may and which said mortgage was 2 East of the Third Principal public inspection at One Court day of July, A.D. 2026. n n n be filed on or before January 1, signed by CATHERINE TURNER, Meridian, the Plat of which Place, Rockford IL 61101-1088, Lori Gummow, County Clerk STATE OF ILLINOIS 2027, that date being at least six Mortgagor, to Mortgage Electronic Subdivision is recorded in during regular business hours, Krystal Soto, Deputy Clerk IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE (6) months from the date of first Registration Systems, Inc., as Book 37 of Plats on page 79A from and after July 13, 2026.

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that 17th JUDICIAL CIRCUIT publication, or within three (3) nominee for Quicken Loans, LLC, in the Recorder’s Office of 27459R TRRT 7/29

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n n n Winnebago County, Illinois; Owners”; PHD Investments LLC; interested in said land or lots” THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD Certificate No.: 202401601 Sold for Special Assessment TO: Claimants, Judgment Creditors, “Unknown owners or parties Lori Gummow, County Clerk of TAX DEED NO.: 2026-TX-0000179 FOR DELINQUENT TAXES Sold for General Taxes of (Year): of (Municipality) and Special Summit International and Decree Creditors, if any of the interested in said land or lots”.

Winnebago County, Illinois; FILED: 6/18/2026 Property Located at: 4560 2024 Assessment Number: N/A Education LLC; above described as “Unknown TAX DEED NO.: 2026-TX-0000175 Claimants, Judgment Creditors, TAKE NOTICE Shepered Trail, Rockford, IL 61103 Sold for Special Assessment Warrant No.: N/A Installment Summit International Owners”; FILED: 6/18/2026 and Decree Creditors, if any of the County of Winnebago Legal Description or Property of (Municipality) and Special No.: N/A Education LLC; “Unknown owners or parties TAKE NOTICE above described as “Unknown Date Premises Sold: November Index No.: 07-36-351-013 Assessment Number: N/A Bintai Wang as R/A for Summit THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD interested in said land or lots”. County of Winnebago Owners”; 18, 2025 This notice is to advise you that Warrant No.: N/A Installment International Education LLC; TAX DEED NO.: 2026-TX-0000176 Date Premises Sold: November “Unknown owners or parties Certificate No.: 202401599 the above property has been sold No.: N/A FOR DELINQUENT TAXES Bintai Wang as R/A Summit FILED: 6/18/2026 18, 2025 interested in said land or lots”. Sold for General Taxes of (Year): for delinquent taxes and that the THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD Property Located at: 250 South International Education LLC; TAKE NOTICE Certificate No.: 202400232 TAX DEED NO.: 2026-TX-0000178 2024 period of redemption from the sale FOR DELINQUENT TAXES Park Avenue, South Beloit, IL 61080 Illinois Secretary of State for County of Winnebago Sold for General Taxes of (Year): FILED: 6/18/2026 Sold for Special Assessment will expire on November 19, 2026.

Property Located at: 1545 Legal Description or Property Summit International Date Premises Sold: November 2024 TAKE NOTICE of (Municipality) and Special The amount to redeem is sub- Temple Lane, Rockford, IL 61112 Education LLC; 18, 2025 Sold for Special Assessment County of Winnebago Assessment Number: N/A ject to increase at 6 month intervals Legal Description or Property Index No.: 04-05-253-041 Occupant; This notice is to advise you that Certificate No.: 202400119 of (Municipality) and Special Date Premises Sold: November Warrant No.: N/A Installment from the date of sale and may be Index No.: 12-35-126-011 Occupant; Sold for General Taxes of (Year): Assessment Number: N/A 18, 2025 No.: N/A further increased if the purchaser This notice is to advise you that the above property has been sold Lori Gummow, County Clerk of 2024 Warrant No.: N/A Installment Certificate No.: 202401593 THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD at the tax sale or his or her assignee the above property has been sold for delinquent taxes and that the Winnebago County, Illinois; Sold for Special Assessment No.: N/A Sold for General Taxes of (Year): FOR DELINQUENT TAXES pays any subsequently accruing for delinquent taxes and that the period of redemption from the sale Claimants, Judgment Creditors, of (Municipality) and Special THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD 2024 Property Located at: 1579 taxes or special assessments to period of redemption from the sale and Decree Creditors, if any of the Assessment Number: N/A FOR DELINQUENT TAXES Sold for Special Assessment Temple Lane, Rockford, IL 61112 redeem the property from sub- will expire on November 19, 2026. will expire on November 19, 2026.

The amount to redeem is subabove described as “Unknown Warrant No.: N/A Installment Property Located at: 6801 of (Municipality) and Special Legal Description or Property sequent forfeitures or tax sales.

The amount to redeem is subOwners”; No.: N/A Audree Lane, Loves Park, IL 61111 Assessment Number: N/A Index No.: 12-35-126-004 Check with the County Clerk as to ject to increase at 6 month intervals ject to increase at 6 month intervals “Unknown owners or parties THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD Legal Description or Property Warrant No.: N/A Installment This notice is to advise you that the exact amount you owe before from the date of sale and may be from the date of sale and may be interested in said land or lots”.

FOR DELINQUENT TAXES Index No.: 08-34-404-011 No.: N/A the above property has been sold redeeming. further increased if the purchaser further increased if the purchaser TAX DEED NO.: 2026-TX-0000177 Property Located at: 5344 Stern This notice is to advise you that THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD for delinquent taxes and that the This notice is also to advise you at the tax sale or his or her assignee at the tax sale or his or her assignee FILED: 6/18/2026 Drive, Roscoe, IL 61073 the above property has been sold FOR DELINQUENT TAXES period of redemption from the sale that a petition has been filed for a pays any subsequently accruing TAKE NOTICE Legal Description or Property for delinquent taxes and that the Property Located at: 2542 Stow- will expire on November 19, 2026. tax deed which will transfer title taxes or special assessments to pays any subsequently accruing County of Winnebago Index No.: 08-09-127-003 period of redemption from the sale market Avenue, Rockford, IL 61108 The amount to redeem is sub- and the right to possession of this redeem the property from sub- taxes or special assessments to Date Premises Sold: November This notice is to advise you that will expire on November 19, 2026.

Legal Description or Property ject to increase at 6 month intervals property if redemption is not made sequent forfeitures or tax sales. redeem the property from sub18, 2025 the above property has been sold The amount to redeem is sub- Index No.: 12-33-453-001 from the date of sale and may be on or before November 19, 2026. Check with the County Clerk as to sequent forfeitures or tax sales.

Certificate No.: 202401456 for delinquent taxes and that the ject to increase at 6 month intervals This notice is to advise you that further increased if the purchaser This matter is set for hearing the exact amount you owe before Check with the County Clerk as to Sold for General Taxes of (Year): period of redemption from the sale from the date of sale and may be the above property has been sold at the tax sale or his or her assignee in the Circuit Court of Winnebago redeeming.

2024 will expire on November 19, 2026. further increased if the purchaser for delinquent taxes and that the pays any subsequently accruing County in 400 West State Street, This notice is also to advise you the exact amount you owe before Sold for Special Assessment The amount to redeem is sub- at the tax sale or his or her assignee period of redemption from the sale taxes or special assessments to Rockford, IL 61101, Room 426, on that a petition has been filed for a redeeming.

This notice is also to advise you of (Municipality) and Special ject to increase at 6 month intervals pays any subsequently accruing will expire on November 19, 2026. redeem the property from sub- December 18, 2026 at 9:30 AM. tax deed which will transfer title Assessment Number: N/A from the date of sale and may be taxes or special assessments to The amount to redeem is sub- sequent forfeitures or tax sales.

You may be present at this and the right to possession of this that a petition has been filed for a Warrant No.: N/A Installment further increased if the purchaser redeem the property from sub- ject to increase at 6 month intervals Check with the County Clerk as to hearing, but your right to redeem property if redemption is not made tax deed which will transfer title No.: N/A at the tax sale or his or her assignee sequent forfeitures or tax sales. from the date of sale and may be the exact amount you owe before will already have expired at on or before November 19, 2026. and the right to possession of this THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD pays any subsequently accruing Check with the County Clerk as to further increased if the purchaser redeeming. that time.

This matter is set for hearing FOR DELINQUENT TAXES taxes or special assessments to the exact amount you owe before at the tax sale or his or her assignee This notice is also to advise you YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM in the Circuit Court of Winnebago property if redemption is not made Property Located at: 1201 North redeem the property from sub- redeeming. pays any subsequently accruing that a petition has been filed for a IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT LOSS County in 400 West State Street, on or before November 19, 2026.

Bell School Road, Rockford, IL 61107 sequent forfeitures or tax sales.

This matter is set for hearing This notice is also to advise you taxes or special assessments to tax deed which will transfer title OF PROPERTY Rockford, IL 61101, Room 426, on Legal Description or Property Check with the County Clerk as to that a petition has been filed for a redeem the property from sub- and the right to possession of this Redemption can be made at December 18, 2026 at 9:30 AM. in the Circuit Court of Winnebago Index No.: 12-23-201-014 the exact amount you owe before tax deed which will transfer title sequent forfeitures or tax sales. property if redemption is not made any time on or before November You may be present at this County in 400 West State Street, This notice is to advise you that redeeming. and the right to possession of this Check with the County Clerk as to on or before November 19, 2026. 19, 2026 by applying to the County hearing, but your right to redeem Rockford, IL 61101, Room 426, on the above property has been sold This notice is also to advise you property if redemption is not made the exact amount you owe before This matter is set for hearing Clerk of Winnebago County, Illinois will already have expired at December 18, 2026 at 9:30 AM. for delinquent taxes and that the that a petition has been filed for a on or before November 19, 2026. redeeming. in the Circuit Court of Winnebago at the Office of the County Clerk in that time.

You may be present at this period of redemption from the sale tax deed which will transfer title This matter is set for hearing This notice is also to advise you County in 400 West State Street, Rockford, Illinois.

YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM will expire on November 19, 2026. and the right to possession of this in the Circuit Court of Winnebago that a petition has been filed for a Rockford, IL 61101, Room 426, on FOR FURTHER INFORMATION IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT LOSS hearing, but your right to redeem The amount to redeem is sub- property if redemption is not made County in 400 West State Street, tax deed which will transfer title December 18, 2026 at 9:30 AM. CONTACT THE COUNTY CLERK OF PROPERTY will already have expired at ject to increase at 6 month intervals on or before November 19, 2026. Rockford, IL 61101, Room 426, on and the right to possession of this You may be present at this 404 Elm Street Redemption can be made at that time. from the date of sale and may be This matter is set for hearing December 18, 2026 at 9:30 AM. property if redemption is not made hearing, but your right to redeem Suite 101 any time on or before November YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM further increased if the purchaser in the Circuit Court of Winnebago You may be present at this on or before November 19, 2026. will already have expired at Rockford, IL 61101 19, 2026 by applying to the County at the tax sale or his or her assignee County in 400 West State Street, hearing, but your right to redeem This matter is set for hearing that time.

815-319-4253 Clerk of Winnebago County, Illinois IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT LOSS OF PROPERTY pays any subsequently accruing Rockford, IL 61101, Room 426, on will already have expired at in the Circuit Court of Winnebago YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM Private Equity Group, LLC. at the Office of the County Clerk in taxes or special assessments to December 18, 2026 at 9:30 AM. that time.

County in 400 West State Street, IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT LOSS Purchaser or Assignee Rockford, Illinois.

Redemption can be made at redeem the property from subYou may be present at this YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM Rockford, IL 61101, Room 426, on OF PROPERTY June 25, 2026 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION any time on or before November sequent forfeitures or tax sales. hearing, but your right to redeem IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT LOSS December 18, 2026 at 9:30 AM. Redemption can be made at I3289918 CONTACT THE COUNTY CLERK 19, 2026 by applying to the County Check with the County Clerk as to will already have expired at OF PROPERTY You may be present at this any time on or before November P27425R TRRT 7/22 404 Elm Street Clerk of Winnebago County, Illinois the exact amount you owe before that time.

Redemption can be made at hearing, but your right to redeem 19, 2026 by applying to the County n n n Suite 101 at the Office of the County Clerk in redeeming.

YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM any time on or before November will already have expired at Clerk of Winnebago County, Illinois TO: Rockford, IL 61101 Rockford, Illinois.

This notice is also to advise you IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT LOSS 19, 2026 by applying to the County that time. at the Office of the County Clerk in 1545 Temple LLC; 815-319-4253 that a petition has been filed for a OF PROPERTY Clerk of Winnebago County, Illinois YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM Rockford, Illinois.

1545 Temple LLC; Private Equity Group, LLC. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION tax deed which will transfer title Redemption can be made at at the Office of the County Clerk in IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT LOSS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION Illinois Corporation Service Purchaser or Assignee CONTACT THE COUNTY CLERK and the right to possession of this any time on or before November Rockford, Illinois.

OF PROPERTY CONTACT THE COUNTY CLERK Company as R/A for June 26, 2026 404 Elm Street property if redemption is not made 19, 2026 by applying to the County FOR FURTHER INFORMATION Redemption can be made at 404 Elm Street 1545 Temple LLC; I3289922 Suite 101 on or before November 19, 2026. Clerk of Winnebago County, Illinois CONTACT THE COUNTY CLERK any time on or before November Suite 101 1696 Holdco, LLC as Manager for P27426R TRRT 7/22 Rockford, IL 61101 This matter is set for hearing at the Office of the County Clerk in 404 Elm Street 19, 2026 by applying to the County Rockford, IL 61101 1545 Temple LLC; n n n 815-319-4253 in the Circuit Court of Winnebago Rockford, Illinois.

Suite 101 Clerk of Winnebago County, Illinois 815-319-4253 Argonaut Servicing, LLC as TO: County in 400 West State Street, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION Rockford, IL 61101 at the Office of the County Clerk in Private Equity Group, LLC. Manager for 1545 Temple LLC; Manuel Silva a/k/a Private Equity Group, LLC. Rockford, IL 61101, Room 426, on CONTACT THE COUNTY CLERK 815-319-4253 Rockford, Illinois.

Purchaser or Assignee 1545 Temple LLC; Manuel Silva, Sr.; Purchaser or Assignee December 18, 2026 at 9:30 AM. 404 Elm Street Private Equity Group, LLC. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION June 26, 2026 Occupant; Manuel Silva a/k/a June 26, 2026 You may be present at this Suite 101 Purchaser or Assignee CONTACT THE COUNTY CLERK I3289914 Assisted Living Concepts Inc; Manuel Silva, Sr.; I3289920 hearing, but your right to redeem Rockford, IL 61101 June 25, 2026 404 Elm Street P27424R TRRT 7/22 Cherryvale Place; Manuel Silva a/k/a P27427R TRRT 7/22 will already have expired at 815-319-4253 I3289913 Suite 101 n n n Brookdale Senior Living Manuel Silva, Sr.; that time. n n n Private Equity Group, LLC. P27422R TRRT 7/22 Rockford, IL 61101 TO: Communities, Inc; Manuel Silva a/k/a YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM Purchaser or Assignee n n n 815-319-4253 Jeffrey P. Finn; Emeritus Corp; Manuel Silva, Sr.; STATE OF ILLINOIS IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT LOSS June 25, 2026 TO: Private Equity Group, LLC. Jeffrey P. Finn; Loyalton of Rockford; Occupant; IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE OF PROPERTY I3289912 Buddys Gasoline LLC; Purchaser or Assignee Jeffrey P. Finn; Trustwell Living at Cherryvane Manuel Silva, Jr.; 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Redemption can be made at P27421R TRRT 7/22 Buddys Gasoline LLC; June 26, 2026 Occupant; Place; Advia Credit Union f/k/a COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO any time on or before November n n n Ankit Patel as R/A for I3289915 Morse Electric Inc; Marion E. Wentz; First American Credit Union; IN RE THE MARRIAGE OF: 19, 2026 by applying to the County TO: Buddys Gasoline LLC; P27423R TRRT 7/22 The Rockwell Group; James H. Aitken; Advia Credit Union f/k/a Clerk of Winnebago County, Illinois Ramirez and Maust Dixitkumar V. Patel as Manager for n n n Vintage Spokes; Lorenzo H. Capes; First American Credit Union; SAMANTHA JOAN PHILIP, at the Office of the County Clerk in Developments LLC; Buddys Gasoline LLC; TO: Cassie Morse; Rayma Louise Larson; Smith Amundsen, LLC as Petitioner, Rockford, Illinois.

Ramirez and Maust Rokykumar Patel as Manager for 1545 Temple LLC; PNC Bank, N.A. as Successor to Lucille J. Bartosiak; Attorneys in 2020-CH-0000296; vs.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION Developments LLC; Buddys Gasoline LLC; 1545 Temple LLC; National City Bank of the Midwest; Shirley A. Grant; Attorney General for the State of NATHAN ANDREW PHILIP, CONTACT THE COUNTY CLERK United States Corporation Agent Dixitkumar V. Patel as Manager for Illinois Corporation Service PNC Bank, N.A. as Successor to James M. Sima; Illinois Department of Revenue; Respondent.

404 Elm Street as R/A for Ramirez and Maust Buddys Gasoline LLC; Company as R/A for National City Bank of the Midwest; Donald M. Thomas; State of Illinois Department of Case No. 2025-DC-432 Suite 101 Developments LLC; Buddys Gasoline LLC; 1545 Temple LLC; Lori Gummow, County Clerk of Ann E. Gregorich; Revenue; Rockford, IL 61101 Mike Maust as Manager for Ankit Patel as R/A for 1696 Holdco, LLC as Manager for Winnebago County, Illinois; Ann M. McDaniel; State of Illinois Department of NOTICE BY PUBLICATION 815-319-4253 Ramirez and Maust Buddys Gasoline LLC; 1545 Temple LLC; Claimants, Judgment Creditors, Robert J. Sanders; Revenue; NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to Private Equity Group, LLC. Developments LLC; Occupant; Argonaut Servicing, LLC as and Decree Creditors, if any of the Beryls Country Ceramics; Advia Credit Union f/k/a Respondent Nathan Andrew Purchaser or Assignee Josue Ramirez as Manager for Halal Buck Buck Inc.; Manager for 1545 Temple LLC; above described as “Unknown Wells Fargo Corporate and First American Credit Union; June 26, 2026 Ramirez and Maust Huck’s 361; 1545 Temple, LLC; Owners”; Investing Banking; Lori Gummow, County Clerk of Philip that Petitioner Samantha Joan Philip has caused to be filed I3289911 Developments LLC; Martin & Bayley, Inc.; Occupant; “Unknown owners or parties Wells Fargo Corporate and Winnebago County, Illinois; P27420R TRRT 7/22 Josue Ramirez as Manager for Phillips 66; Trustwell Living at Cherryvale interested in said land or lots” Investing Banking; Claimants, Judgment Creditors, a PETITION FOR DISSOLUTION OF n n n Ramirez and Maust RFORD BP, Inc.; Place; TAX DEED NO.: 2026-TX-0000180 Lori Gummow, County Clerk of and Decree Creditors, if any of the MARRIAGE and other relief in the TO: Developments LLC; State Oil Co;.

Genesis Health; FILED: 6/18/2026 Winnebago County, Illinois; above described as above-captioned cause of action.

Finn Rentals, LLC; Occupant; Kirit D. Patel; Loyalton of Rockford; TAKE NOTICE Claimants, Judgment Creditors, “Unknown Owners”; You are further notified that if you Finn Rentals, LLC; Petry Design; BP Oil; Wells Fargo Corporate and County of Winnebago and Decree Creditors, if any of the “Unknown owners or parties Jeffrey Finn as R/A for Kathleen Simmert; City of Rockford City Council; Investing Banking; Date Premises Sold: November above described as “Unknown interested in said land or lots”. fail to file an answer or otherwise Finn Rentals, LLC; Aaron Petry; City of Rockford c/o City Clerk; Wells Fargo Corporate and 18, 2025 Owners”; TAX DEED NO.: 2026-TX-0000185 appear on or before August 3, 2026, a judgment by default may Jeffrey Finn as R/A for Property Manager for; PHD Investments LLC; Investing Banking; Certificate No.: 202400283 “Unknown owners or parties FILED: 6/18/2026 Finn Rentals, LLC; Midland States Bank; Hemant Shah as R/A for Lori Gummow, County Clerk of Sold for General Taxes of (Year): interested in said land or lots”.

TAKE NOTICE be entered against you at any time Occupant; Midland States Bank; PHD Investments LLC; Winnebago County, Illinois; 2024 TAX DEED NO.: 2026-TX-0000183 County of Winnebago thereafter for the relief requested Arkay Autowerks LLC; Lori Gummow, County Clerk of Hemant Shah as R/A for Claimants, Judgment Creditors, Sold for Special Assessment FILED: 6/18/2026 Date Premises Sold: November in the petition.

Bluefire Fabrication; Winnebago County, Illinois PHD Investments LLC; and Decree Creditors, if any of the of (Municipality) and Special TAKE NOTICE 18, 2025 /s/ Samantha Joan Philip, Branning Auto Body, Inc; Claimants, Judgment Creditors, Hemant Shah as R/A for above described as “Unknown Assessment Number: N/A County of Winnebago Certificate No.: 202401846 Petitioner Kelvin Branning; and Decree Creditors, if any of the PHD Investments LLC; Owners”; Warrant No.: N/A Installment Date Premises Sold: November Sold for General Taxes of (Year): Lori Gummow, County Clerk of above described as “Unknown Hemant Shah as R/A for “Unknown owners or parties No.: N/A 18, 2025 2024 27407R TRRT 7/15

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n n n recourse to plaintiff and in “AS linoiscourts.gov/FAQ/gethelp.asp. was appointed Executor of her County, Illinois, concerning the and to the attorney within 10 days Shenita Moton Unit #S070.

NOTICE is given of the death ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF IS” condition. The sale is further Thomas K. Prindable estate. The Executor’s address is following real property; after it had been filed.

Units located at 1619 N Meridian of Gary Lawrence Heitz. Letters INTENTION subject to confirmation by the Cogan & Power, P.C., (2255340) 906 Greglynn Street, Machesney Common Address: 2525 Sandy The estate will be administered Rd Rockford IL 61103 immediof Office were issued on May 10, STATE OF ILLINOIS, court. Upon payment in full of 1 East Wacker Drive, 38th Floor Park, Illinois 61115. The attorneys Hollow Road, Rockford, Illinois, without Court supervision unless ately following.

2019 to Brian Heitz who is the legal COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO the amount bid, the purchaser will Chicago, Illinois 60601 for the Executor are Fabiano Law 61109. an interested party terminates Kimberly Nighswonger representative of the estate. The This is to certify that the receive a certificate of sale that will (312) 477-2500 Offices, 321 West State Street, PIN: 16-07-104-004 independent supervision admin- Unit #M056; attorney for the estate is Laura undersigned intend to conduct entitle the purchaser to a deed to I3289870 Ste. 301, Rockford, Illinois. Claims Legal Description: istration by filing a petition to Carmen Gaytan Unit #M121. and transact a food service/truck the real estate after confirmation of P27395R TRRT 7/15 against the estate must be filed Part of the Northwest terminate under Section 28-4 of Units located at 1821 W Chrysler A. Epstein of Laura A. Epstein & business in said County and State the sale. The property will NOT be n n n on or before January 1, 2027. Any Quarter (1/4) of Section the Probate Act (755 ILCS 5/28-4). Dr Belvidere IL 61008 immedi- Associates 6072 Brynwood Drive, under the name of For the Love of open for inspection and plaintiff IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE claim not filed by that date will be Seven (7), Township 43 Attorney Amanda J. Martinez ately following.

Suite 203, Rockford, IL 61114.

Tacos at the following post office makes no representation as to 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT barred. Claims may be filed with North, Range 2 East of the ARDC#: 6287970 Joe Kauss Unit #C003.

Claims against the estate may addresses: 12246 Center Rd., Du- the condition of the property, proWINNEBAGO COUNTY the Probate Division of the Circuit Third Principal Meridian The Law Office of Amanda If the unit is not paid in full be filed on or before January 1, rand, IL 61024; that the true and real spective bidders are admonished ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS Clerk Office, Winnebago County bounded and described Adams Martinez LLC

by Friday, July 24th, 2026 at 4 pm full names of all persons owning, to check the court file to verify all Federal National Mortgage Courthouse, 400 West State Street, as follows, to-wit: Be5732 E. Riverside Blvd., #201 your unit will be sold to the highest 2027, that date being at least six conducting or transacting such information. If this property is a Association Rockford, Illinois, 61101, or with the ginning at a point at the Loves Park, IL 61111 bidder at public auction on Friday, (6) months from the date of first business are as follows: Mariah condominium unit, the purchaser PLAINTIFF Executor and Fabiano Law Offices North line of said Section 815-491-8065 July 31st 2026. To register as a buyer publication, or within three (3) Angelique Nimtz; Leslie Scott Nimtz of the unit at the foreclosure sale, Vs. or with all of them. one thousand fifty and amartinez@adamsmartinezlaw. please arrive 15 minutes prior to months from the date of mailing SIGNED: Mariah Angelique Nimtz other than a mortgagee, shall pay Walter Simmons; Copies of claims filed with the forty-three hundredths com the auction with proper identifica- or delivery of Notice to creditors, 6/26/26 the assessments and the legal Sam Simmons Jr.; Probate Clerk’s Office must be (1050.43) feet East of the 27431R TRRT 7/22 tion and payment. Please register if mailing or delivery is required SIGNED: Leslie Scott Nimtz fees required by the Condominium Terrence Simmons; mailed or delivered to the AdminNorthwest Quarter (1/4) of n n n at our office located at 5112 Linden 6/26/26 property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9 (g) Christopher Simmons; istrator and her Attorneys, within said Section; thence South ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF Rd Rockford IL 61109. A Place for by 755 ILCS 5/18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975 as amended, Subscribed and sworn (or (l) and (g)(4). If this property is a H. Michele Waite; ten (10) days after the Claim is filed. one hundred ninety-three INTENTION Space Self Storage L.L.C. affirmed to) before me, this 26th condominium unit which is part of Monica Robinson; Dated: June 29, 2026 (193) feet to a point one STATE OF ILLINOIS, 27438R TRRT 7/15 whichever date is later. Any claim day of June, A.D. 2026. not filed by the requisite date as a common interest community, the Cynthia Simmons; /s/THOMAS M. FABIANO, thousand fifty-two and sixCOUNTY OF WINNEBAGO n n n Lori Gummow, County Clerk purchaser of the unit at the forecloRamona Simmons; Attorney for Petitioner teen hundredths (1052.16) This is to certify that the un- ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF stated above shall be barred.

Teresa Bravo, Deputy Clerk sure sale other than a mortgagee Cordelia Barker; CAROL BUNTING, feet East of the West line dersigned intend to conduct and INTENTION Claims against the estate may 27412R TRRT 7/15 shall pay the assessments required New Towne Condominium Executor of the Estate of said Section, measured transact a cleaning business in said STATE OF ILLINOIS, be filed in the office of the Winn n n by the Condominium Property Act, Home Owners’ Association; Fabiano Law Offices on a line parallel with the County and State under the name COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE Unknown Heirs and Legatees of ATTORNEY THOMAS M. FABIANONorth line of said section: of Family Cleaning Service at the This is to certify that the nebago County Circuit Clerk-ProSEVENTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), Yvonne I. Boyd; ARDC#-621058 thence West parallel with following post office addresses: undersigned intend to conduct bate Division at the Winnebago WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN Unknown Owners and 321 W. State Street, Suite 301 the North line of said sec327 Tay St., Rockford, IL 61102; that and transact a home micro bakery County Courthouse, 400 West State PNC BANK, NATIONAL IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS Nonrecord Claimants; Rockford, IL 61101 tion one hundred (100) feet; the true and real full names of all business in said County and State Street, Rockford, Illinois, or with the ASSOCIATION, AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF Amy L. Silvestri, as Special PH: (815) 965-6781 thence North one hundred persons owning, conducting or under the name of Sweet Stick at estate legal representative, or both.

Plaintiff, POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE Representative for Yvonne I. Boyd FX: (815) 965-6782 ninety-three (193) feet to a transacting such business are as the following post office addresses: Copies of claims filed with the -v.WITH SECTION 15-1701 (C) OF THE (deceased) Email: point in the North line of follows: Jaquella Nichole Anderson 10111 Debbie Lane, Machesney Circuit Clerk’s Office-Probate DiviJOANN M. PORTER ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE DEFENDANTS thomasfabiano@yahoo.com said section nine hundred SIGNED: Jaquella Nichole Park, IL 61115; that the true and AKA JOANN PORTER; LAW. For information, contact No. 2026-FC-0000135 cc: tonshacarter321@aol.com fifty and forty-three hunAnderson 6/29/26 real full names of all persons sion, must be mailed or delivered CONNEXUS CREDIT UNION Plaintiffs attorney: Diaz Anselmo NOTICE BY PUBLICATION 27406R TRRT 7/15 dredths (950.43) feet East Subscribed and sworn (or owning, conducting or transacting to the estate legal representative SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO & Associates, LLC (630) 453-6960 NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU: n n n of the Northwest corner affirmed to) before me, this 29th such business are as follows: Tracy and to his/her attorney within ten HERITAGE CREDIT UNION; please refer to file number 6746Monica Robinson ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF of said section; thence day of June, A.D. 2026.

Michele Ashman days after it has been filed.

COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO; 224235. Auction.com, LLC 100 N Unknown Heirs and Legatees INTENTION East on the North line of Lori Gummow, County Clerk SIGNED: Tracy Michele Ashman /s/ Laura A. Epstein SWEDISH AMERICAN HEALTH LaSalle St., Suite 1400, Chicago, IL of Yvonne I. Boyd STATE OF ILLINOIS, said section one hundred Teresa Bravo, Deputy Clerk 7/1/26 Prepared by: SYSTEM CORPORATION; 60602 - 872-225-4985 You can also Unknown Owners and NonreCOUNTY OF WINNEBAGO (100) feet to the place of 27439R TRRT 7/22 Subscribed and sworn (or STATE OF ILLINOIS visit www.auction.com. Attorney cord Claimants This is to certify that the unbeginning; situated in the n n n affirmed to) before me, this 1st Laura A. Epstein, ARDC # 6220132 6072 Brynwood Drive, Suite 203 DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE; File No. 6746-224235 Case Number: That this case has been com- dersigned intend to conduct and County of Winnebago and ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF day of July, A.D. 2026.

Rockford, Illinois 61114 CITY OF LOVES PARK; 2025-FC-0000436 NOTE: PURSUANT menced in this Court against you transact a warehouse business in State of Illinois.

INTENTION Lori Gummow, County Clerk Defendants.

Telephone: 815.639.0982 TO THE FAIR DEBT COLLECTION and other defendants, praying said County and State under the The Complaint seeks to quiet STATE OF ILLINOIS, Krystal Soto, Deputy Clerk 2025-FC-0000436 PRACTICES ACT, YOU ARE ADVISED for the foreclosure of a certain name of TNTEA at the following title to the above-described COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO 27440R TRRT 7/22 laura@attorneylauraepstein.com 6711 Louden Dr., THAT PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY IS Mortgage conveying the premises post office addresses: 227 7th St., property and to determine that This is to certify that the n n n 27403R TRRT 7/15 Loves Park, IL 61111 DEEMED TO BE A DEBT COLLECTOR described as follows, to-wit: Rockford, IL 61104; that the true any claimed mortgage interest, or undersigned intend to conduct STATE OF ILLINOIS n n n NOTICE OF SALE ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT COMMONLY KNOWN AS: and real full names of all persons other interest of U.S Bank National and transact a permanent jewelry IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED 5006 Diane Court, Unit 5 owning, conducting or transacting Association is invalid, released, business in said County and State 17th JUDICIAL CIRCUIT 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Rockford, IL 61108 such business are as follows: Tien extinguished, barred, or otherwise under the name of Aster Links & COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS of Foreclosure and Sale entered I3289794 and which said Mortgage was Quang Nguyen without legal effect as against Co at the following post office PROBATE DIVISION in the above cause on 4/1/2026, P27394R TRRT 7/15 made by: SIGNED: Tien Quang Nguyen Plaintiff’s title. Unless you file an addresses: 1044 Timothy Drive, IN RE THE MATTER OF THE IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: an agent of Auction.com, LLC will n n n Yvonne I. Boyd 6/15/26 answer or otherwise appear on or Rockford, IL 61108; that the true ESTATE OF RONALD WILLIAM HANZEL, JR., conduct the Online Only auction at IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE the Mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Subscribed and sworn (or before August 1st, 2026, a default and real full names of all persons Janice Shutter, Deceased. www.auction.com, with the bidding SEVENTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Electronic Registration Systems, affirmed to) before me, this 15th judgment may be entered against owning, conducting or transacting Deceased.

CASE NO. 2026 PR 142 window opening on 8/3/2026 WINNEBAGO COUNTY, Inc., as mortgagee, as nominee day of June, A.D. 2026. you for the relief requested in the such business are as follows: CASE NO: 2026-PR-74 CLAIM NOTICE at 10:00 AM CDT and closing on 400 WEST STATE STREET, for Midwest Community Bank, as Lori Gummow, County Clerk Complaint.

Rebecca Hyser CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE is given of the death of August 5, 2026 at 10:00 AM subROCKFORD, ILLINOIS Mortgagee, and recorded in the Krystal Soto, Deputy Clerk The next court date is August SIGNED: Rebecca Hyser 6/25/26 NOTICE is given of the death ject to extension, and will sell at ESTATE OF Office of the Recorder of Deeds 27408R TRRT 7/15 26th, 2026, AT 9:30 a.m. before her Subscribed and sworn (or of Janice Shutter on January 18th, Ronald William Hanzel, Jr. Letters public sale to the highest bidder, Gloria Ann Benner, of Winnebago County, Illinois, as n n n Honor Judge Fabiano in Courtroom affirmed to) before me, this 25th 2026. Letters of Office were issued of Office were issued on June 15, as set forth below, the following DECEASED. Document No. 20131040330; and ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF 412 usually occupied by her as a day of June, A.D. 2026. on May 8th, 2026, to: Janine Saun- 2026 to Dennis Hanzel who is the described real estate.

26 PR 147 for other relief; that summons INTENTION Court Room, or in her absence, Lori Gummow, County Clerk ders who is the legal representative legal representative of the estate.

LOT FIFTY-NINE (59) AS Notice is given to creditors of was duly issued out of said Court STATE OF ILLINOIS, before any other Judge that may Mary McRae, Deputy Clerk of the estate. The attorney is The attorney for the estate is Laura DESIGNATED UPON PLAT NO. the death of the above named against you as provided by law and COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO be presiding in said Courtroom, 27441R TRRT 7/22 Christian Solares, 4855 E State St A. Epstein of Laura A. Epstein & 3 OF FOREST RIDGE NORTH, decedent. Letters of office were that the said suit is now pending.

This is to certify that the un- in the Court House in Winnebago n n n Ste 24, Rockford, IL 61108.

BEING A SUBDIVISION OF issued to Jennifer Cellitti, 2 NW 35th NOW, THEREFORE, UNLESS YOU dersigned intend to conduct and County in Rockford, Illinois.

NOTICE OF SALE Claims against the estate may Associates 6072 Brynwood Drive, PART OF THE SOUTHWEST Place, Cape Coral, Florida 33993, as file your answer or otherwise file transact a merchandising business Dated: 6/30/2026 Personal Property stored by the be filed within six (6) months from Suite 203, Rockford, IL 61114.

QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION Independent Administrator, whose your appearance in this case in the in said County and State under the /s/ Christian Solares following individuals from A Place the date of first publication. Any Claims against the estate may 21, TOWNSHIP 45 NORTH, attorney of record is Thomas K. Office of the Clerk of this Court, name of Zenixx Whimsies at the fol- Name: CHRISTIAN SOLARES for Space Self Storage L.L.C. P.O. Box claim not filed within six (6) months be filed on or before January 1, RANGE 2 EAST OF THE THIRD Prindable, Cogan & Power, PC, 1 East Thomas A. Klein lowing post office addresses: 6436 Attorney at Law 8116 Rockford IL 61126, a self-ser- from the date of first publication 2027, that date being at least six PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE Wacker Drive, 38th Floor, Chicago, Clerk of the Circuit Court Muirfield Ln., Rockford, IL 61114; Address: 4855 E State St Ste 24 vice storage facility, operated by A or claims not filed within three (3) PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVIIllinois 60601.

400 West State Street, Room 108 that the true and real full names City: Rockford, IL 61108 Place for Space Self Storage L.L.C. months from the date of mailing (6) months from the date of first SION IS RECORDED IN BOOK The estate will be administered Rockford, IL 61101 of all persons owning, conducting Telephone: 815/312-1703 shall be sold at public auction or delivery of Notice to Creditors, if publication, or within three (3) 41 OF PLATS ON PAGE 31B without court supervision, unless on or before July 31, 2026, A or transacting such business are 27430R TRRT 7/22 at the address listed below. The mailing is required by Section 18-3 months from the date of mailing IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE under section 5/28-4 of the Probate DEFAULT MAY BE ENTERED AGAINST as follows: Sarah Catherine Scott n n n Auction will be held on or after of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975, as or delivery of Notice to creditors, OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, Act Ill. Compiled Stat. 1992, Ch. 755, YOU AT ANY TIME AFTER THAT DAY SIGNED: Sarah Catherine Scott In the Circuit Court of the 17th 7/31/26 at 9:00am to enforce the amended whichever date is later. if mailing or delivery is required ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE par. 5/28-4) any interested person AND A JUDGMENT MAY BE ENTERED 6/23/26 Judicial Circuit Owner’s Lien thereon. If there Any claim not filed by the requisite by 755 ILCS 5/18-3 of the Illinois COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO terminates independent adminis- IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRAYER Subscribed and sworn (or Winnebago County, Illinois are no bidders, the property will date stated above shall be barred. Probate Act, 1975 as amended, AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. tration at any time by mailing or OF SAID COMPLAINT. affirmed to) before me, this 23rd In the Matter of: be otherwise disposed of by the Claims may be filed in the Commonly known as 6711 delivering a petition to terminate CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. day of June, A.D. 2026.

JOE R. MAAVICH, owner. Any vehicles sold will not office of the Winnebago County whichever date is later. Any claim Louden Dr., Loves Park, IL 61111 to the clerk.

Attorneys for Plaintiff Lori Gummow, County Clerk Decedent. have a title provided to the buyer. Circuit Clerk-Probate Div. at the not filed by the requisite date as Property Index No. 08-21Claims against the estate may 15W030 North Frontage Road, Teresa Bravo, Deputy Clerk Case No. 2026-PR-152 Auction begins at 9am, all other Winnebago County Courthouse, stated above shall be barred.

376-028 be filed with the clerk or with Suite 100 27409R TRRT 7/15 PUBLICATION NOTICE locations immediately follow.

400 W. State St., Rockford, IL 61101, Claims against the estate may The real estate is improved the representative, or both, on Burr Ridge, IL 60527 n n n TO CREDITORS and CLAIMANTS Units Located at 5112 Linden Rd or with the representative or both. be filed in the office of the Winwith a Single Family Residence. The or before January 16, 2027, or, if (630) 794-5300 STATE OF ILLINOIS Notice is given of the death Rockford IL 61109 at 9:00am Copies of claims filed with the nebago County Circuit Clerk-Projudgment amount was $83,246.73 mailing or delivery of a notice from DuPage # 15170 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE of JOE R. MAAVICH, who died on Aanijah Conley Unit #082; Circuit Clerk’s Office-Probate Div., bate Division at the Winnebago Sale Terms: Full Sale Terms are the representative is required by Winnebago # 531 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT September 21, 2021, a resident Gregory Burnley Unit #092; must be mailed or delivered to the available on the property page section 5/18-3 of the Probate Act, Our File No. 14-26-01224 COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO of Rockford, Winnebago County, Melissa Bielefeldt Unit #114; estate legal representative and to County Courthouse, 400 West State at www.auction.com by entering the date stated in that notice. Any NOTE: This law firm is a debt GUADALUPE MONTIEL, Illinois. Letters of Office were Cayden Bielema Unit #146; the attorney within ten days (10) Street, Rockford, Illinois, or with the estate legal representative, or both.

6711 Louden Dr. into the search claim not filed on or before that collector.

Individually issued on June 18, 2026, and the Dilonda Page Unit #193; after it has been filed. bar. If sold to anyone other than date is barred. Copies of a claim I3289692 PLAINTIFF, Independent Executor for the Terrica Stephenson Unit #230; DATED: 06/25/2026 Copies of claims filed with the the Plaintiff, the winning bidder filed with the clerk must be mailed P27396R TRRT 7/15 vs. estate is MIKE D. MAAVICH, 5891 David Carey Unit #262; Janine Saunders, Administrator Circuit Clerk’s Office-Probate Divimust pay the full bid amount or delivered by the claimant to n n n U.S BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, Page Place, Rockford, IL 61101. The Steven Wraith Unit #361; CHRISTIAN SOLARES #6325075 sion, must be mailed or delivered within twenty-four (24) hours of the the representative and to the STATE OF ILLINOIS As Trustee of NRZ Recovery Trust attorney for the estate is Amanda Kawonia Neely Unit #433; Attorney for Estate to the estate legal representative auction’s end. All payments must attorney within 10 days after it IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE A Delaware Corporation J. Martinez, 5732 E. Riverside Blvd., Dakota Cory Unit #451.

4855 E State St Ste 24 and to his/her attorney within ten be certified funds. No third-party has been filed.

17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT UNKNOWN OWNERS AND #201, Loves Park, IL 61111.

Units Located at 3722 Baxter Rd Rockford, IL 61108 checks will be accepted. All bidE-filing is now mandatory for COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Claims against the estate may Rockford IL 61109 immediately 27402R TRRT 7/15 days after it has been filed. /s/ Laura A. Epstein ders will need to register at www. documents in civil cases with In the Matter of the Estate of Collectively be filed in the office of the Clerk following. n n n auction.com prior to placing a bid. limited exemptions. To e-file, you DAWN ALMS, DEFENDANTS, of this Court at 400 West State Donna Bodoh Unit #B026; IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE Prepared by: The subject property is subject to must first create an account with Deceased.

Case No. 2026-CH-11 Street, Rockford, Illinois 61101 or Nikki Mitchell Unit #B044; 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Laura A. Epstein, ARDC # 6220132 general real estate taxes, special an e-filing service provider. Visit CASE NO.: 2026 PR 56 NOTICE with the representatives, or both, Angel Armagost Unit #B068; WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS 6072 Brynwood Drive, Suite 203 assessments, or special taxes http://efile.illinoiscourts.gov/serCLAIM NOTICE Notice is hereby given to U.S. on or before January 8, 2027, any Tiffanny Meyer Unit #RV007.

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: Rockford, Illinois 61114 levied against said real estate vice-providers.htm to learn more NOTICE: Dawn Alms died on Bank National Association, As claim not filed within the period Units located at 5315 Sandy GARY LAWRENCE HEITZ, Telephone: 815.639.0982 and is offered for sale without and to select a service provider. If January 17, 2026, a resident of Trustee of NRZ Recovery Trust, that is barred. Copies of a claim filed Hollow Rd Rockford IL 61109 Deceased. laura@attorneylauraepstein.com any representation as to quality you need additional help or have Winnebago County, Illinois. On a quiet title action has been filed with the Clerk must be mailed or immediately following.

CASE NO. 2026 PR 114 or quantity of title and without trouble e-filing, visit http://www.il- March 26, 2026, Carol Bunting in the Circuit Court of Winnebago delivered to the representatives Craig Tamblyn Unit #S031; CLAIM NOTICE 27404R TRRT 7/15

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n n n THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD tax sale or his or her assignee pays This matter is set for hearing property if redemption is not made Winnebago County Clerk of the Fund II, LLC; Rouge Event Rentals LLC; CASE NO. 2026-TX-0000133 FOR DELINQUENT TAXES any subsequently accruing taxes or in the Circuit Court of Winnebago on or before November 19, 2026.

Circuit Court Carolina Capital Reserve Stateline Cleaners; FILED: May 8, 2026 Property located at: 9627 special assessments to redeem the County, Courtroom 412, 400 West This matter is set for hearing Pub: 7/8/26, 7/15/26, 7/22/26 Fund I, LLC; Stateline Printing Co, Inc; To: BALDWIN DR, LOVES PARK, IL 61111 property from subsequent forfei- State Street, Rockford, Illinois, at in the Circuit Court of Winnebago 27436R TRRT 7/22 Wendy Sweet as R/A for Carolina Blondin’s Bouncin Inflatables; Winnebago County Clerk, This notice is to advise you that tures or tax sales. Check with the 9:30 A.M. on November 20, 2026. County in 400 West State Street, n n n Capital Reserve Fund II, LLC; 404 Elm Street, Byron Bank; the above property has been sold County Clerk as to the exact amount You may be present at this hear- Rockford, IL 61101, Room 426, on CASE NO. 2026-TX-0000132 Wendy Sweet as R/A for Carolina Rockford, IL 61101; for delinquent taxes and that the you owe before redeeming. ing but your right to redeem will December 18, 2026 at 9:30 AM. FILED: May 8, 2026 Capital Reserve Fund I, LLC; Byron Bank; Kent A Lutes, period of redemption from the sale This notice is also to advise you already have expired at that time.

You may be present at this To: Illinois Secretary of State for William J. Schwebke a/k/a 7127 Dusty Trl, has been extended and will expire that on May 8, 2026, a Petition was YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM hearing, but your right to redeem Winnebago County Clerk, Wendy Sweet as R/A for Carolina William James Schwebke; Roscoe, IL 61073; on November 6, 2026. The amount filed for a tax deed that will transfer IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT LOSS will already have expired at 404 Elm Street, Capital Reserve Fund II, LLC; William J. Schwebke a/k/a Jill Lutes, to redeem is subject to increase title and the right to possession OF PROPERTY that time.

Rockford, IL 61101; Illinois Secretary of State for 7127 Dusty Trl, William James Schwebke; at six-month intervals from the of this property if redemption is Redemption can be made at YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM Michael J Strand Jr, Wendy Sweet as R/A for Carolina Roscoe, IL 61073; date of sale and may be further not made on or before November any time on or before November IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT LOSS 1112 22nd St, Capital Reserve Fund I, LLC; Lori Gummow, County Clerk of their spouses, heirs, devisees, increased if the purchaser at the 6, 2026.

6, 2026, by applying to the County OF PROPERTY Rockford, IL 61104; Lori Gummow, County Clerk of Winnebago County, Illinois; successors or assigns, if any; tax sale or his or her assignee pays This matter is set for hearing Clerk of Winnebago County, Illinois, Redemption can be made at their spouses, heirs, devisees, Winnebago County, Illinois; Claimants, Judgment Creditors, persons in occupancy or actual any subsequently accruing taxes or in the Circuit Court of Winnebago at the County Courthouse in Rock- any time on or before November successors or assigns, if any; Claimants, Judgment Creditors, possession and unknown owners special assessments to redeem the County, Courtroom 412, 400 West ford, Illinois.

19, 2026 by applying to the County persons in occupancy or actual and Decree Creditors, if any of the and Decree Creditors, if any of the or parties interested in the above described as “Unknown property from subsequent forfei- State Street, Rockford, Illinois, at For further information contact Clerk of Winnebago County, Illinois possession and unknown owners above described as “Unknown hereinafter described real estate. tures or tax sales. Check with the 9:30 A.M. on November 20, 2026. the Winnebago County Clerk: 404 at the Office of the County Clerk in or parties interested in the Owners”; Owners”; TAKE NOTICE County Clerk as to the exact amount You may be present at this hear- Elm Street, Rockford, IL 61101; Rockford, Illinois. hereinafter described real estate.

“Unknown owners or parties “Unknown owners or parties COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO, you owe before redeeming. ing but your right to redeem will 815-319-4253 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION TAKE NOTICE interested in said land or lots”. interested in said land or lots”.

STATE OF ILLINOIS This notice is also to advise you already have expired at that time.

GOLD DIAMOND ENTERPRISES CONTACT THE COUNTY CLERK COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO, TAX DEED NO.: 2026-TX-0000189 TAX DEED NO.: 2026-TX-0000186 Date Premises Sold: November that on May 8, 2026, a Petition was YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM CORP 404 Elm Street STATE OF ILLINOIS FILED: 6/24/2026 7, 2023 filed for a tax deed that will transfer IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT LOSS Purchaser or Assignee Suite 101 Date Premises Sold: November TAKE NOTICE FILED: 6/18/2026 Sold for General Taxes of 2022 title and the right to possession OF PROPERTY DATED: June 30, 2026 Rockford, IL 61101 7, 2023 County of Winnebago TAKE NOTICE Property Index Number: of this property if redemption is Redemption can be made at /s/ Thomas A. Klein 815-319-4253 Sold for General Taxes of 2022 Date Premises Sold: November County of Winnebago 08-02-154-002 not made on or before November any time on or before November Winnebago County Clerk of the Private Equity Group, LLC. Property Index Number: 18, 2025 Date Premises Sold: November THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD 6, 2026.

6, 2026, by applying to the County Circuit Court Purchaser or Assignee 12-30-356-007 Certificate No.: 202401746 FOR DELINQUENT TAXES This matter is set for hearing Clerk of Winnebago County, Illinois, Pub: 7/8/26, 7/15/26, 7/22/26 June 26, 2026 THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD Sold for General Taxes of (Year): 18, 2025 Property located at: 7127 DUSTY in the Circuit Court of Winnebago at the County Courthouse in Rock27435R TRRT 7/22 I3289919 FOR DELINQUENT TAXES 2024 Certificate No.: 202401876 TRL, ROSCOE, IL 61073 County, Courtroom 412, 400 West ford, Illinois. n n n P27428R TRRT 7/22 Property located at: 11XX 22ND Sold for Special Assessment Sold for General Taxes of (Year): This notice is to advise you that State Street, Rockford, Illinois, at For further information contact TO: n n n ST, ROCKFORD, IL 61104 of (Municipality) and Special 2024 the above property has been sold 9:30 A.M. on November 20, 2026. the Winnebago County Clerk: 404 Herbert S. Potter, Trustee of the CASE NO. 2026-TX-0000130 This notice is to advise you that Assessment Number: N/A Sold for Special Assessment for delinquent taxes and that the You may be present at this hear- Elm Street, Rockford, IL 61101; Herbert S. Potter Revocable Trust; FILED: May 8, 2026 the above property has been sold Warrant No.: N/A Installment period of redemption from the sale ing but your right to redeem will 815-319-4253 of (Municipality) and Special Herbert S. Potter, Trustee of the To: for delinquent taxes and that the No.: N/A has been extended and will expire already have expired at that time.

GOLD DIAMOND ENTERPRISES Herbert S. Potter Revocable Trust; Winnebago County Clerk, period of redemption from the sale THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD Assessment Number: N/A on November 6, 2026. The amount YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM CORP Unknown Heirs & Devisees for the 404 Elm Street, has been extended and will expire FOR DELINQUENT TAXES Warrant No.: N/A Installment to redeem is subject to increase IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT LOSS Purchaser or Assignee Estate Herbert S. Potter; Rockford, IL 61101; on November 6, 2026. The amount Property Located at: 1711 York No.: N/A at six-month intervals from the OF PROPERTY DATED: June 30, 2026 Unknown Heirs & Devisees for the Michael J Strand Jr, to redeem is subject to increase Avenue, Rockford, IL 61109 date of sale and may be further Redemption can be made at /s/ Thomas A. Klein Estate Herbert S. Potter; 1112 22nd St, at six-month intervals from the Legal Description or Property THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD increased if the purchaser at the any time on or before November Winnebago County Clerk of the Herbert S. Potter, Trustee of the Rockford, IL 61104; date of sale and may be further Index No.: 15-12-376-001 FOR DELINQUENT TAXES tax sale or his or her assignee pays 6, 2026, by applying to the County Circuit Court Herbert S. Potter Revocable Trust; their spouses, heirs, devisees, increased if the purchaser at the This notice is to advise you that Property Located at: 13019 any subsequently accruing taxes or Clerk of Winnebago County, Illinois, Pub: 7/8/26, 7/15/26, 7/22/26 Unknown Heirs & Devisees for the successors or assigns, if any; tax sale or his or her assignee pays the above property has been sold North 2nd Street, Roscoe, IL 61073 special assessments to redeem the at the County Courthouse in Rock27434R TRRT 7/22 Estate Herbert S. Potter; persons in occupancy or actual any subsequently accruing taxes or for delinquent taxes and that the Legal Description or Property property from subsequent forfei- ford, Illinois. n n n Occupant; possession and unknown owners special assessments to redeem the period of redemption from the sale tures or tax sales. Check with the For further information contact CASE NO. 2026-TX-0000129 DG Retail, LLC; or parties interested in the property from subsequent forfei- will expire on November 19, 2026. Index No.: 04-21-151-005 County Clerk as to the exact amount the Winnebago County Clerk: 404 FILED: May 8, 2026 Dolgencorp, LLC; hereinafter described real estate. tures or tax sales. Check with the The amount to redeem is subThis notice is to advise you that you owe before redeeming.

Elm Street, Rockford, IL 61101; To: Dollar General Dist. Center; AMENDED TAKE NOTICE County Clerk as to the exact amount ject to increase at 6 month intervals the above property has been sold This notice is also to advise you 815-319-4253 Winnebago County Clerk, Osage Properties, L.L.C.; COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO, you owe before redeeming. from the date of sale and may be that on May 8, 2026, a Petition was GOLD DIAMOND ENTERPRISES 404 Elm Street, David Antognoli as R/A for STATE OF ILLINOIS This notice is also to advise you further increased if the purchaser for delinquent taxes and that the filed for a tax deed that will transfer CORP Rockford, IL 61101; Osage Properties, L.L.C.; Date Premises Sold: November that on May 8, 2026, a Petition was at the tax sale or his or her assignee period of redemption from the sale title and the right to possession Purchaser or Assignee 107ET LLC, Robert S. Elkan as Manager for 7, 2023 filed for a tax deed that will transfer pays any subsequently accruing will expire on November 19, 2026. of this property if redemption is DATED: June 30, 2026 2621 Hanson St Apt 1, Osage Properties, L.L.C.; Sold for General Taxes of 2022 title and the right to possession taxes or special assessments to The amount to redeem is subnot made on or before November /s/ Thomas A. Klein Rockford, IL 61109; David Antognoli as R/A for Property Index Number: of this property if redemption is redeem the property from sub- ject to increase at 6 month intervals 6, 2026.

Winnebago County Clerk of the Byron Bank, Main Office, Osage Properties, L.L.C.; 12-30-356-006 not made on or before November sequent forfeitures or tax sales.

This matter is set for hearing Circuit Court 200 N Walnut St, Robert S. Elkan as Manager for THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD 6, 2026.

Check with the County Clerk as to from the date of sale and may be in the Circuit Court of Winnebago Pub: 7/8/26, 7/15/26, 7/22/26 PO Box 901, Osage Properties, L.L.C.; FOR DELINQUENT TAXES This matter is set for hearing the exact amount you owe before further increased if the purchaser County, Courtroom 412, 400 West 27433R TRRT 7/22 Byron, IL 61010; Goldenberg Heller Antognoli & Property located at: 1112 22ND in the Circuit Court of Winnebago redeeming. at the tax sale or his or her assignee State Street, Rockford, Illinois, at n n n Victor M. Tellez, Rowland, P.C.; ST, ROCKFORD, IL 61104 County, Courtroom 412, 400 West This notice is also to advise you pays any subsequently accruing 9:30 A.M. on November 20, 2026.

CASE NO. 2026-TX-0000131 721 Hawthorne Ave, Lori Gummow, County Clerk of This notice is to advise you that State Street, Rockford, Illinois, at that a petition has been filed for a taxes or special assessments to You may be present at this hearFILED: May 8, 2026 Rockford, IL 61108; Winnebago County, Illinois ; the above property has been sold 9:30 A.M. on November 20, 2026. tax deed which will transfer title ing but your right to redeem will To: Everardo Torres, Claimants, Judgment Creditors, for delinquent taxes and that the You may be present at this hear- and the right to possession of this redeem the property from subalready have expired at that time.

Winnebago County Clerk, 2621 Hanson Street, and Decree Creditors, if any of the period of redemption from the sale ing but your right to redeem will property if redemption is not made sequent forfeitures or tax sales.

YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM 404 Elm Street, Rockford, IL 61109; above described as “Unknown has been extended and will expire already have expired at that time. on or before November 19, 2026. Check with the County Clerk as to IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT LOSS Rockford, IL 61101; Everardo Torres, Owners” ; on November 6, 2026. The amount YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM This matter is set for hearing the exact amount you owe before OF PROPERTY 107ET LLC, 1519 12th Ave, “Unknown owners or parties to redeem is subject to increase IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT LOSS in the Circuit Court of Winnebago Redemption can be made at 2621 Hanson St Apt 1, Rockford, IL 61104; interested in said land or lots”. at six-month intervals from the OF PROPERTY County in 400 West State Street, redeeming.

This notice is also to advise you any time on or before November Rockford, IL 61109; their spouses, heirs, devisees, TAX DEED NO.: 2026-TX-0000184 date of sale and may be further Redemption can be made at Rockford, IL 61101, Room 426, on 6, 2026, by applying to the County that a petition has been filed for a Byron Bank, Main Office, successors or assigns, if any; FILED: 6/18/2026 increased if the purchaser at the any time on or before November December 18, 2026 at 9:30 AM. Clerk of Winnebago County, Illinois, 200 N Walnut St, persons in occupancy or actual TAKE NOTICE tax sale or his or her assignee pays 6, 2026, by applying to the County You may be present at this tax deed which will transfer title at the County Courthouse in RockPO Box 901, possession and unknown owners County of Winnebago any subsequently accruing taxes or Clerk of Winnebago County, Illinois, hearing, but your right to redeem and the right to possession of this ford, Illinois.

Byron, IL 61010; or parties interested in the Date Premises Sold: November special assessments to redeem the at the County Courthouse in Rock- will already have expired at property if redemption is not made For further information contact Victor M. Tellez, hereinafter described real estate. 18, 2025 property from subsequent forfei- ford, Illinois. that time. on or before November 19, 2026. the Winnebago County Clerk: 404 721 Hawthorne Ave, TAKE NOTICE Certificate No.: 202401827 tures or tax sales. Check with the For further information contact YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM Elm Street, Rockford, IL 61101; Rockford, IL 61108; COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO, Sold for General Taxes of (Year): County Clerk as to the exact amount the Winnebago County Clerk: 404 IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT LOSS This matter is set for hearing 815-319-4253 Everardo Torres, STATE OF ILLINOIS 2024 you owe before redeeming.

Elm Street, Rockford, IL 61101; OF PROPERTY in the Circuit Court of Winnebago GOLD DIAMOND ENTERPRISES 2621 Hanson Street, Date Premises Sold: November Sold for Special Assessment This notice is also to advise you 815-319-4253 Redemption can be made at County in 400 West State Street, CORP Rockford, IL 61109; 7, 2023 of (Municipality) and Special that on May 8, 2026, a Petition was GOLD DIAMOND ENTERPRISES any time on or before November Purchaser or Assignee Everardo Torres, Sold for General Taxes of 2022 Assessment Number: N/A filed for a tax deed that will transfer CORP 19, 2026 by applying to the County Rockford, IL 61101, Room 426, on DATED: June 30, 2026 1519 12th Ave, Property Index Number: Warrant No.: N/A Installment title and the right to possession Purchaser or Assignee Clerk of Winnebago County, Illinois December 18, 2026 at 9:30 AM. /s/ Thomas A. Klein Rockford, IL 61104; 11-22-101-014 No.: N/A of this property if redemption is DATED: June 30, 2026 at the Office of the County Clerk in You may be present at this Winnebago County Clerk of the their spouses, heirs, devisees, THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD not made on or before November /s/ Thomas A. Klein Rockford, Illinois. hearing, but your right to redeem Circuit Court successors or assigns, if any; FOR DELINQUENT TAXES FOR DELINQUENT TAXES 6, 2026.

Winnebago County Clerk of the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION Pub: 7/8/26, 7/15/26, 7/22/26 persons in occupancy or actual Property located at: 448 OAKLEY Property Located at: 858 ProThis matter is set for hearing Circuit Court CONTACT THE COUNTY CLERK will already have expired at that time.

27432R TRRT 7/22 possession and unknown owners AVE, ROCKFORD, IL 61101 gressive Lane, South Beloit, IL in the Circuit Court of Winnebago Pub: 7/8/26, 7/15/26, 7/22/26 404 Elm Street YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM n n n or parties interested in the This notice is to advise you that 61080 County, Courtroom 412, 400 West 27437R TRRT 7/22 Suite 101 CASE NO. 2026-TX-0000134 hereinafter described real estate. the above property has been sold Legal Description or Property State Street, Rockford, Illinois, at n n n Rockford, IL 61101 IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT LOSS FILED: May 8, 2026 TAKE NOTICE for delinquent taxes and that the Index No.: 04-18-102-003 9:30 A.M. on November 20, 2026.

TO: 815-319-4253 OF PROPERTY To: COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO, period of redemption from the sale This notice is to advise you that You may be present at this hear- Superior Self Storage Units, LLC; Private Equity Group, LLC. Redemption can be made at Winnebago County Clerk, STATE OF ILLINOIS has been extended and will expire the above property has been sold ing but your right to redeem will Superior Self Storage Units, LLC; Purchaser or Assignee 404 Elm Street, Date Premises Sold: November on November 6, 2026. The amount for delinquent taxes and that the already have expired at that time. Courtright Law, LLC as R/A for June 26, 2026 any time on or before November Rockford, IL 61101; 7, 2023 to redeem is subject to increase period of redemption from the sale YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM Superior Self Storage Units, LLC; I3289932 19, 2026 by applying to the County Celeste E Bennett, Sold for General Taxes of 2022 at six-month intervals from the will expire on November 19, 2026. IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT LOSS Guy Varble as Manager for P27418R TRRT 7/22 Clerk of Winnebago County, Illinois 9627 Baldwin Dr, Property Index Number: date of sale and may be further The amount to redeem is subOF PROPERTY Superior Self Storage Units, LLC; n n n at the Office of the County Clerk in Loves Park, IL 61111; 11-21-234-010 increased if the purchaser at the ject to increase at 6 month intervals Redemption can be made at Guy Varble as Manager for TO: Rockford, Illinois. their spouses, heirs, devisees, THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD tax sale or his or her assignee pays from the date of sale and may be any time on or before November Superior Self Storage Units, LLC; A2B Holding LLC; FOR FURTHER INFORMATION successors or assigns, if any; FOR DELINQUENT TAXES any subsequently accruing taxes or further increased if the purchaser 6, 2026, by applying to the County Occupant; A2B Holding LLC; persons in occupancy or actual Property located at: 232 ALBERT special assessments to redeem the at the tax sale or his or her assignee Clerk of Winnebago County, Illinois, Property Manager for; Alexander Blondin as R/A for CONTACT THE COUNTY CLERK possession and unknown owners AVE, ROCKFORD, IL 61101 property from subsequent forfei- pays any subsequently accruing at the County Courthouse in RockSuperior Self Storage of A2B Holding LLC; 404 Elm Street or parties interested in the This notice is to advise you that tures or tax sales. Check with the taxes or special assessments to ford, Illinois.

Rockford, LLC; Alexander Blondin as R/A for Suite 101 hereinafter described real estate. the above property has been sold County Clerk as to the exact amount redeem the property from subFor further information contact Andrew A. Lukashonak; A2B Holding LLC; Rockford, IL 61101 TAKE NOTICE for delinquent taxes and that the you owe before redeeming. sequent forfeitures or tax sales. the Winnebago County Clerk: 404 GTE Wireless of thee Midwest Alexander Blondin as R/A for 815-319-4253 COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO, period of redemption from the sale This notice is also to advise you Check with the County Clerk as to Elm Street, Rockford, IL 61101; Incorporated Indiana; Corporation A2B Holding LLC; STATE OF ILLINOIS has been extended and will expire that on May 8, 2026, a Petition was the exact amount you owe before 815-319-4253 d/b/a Verizzon Wireless, Occupant; Private Equity Group, LLC. Date Premises Sold: November on November 6, 2026. The amount filed for a tax deed that will transfer redeeming.

GOLD DIAMOND ENTERPRISES successor in interest to Rockford Advantage Chiropractic; Purchaser or Assignee 7, 2023 to redeem is subject to increase title and the right to possession This notice is also to advise you CORP MSA Limited Partnership; Brents Bouncin Inflatables; June 26, 2026 Sold for General Taxes of 2022 at six-month intervals from the of this property if redemption is that a petition has been filed for a Purchaser or Assignee ATC Sequioa, LLC; Capitol City Inflatables; I3289923 Property Index Number: date of sale and may be further not made on or before November tax deed which will transfer title DATED: June 30, 2026 ATC Sequioa, LLC; Rock River Inflatables; 08-30-101-001 increased if the purchaser at the 6, 2026. and the right to possession of this /s/ Thomas A. Klein Carolina Capital Reserve Old Hickory Buildings Sheds; P27416R TRRT 7/22

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n n n the true and real full names of all You may be present at this Rockford, IL 61101 legal representative of the estate. to the estate legal representatives Rockford, IL 61108 Winnebago County Circuit Clerk IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE persons owning, conducting or hearing, but your right to redeem TELEPHONE: 815-319-4253 The attorney for the estate is Trent and to his attorney within ten days (815)962-6611 Probate Division, at the Winnebago 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT transacting such business are as will already have expired at Zurmavar, LLC XX, Petitioner M. Ferguson, 216 North Court Street, after it has been filed. service.kjohnson@bslbv.com County Courthouse, 400 West WINNEBAGO COUNTY follows: Ronald Lee Clevenger Jr. that time.

By: /s/ J. Thomas Witek Rockford, IL 61103.

DATED: 6/8, 2026 27453R TRRT 7/29 State Street, Rockford, IL 61101, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS SIGNED: Ronald Lee YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM Purchaser Claims against the estate may /s/ BARBARA J. MENTJES, n n n or with the Administrator of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Clevenger Jr. 7/9/26 IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT LOSS 27448R TRRT 7/29 be filed on or before January 15, Executor ADOPTION NOTICE Estate, or both.

Company Subscribed and sworn (or OF PROPERTY n n n 2027, date being at least six (6) Name: ATTORNEY TRENT M. STATE OF ILLINOIS Copies of claims filed with the PLAINTIFF affirmed to) before me, this 9th Redemption can be made at TAX DEED CASE NO: 2026 TX 166 months from the date of first FERGUSON IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE Circuit Clerk’s Office - Probate DiviVs. day of July, A.D. 2026. any time on or before November FILED: 6/1/26 publication, or within 3 months Attorney for Estate 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT sion must be mailed or delivered CCB Elite Property Services LLC; Lori Gummow, County Clerk 19, 2026 by applying to the County TO: from the date of mailing or delivery Address: 216 North Court Street COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO to the Administrator of the Estate Cameron James Baranek; Ariel Rosas, Deputy Clerk Clerk of Winnebago County, Illinois Michael D. Holman Jr., of Notice to creditors, if mailing or City: Rockford, IL 61103 STATE OF ILLINOIS and to the attorney within ten (10) City of Rockford; 27461R TRRT 7/29 at the Office of the County Clerk in 347 Mosaic Lane, Unit 4, delivery is required by Section 18-3 Telephone: 815-489-9500 COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO days after it has been filed.

Aubrey Fosburgh; n n n Rockford, Illinois.

Roscoe, IL 61073 of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975 as 27451R TRRT 7/29 SS. Dated: June 30, 2026 Unknown Owners and TO: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION TAKE NOTICE amended, whichever date is later. n n n In Re the Matter of the Petition Pamela Ackerman, Independent Nonrecord Claimants Ledges Showgrounds, LLC; CONTACT THE COUNTY CLERK County of Winnebago Any claim not filed by the requisite STATE OF ILLINOIS, for Adoption of Administrator of the Estate of DEFENDANTS Ledges Showgrounds, LLC; 404 Elm Street Date Premises Sold November date stated above shall be barred.

CIRCUIT COURT Scarlett Lynn Fulkner Robson, Larry D. Ackerman, Deceased No. 2025-FC-0000429 Clayton A. Struve as R/A for Suite 101 18, 2025 Claims against the estate WINNEBAGO COUNTY a female child, By: WALSH & WALSH, LLP NOTICE BY PUBLICATION Ledges Showgrounds, LLC; Rockford, IL 61101 Certificate No. 202400880 may be filed in the office of the PUBLICATION NOTICE OF COURT 2026-AD-80 By: /s/ Erin E. Walsh NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU: Clayton A. Struve as R/A for 815-319-4253 Sold for General Taxes of (year) Winnebago County Circuit Clerk-- DATE FOR REQUEST FOR NAME TO: TOMMY ROBSON, Defendant Erin E. Walsh Unknown Owners and NonreLedges Showgrounds, LLC; Private Equity Group, LLC. 2024 Probate Division at the Winnebago CHANGE (MINOR CHILDREN) and To All Whom It May Concern: PREPARED BY: cord Claimants Clayton A. Struve as R/A for Purchaser or Assignee THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD County Courthouse, 400 West State Request of: TAKE NOTICE that a Petition WALSH & WALSH, LLP That this case has been comLedges Showgrounds, LLC; June 26, 2026 FOR DELINQUENT TAXES Street, Rockford, Illinois, or with BRICE ANDREW RAWHOOF was filed in the Circuit Court of menced in this Court against you Clayton A. Struve as R/A for I3289927 Property located at 419 Under- the estate legal representatives, TO CHANGE NAMES OF MINOR Winnebago County, Illinois, for the Attorney Erin E. Walsh #6279993 and other defendants, praying Ledges Showgrounds, LLC; P27417R TRRT 7/22 wood St., Rockford, Illinois or both.

CHILDREN adoption of a minor child named 555 South Perryville Road, Suite 104 for the foreclosure of a certain Ledges Showgrounds, LLC; n n n Legal Description or Property Copies of claims filed with the Case Number 2026-MR-229 Scarlett Lynn Fulkner Robson.

Mortgage conveying the premises Occupant; TAX DEED CASE NO: 2026 TX 165 Index No. 11-22-203-012 Circuit Clerk’s Office--Probate DiviThere will be a court date on NOW THEREFORE, unless you, Rockford, IL 61108 described as follows, to-wit: Ledge’s Sporting Horses; FILED: 6/1/26 This notice is to advise you that sion, must be mailed or delivered my Request for Name Change and all whom it may concern, file Telephone: (815) 399-1400 COMMONLY KNOWN AS: Lori Gummow, County Clerk of TO: the above property has been sold to the estate legal representatives (Minor Children) for: Olivia Marie your answer to the Petition in eew@walshandwalsh.com 27455R TRRT 7/29 1604 16th St Winnebago County, Illinois; RE Chicago LLC, for delinquent taxes and that the and to his attorney within ten days Middleton to Briar Noel Rawhoof. the action or otherwise file your n n n Rockford, IL 61104 Claimants, Judgment Creditors, PO Box 992, period of redemption from the sale after it has been filed.

The court date will be held: on appearance therein in said Circuit and which said Mortgage was and Decree Creditors, if any of the Skokie, IL 60077 will expire on November 18, 2026. DATED: 5/12, 2026 August 19, 2026 at 10:00 a.m., in Court of Winnebago County, in ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION made by: above described as “Unknown Aslam Lodhi, Check with the county clerk /s/ MICHAEL COLOMBI, Courtroom 426 at 400 West State the City of Rockford, Illinois on or STATE OF ILLINOIS, CCB Elite Property Services LLC Owners”; 3750 Oakton St., as to the exact amount you owe Administrator St., Rockford, IL 61101. before the 14th day of August, 2026, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO the Mortgagor(s), to BPL Mort- “Unknown owners or parties Skokie, IL 60076 before redeeming.

Name: ATTORNEY TRENT M. /s/ Brice Andrew Rawhoof, a default may be entered against This is to certify that the ungage Trust, LLC, as Mortgagee, interested in said land or lots” TAKE NOTICE This notice is also to advise you FERGUSON Petitioner you any time after that day and a and recorded in the Office of the TAX DEED NO.: 2026-TX-0000187 County of Winnebago that a petition has been filed for a Attorney for Estate 27452R TRRT 7/29 Judgment entered in accordance dersigned intend to conduct and Recorder of Deeds of Winnebago FILED: 6/18/2026 Date Premises Sold November tax deed which will transfer title Address: 216 North Court Street n n n with the prayer of said Petition. transact a food industry business in said County and State under County, Illinois, as Document No. TAKE NOTICE 18, 2025 and the right to possession of this City: Rockford, IL 61103 STATE OF ILLINOIS Dated: 7/9/2026 2024003412; and for other relief; County of Winnebago Certificate No. 202400882 property if redemption is not made Telephone: 815-489-9500 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE Clerk of the Circuit Court the name of Tisha & Christina that summons was duly issued Date Premises Sold: November Sold for General Taxes of (year) on or before November 18, 2026.

Vending LLC at the following post 27450R TRRT 7/29 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT PREPARED BY: out of said Court against you as 18, 2025 office addresses: 6025 Fox Basin 2024 This matter is set for hearing n n n COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO WALSH & WALSH, LLP provided by law and that the said Certificate No.: 202401884 THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD in the Circuit Court of this County STATE OF ILLINOIS BRINLEY SCHULLER and Attorney Erin E. Walsh #6279993 Rd., Rockford, IL 61108; that the suit is now pending.

Sold for General Taxes of (Year): FOR DELINQUENT TAXES in Rockford, Illinois on December IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE DANIEL SCHULLER, 555 South Perryville Road, true and real full names of all NOW, THEREFORE, UNLESS YOU 2024 Property located at 327 N. Avon, 18, 2026 at 9:30 a.m. in Room 412.

17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Petitioner, Suite 104 persons owning, conducting or file your answer or otherwise file Sold for Special Assessment Rockford, Illinois You may be present at this COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO TO ADOPT Rockford, IL 61108 transacting such business are as your appearance in this case in the of (Municipality) and Special Legal Description or Property hearing but your right to redeem IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: MAVERICK DOUGLAS PRATER, Telephone: (815) 399-1400 follows: Christina Nicole Perez; Office of the Clerk of this Court, Assessment Number: N/A Index No. 11-22-206-004 will already have expired at HAROLD J. SCHENCK, Minor. eew@walshandwalsh.com Quintisha Renee Hannah Thomas A. Klein Warrant No.: N/A Installment This notice is to advise you that that time.

Deceased.

CASE NO. 2026 AD 33 27454R TRRT 7/29 SIGNED: Christina Nicole Perez Clerk of the Circuit Court No.: N/A the above property has been sold YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM Case No. 2026-PR-0000162 NOTICE OF SUMMONS BY n n n 7/9/26 400 West State Street, Room 108 THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD for delinquent taxes and that the IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT LOSS CLAIM NOTICE PUBLICATION STATE OF ILLINOIS SIGNED: Quintisha Renee HanRockford, IL 61101 FOR DELINQUENT TAXES period of redemption from the sale OF PROPERTY NOTICE is given of the death TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE nah 7/9/26 on or before August 7, 2026, A Property Located at: 12246 Love will expire on November 18, 2026.

Redemption can be made at of Harold J. Schenck. Letters of THE REQUISITE AFFIDAVIT FOR 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Subscribed and sworn (or DEFAULT MAY BE ENTERED AGAINST Road, Roscoe, IL 61073 Check with the county clerk any time on or before November Office were issued on July 6, 2026 PUBLICATION having been filed, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO affirmed to) before me, this 9th YOU AT ANY TIME AFTER THAT DAY Legal Description or Property as to the exact amount you owe 18, 2026 by applying to the County to Barbara J. Mentjes, of 110 Perry and the Court having given PetiPROBATE DIVISION day of July, A.D. 2026.

AND A JUDGMENT MAY BE ENTERED Index No.: 04-27-251-010 before redeeming.

Clerk of Winnebago County, Illinois Cate Blvd., Apt. 1005, Wentzville, tioners leave to serve the following IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: Lori Gummow, County Clerk IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRAYER This notice is to advise you that This notice is also to advise you at the Office of the County Clerk in MO 63385, who is the legal rep- Notice of Summons by Publication; LARRY D. ACKERMAN, Giselle Mandujano, Deputy Clerk OF SAID COMPLAINT. the above property has been sold that a petition has been filed for a Rockford, Illinois. resentative of the estate. The YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that Deceased.

27458R TRRT 7/29 CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. for delinquent taxes and that the tax deed which will transfer title For further information contact attorney for the estate is Trent M. this case has been commenced 2025-PR-198 n n n Attorneys for Plaintiff period of redemption from the sale and the right to possession of this the County Clerk Ferguson, 216 North Court Street, and is pending against all whom CLAIMS NOTICE ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF 15W030 North Frontage Road, will expire on November 19, 2026. property if redemption is not made ADDRESS: Winnebago County Rockford, IL 61103. it may concern, asking for the Notice is given of the death INTENTION Suite 100 The amount to redeem is sub- on or before November 18, 2026.

Clerk’s Office, Claims against the estate may Petition for Adoption. Said suit of LARRY D. ACKERMAN. Letters STATE OF ILLINOIS, Burr Ridge, IL 60527 ject to increase at 6 month intervals This matter is set for hearing 404 Elm Street, Room 101, be filed on or before January 15, has been commenced in the of Office were issued on July 22, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO (630) 794-5300 from the date of sale and may be in the Circuit Court of this County Rockford, IL 61101 2027, date being at least six (6) Circuit Court of Winnebago County, 2025, to Pamela Ackerman, who This is to certify that the DuPage # 15170 further increased if the purchaser in Rockford, Illinois on December TELEPHONE:815-319-4253 months from the date of first Illinois by said Petitioner against is the Independent Administrator undersigned intend to conduct Winnebago # 531 at the tax sale or his or her assignee 18, 2026 at 9:30 a.m. in Room 412.

Zurmavar, LLC XX, Petitioner publication, or within 3 months all whom it may concern, praying of the Estate. The attorney for the Our File No. 14-25-06069 pays any subsequently accruing You may be present at this By: /s/ J. Thomas Witek from the date of mailing or delivery that a Judgment Order for Adoption Estate is Erin E. Walsh, Walsh & and transact a furniture making NOTE: This law firm is a debt taxes or special assessments to hearing but your right to redeem Purchaser of Notice to creditors, if mailing or be entered.

Walsh, LLP, 555 South Perryville business in said County and State collector. redeem the property from sub- will already have expired at 27449R TRRT 7/29 delivery is required by Section 18-3 NOW THEREFORE, unless you Road, Suite 104, Rockford, IL 61108. under the name of Rockford Swing I3290165 sequent forfeitures or tax sales. that time. n n n of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975 as file your answer to the Petition in Claims against the Estate may Chair Company at the following P27414R TRRT 7/22 Check with the County Clerk as to YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM STATE OF ILLINOIS amended, whichever date is later. said suit or otherwise make your be filed on or before January 15, post office addresses: 5076 Oak Hill n n n the exact amount you owe before IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT LOSS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE Any claim not filed by the requisite appearance therein, in the Office 2027, that date being at least six Rd., Rockford, IL 61109; that the true ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF redeeming.

OF PROPERTY 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT date stated above shall be barred. of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of (6) months from the date of first and real full names of all persons INTENTION This notice is also to advise you Redemption can be made at COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO Claims against the estate Winnebago County, Illinois in the publication, or within three (3) owning, conducting or transacting STATE OF ILLINOIS, that a petition has been filed for a any time on or before November IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: may be filed in the office of the Courthouse in the City of Rockford, months from the date of mailing such business are as follows: John COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO tax deed which will transfer title 18, 2026 by applying to the County CARL JOHN COLOMBI, Winnebago County Circuit Clerk-- Illinois on or before August 14, 2026, or delivery of Notice to Creditors, Marshall Linder SIGNED: John Marshall Linder This is to certify that the un- and the right to possession of this Clerk of Winnebago County, Illinois Deceased.

Probate Division at the Winnebago a default may be entered against if mailing or delivery is required 7/9/26 dersigned intend to conduct and property if redemption is not made at the Office of the County Clerk in Case No. 2026-PR-0000161 County Courthouse, 400 West State you at any time after that date and by 755 ILCS 5/18-3 of the Illinois Subscribed and sworn (or transact a real estate photography on or before November 19, 2026. Rockford, Illinois.

CLAIM NOTICE Street, Rockford, Illinois, or with a Judgment entered in accordance Probate Act, 1975 as amended, affirmed to) before me, this 9th business in said County and State This matter is set for hearing For further information contact NOTICE is given of the death the estate legal representatives, with the prayer of said Petition. whichever date is later. Any claim under the name of Droneworx in the Circuit Court of Winnebago the County Clerk of John Carl Colombi. Letters of or both.

Keri A. Johnson - #6315747 not filed by the requisite date day of July, A.D. 2026.

Lori Gummow, County Clerk Photography at the following County in 400 West State Street, ADDRESS: Winnebago County Office were issued on July 7, 2026 to Copies of claims filed with the BARRICK, SWITZER, LONG, stated above shall be barred. post office addresses: 1609 24th Rockford, IL 61101, Room 426, on Clerk’s Office, Michael Colombi, of 2204 N. Alpine Circuit Clerk’s Office--Probate Divi- BALSLEY & VAN EVERA Claims against the Estate Teresa Bravo, Deputy Clerk St., Rockford, IL 61108-5814; that December 18, 2026 at 9:30 AM. 404 Elm Street, Room 101, Rd., Rockford, IL 61107, who is the sion, must be mailed or delivered 6833 Stalter Drive may be filed in the office of the 27460R TRRT 7/29

n n n extension, and will sell at public sale to the highest bidder, as set to plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF REAL ESTATE NOTICE forth below, the following described real estate. confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701 (C) OF THE ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SEVENTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Commonly known as 6711 Louden Dr., Loves Park, IL 61111 the purchaser will receive a certificate of sale that will entitle the MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, contact Plaintiffs WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, Property Index No. 08-21-376-028 purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. attorney: Diaz Anselmo & Associates, LLC (630) 453-6960 please refer Plaintiff, -v.- JOANN M. PORTER AKA JOANN PORTER; CONNEXUS CREDIT The real estate is improved with a Single Family Residence. The The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no UNION SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO HERITAGE CREDIT UNION; COUNTY judgment amount was $83,246.73 Sale Terms: Full Sale Terms are avail- representation as to the condition of the property, prospective bidders to file number 6746-224235. Auction.com, LLC 100 N LaSalle St., Suite OF WINNEBAGO; SWEDISH AMERICAN HEALTH SYSTEM CORPORATION; able on the property page at www.auction.com by entering 6711 Louden are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If 1400, Chicago, IL 60602 - 872-225-4985 You can also visit www.auction.

STATE OF ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE; CITY OF LOVES PARK; Dr. into the search bar. If sold to anyone other than the Plaintiff, the this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the com. Attorney File No. 6746-224235 Case Number: 2025-FC-0000436 Defendants. 2025-FC-0000436 6711 Louden Dr., Loves Park, IL 61111 winning bidder must pay the full bid amount within twenty-four (24) foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments NOTE: PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT, YOU NOTICE OF SALE hours of the auction’s end. All payments must be certified funds. No and the legal fees required by the Condominium property Act, 765 ILCS ARE ADVISED THAT PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY IS DEEMED TO BE A DEBT PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of third-party checks will be accepted. All bidders will need to register 605/9 (g)(l) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on 4/1/2026, an at www.auction.com prior to placing a bid. The subject property is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION agent of Auction.com, LLC will conduct the Online Only auction at subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. I3289794 www.auction.com, with the bidding window opening on 8/3/2026 at taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any required by the Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF 10:00 AM CDT and closing on August 5, 2026 at 10:00 AM subject to representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO P27394R TRRT 7/15

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Death Notices 7/9/2026 65 Mcdonald, Robert F Loves Park 7/4/2026 62 Brinkmeyer, Dawn M Rockford 7/9/2026 90 Long, Eddie Machesney Park 7/9/2026 77 Fliff, Michael J Rockford 7/9/2026 74 Sahlstrom, Judith A Winnebago 7/9/2026 72 Myers, James Rockford 7/8/2026 58 West, Eric Rockford 7/8/2026 55 Holland, Andrew V Rockford 7/8/2026 77 Keinz, Carol L Rockford 7/8/2026 74 Barnes, Dewey D Rockford 7/8/2026 88 Blair, Lavonne K Rockford 7/8/2026 82 Drye, Howard L Durand 7/7/2026 53 Avila Gonzalez, Susana Rockford 7/7/2026 76 Richardson, Diana Durand 7/7/2026 59 Florea, Ethel Rockford 7/7/2026 89 Meuret, Robert Roscoe 7/7/2026 55 Dumas, Reginald Rockford 7/7/2026 77 Basa, Musafiri Rockford 7/4/2026 79 Bracke, Patricia Rockford 7/7/2026 72 Pippel, Jerome Rockford 7/7/2026 59 Photiboupha, Kor Rockford 7/6/2026 64 Clark, Gregory Rockford 7/6/2026 89 Merkle, Beverly Loves Park 7/6/2026 35 Arce Jr, Mario A Rockford 7/6/2026 80 Box Jr, Horace J Rockford 7/6/2026 68 Morehead, James Rockford 7/6/2026 89 Mcdonald, Hayes L Rockford 7/6/2026 57 Caras, Christopher S Rockford 7/6/2026 79 Bellinger, Susan Loves Park 7/6/2026 81 Kaylor, Daniel M Rockford 7/6/2026 97 Plock, Ruth Loves Park 7/6/2026 59 Edge, Jerry W South Beloit 7/6/2026 75 Neilsson, Nancy A Rockford 7/6/2026 86 Johnson, Lois Rockford 7/5/2026 55 Lewis, Donald Rockford 7/5/2026 52 Colenburg, Cassandra Rockford 7/5/2026 87 White, Nancy L Rockford 7/5/2026 55 Freeman, Stephan Loves Park 7/5/2026 64 Backer, David P Rockford 7/5/2026 67 Nyen, Kerry R Rockford 7/5/2026 69 Christopherson, Donald J Rockford 7/5/2026 84 Storey, Larry L Rockford 7/5/2026 82 Tyson, Charles K Loves Park 7/5/2026 92 Whittington, Anna Rockford 7/4/2026 79 Royals, Franklin Loves Park 7/4/2026 80 Summers, James C Rockford 7/4/2026 84 Baez, Eduardo Rockford 7/4/2026 66 Bailey, Debra Rockford 7/4/2026 56 Downey, Debra Rockford 7/4/2026 27 Curran, Cody W Rockford 7/4/2026 71 Bizimana, Cypriano Rockford 7/4/2026 93 Coppotelli, Alessandra Rockford 7/3/2026 76 Lewis, Donald Rockford 7/3/2026 82 Beech, Gloria J Rockford 7/3/2026 89 Keller, Barbara Loves Park 7/3/2026 92 Hall, Warren Rockford 7/3/2026 66 Watts, Timothy Rockford 7/3/2026 76 Robertson, Mary Rockford 7/3/2026 82 Swanborg Sr, James D Winnebago 7/3/2026 82 Sullivan, Janet Loves Park 7/2/2026 71 Ritchason, Debra J Rockford 7/2/2026 60 Vazquez, Peter L Rockford 7/2/2026 82 Kueking, Roger A Rockford 7/2/2026 57 Mcdaniel, Vicenice Rockford 7/2/2026 79 Cedarleaf, Deeann Rockford 7/2/2026 79 Marcy, Linda Loves Park 7/2/2026 87 Clark, Barbara Rockford 7/2/2026 82 Gambler, Richard J Rockford 7/2/2026 89 Bloom, Janice Rockford Death notices are provided by the Winnebago County Coroner’s office.

Crossword

Week of July 5 to 11, 2026

THEME: KIDS’ CLASSICS ARIES

TAURUS

TAURUS

Asking for help isn’t a sign of weakness. A qualified professional may provide support through emotional or personal healing. You deserve to find well­being, serenity and ful­ fillment.

GEMINI

Your relationship may feel fragile due to your partner’s lack of finesse. A little extra tender­ ness may be needed. At work, pay attention to the small details during a negotiation be­ cause they could completely change the out­ come.

CANCER

Your physical health is often influenced by your mental health, so you’ll need to explore your feelings and subconscious thoughts to understand what’s causing your discomfort. If you have a chronic illness, this introspection could reveal new paths to healing.

LEO

Bolstered self­confidence is essential to your success. Boosting your ego in a healthy way will set you apart. Your irresistible charisma will attract respect, admiration and compli­ ments, reinforcing your presence in your per­ sonal and professional circles.

VIRGO

You’ll juggle a move and a project close to your heart. Your romantic partner’s support will be invaluable. Order in your living space will bring mental clarity, promoting serenity, motivation and a sense of balance. These qualities will help you maintain your priorities.

LIBRA

You’ll express your opinions boldly, even if they’re not always popular. Your charm and eloquence will inspire others to embrace your ideas. Art will be a powerful channel for self­ expression, touching the hearts and minds of others.

SCORPIO

Financial concerns may cause stress, so hold things in perspective. Money is impor­ tant, but love, health and happiness should be your priorities. Regaining this insight will Plaintiff 6. Dashing style bring47. calm and help you return to what mat­ 7. *”It” game ters48. most.Loads

Prepare for an intense period of action and concrete decisions. You may be rethink­ ing your love life—now’s the time to lay your cards on the table. Allow attraction to transform your current relationship or spark something exciting with someone new.

A personal or professional opportunity will warrant careful consideration. A health spe­ cialist may suggest a more suitable treat­ ment, improving your well­being and overall quality of life.

GEMINI

Internal pressure will fuel your ambitions.

This positive stress will propel you, helping you finalize your goals and push beyond your limits. Make sure to give yourself time to slow down and recharge.

CANCER

A new work project is on the horizon, promis­ ing a rewarding future. You’ll be short on time this week, which will force you to care­ fully structure your days, set clear priorities and adopt a more rigorous and efficient approach to organization.

LEO

As you settle back into your everyday rou­ tine, an opportunity for a group trip may pique your interest. You may also consider going on a romantic trip with your partner.

VIRGO

You may be faced with a major decision that could change the course of your life. When you weigh the pros and cons, you’ll see that this transition—though unsettling at first— will open the door to positive change.

LIBRA

Despite your busy schedule, you’ll be the life and soul of a lively gathering in good company. In your love life, a memorable en­ counter or love at first sight may inspire you to consider commitments, joint projects or even grand declarations.

SCORPIO

Taking on responsibilities that truly align with your ambitions will help you maintain both physical and mental balance. A new idea may inspire you to explore professional paths that better reflect your true interests.

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Rouse Your fresh look will help you climb the corporate ladder and You are driven by enthusiasm and ambition.

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You’ll a step toward realizing a big dream.

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PISCES, ARIES AND TAURUS

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ARIES

You’ll embark on a spiritual journey that broadens your horizons and nurtures per­ sonal growth. Reconnecting with your values and beliefs will bring a sense of inner peace.

This period of transformation will be resonant and raise your consciousness.

Week of July 12 to 18, 2026

CANCER, LEO AND VIRGO

ARIES

Although you prefer the comfort of your own bubble, you’ll find yourself rushing here and there, responding to countless requests. Your family will need your pres­ ence, and you’ll be unable to resist the urge to spontaneously offer your support and availability.

TAURUS

If you must address a crowd, prepare care­ fully—this isn’t the time to improvise! At the same time, your gentle words will help ease tensions and resolve misunderstandings around you.

GEMINI

Choose your words carefully around cer­ tain people. Listen attentively and respond with tact to avoid unnecessary conflict. Also, keep an eye on your finances. An unexpect­ ed expense could disrupt your budget.

CANCER

Bursting with energy, you’ll need to eat a healthy diet, take your vitamins and get enough sleep to support a healthy lifestyle.

Your mind will overflow with ideas, but they may feel jumbled. Stay focused to turn your dreams into reality.

LEO

You tend to give too much of yourself to others, at the risk of seriously exhausting yourself. You’ll be there for your loved ones when they need you, but you must learn to pace yourself to protect your energy.

VIRGO

Big responsibilities, some lacking clear di­ rection, will land on your shoulders this week. Even at home, sharing tasks could prove challenging. Your patience and un­ derstanding will help you make your ev­ eryday life run more smoothly.

LIBRA

A professional transition could open the door to new training opportunities. Ac­ cepting this challenge could lead to a more prestigious and fulfilling role—one that aligns perfectly with your ambitions.

SCORPIO

Now is the ideal time to plan a getaway, explore a change of scenery and break free from your routine. Learning or refreshing a foreign language could also prove benefi­ cial if you’re planning to go abroad.

SAGITTARIUS

Emotions will be raw this week, demanding self­care and making you want to withdraw.

Fortunately, your friends will support you, listen to you and cheer you up when you need it.

CAPRICORN

Don’t ignore even the slightest bit of physi­ cal discomfort. Consult a health profession­ al if needed. Trust your intuition to create a calm, protective atmosphere that encour­ ages harmony at work and at home.

AQUARIUS

You must resolve urgent or unclear work matters before going on vacation. If you’ll be swimming, make sure you’re aware of the small risk of infection. If you’re single, meeting new people could prove particu­ larly enjoyable this week.

PISCES

Give yourself permission to enjoy movies, plays and other artistic performances. An opportunity to step into the spotlight may also arise, giving you the chance to share your talents and express your creative side.

The luckiest signs this week: LIBRA, SCORPIO AND SAGITTARIUS

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Grand-Reopening of Beyer Stadium at Maybelle Blair Park

Beyer Stadium 245 15th Ave, Rockford, IL 61104 iwbc.org Saturday, July 18 The International Women’s Baseball Center celebrates the Grand Re-Opening of Beyer Stadium at Maybelle Blair Park on Saturday, July 18, from 1 pm - 4 pm. Once home to the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League’s Rockford Peaches from 1943 1954, the stadium holds a special place in baseball history and inspired the beloved film A League of Their Own. Guests can enjoy music, food and beverages, remarks, a ribbon-cutting, ceremonial first pitch, photo opportunities, and the opening day game.

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Midway Village Museum 6799 Guilford Rd, Rockford, IL 61107 midwayvillage.com 815.397.9112 Saturday, July 18 Midway Village Museum brings the Prohibition Era to life during Tipsy History: The Roaring Twenties on Saturday, July 18, from 1 pm - 7 p.m. Guests can explore vintage cars, 1920s music, temperance marchers, bootleggers, gangsters, G-men, raids, distilling demonstrations and hidden speakeasies. Tickets also include sameday access to Midway’s Museum Center, where guests can learn more about early 20th-century life in Rockford. Admission is $15 for adults, $12 for children and seniors, free for children 4 and under, and free for members.

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