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State News
Trump administration denies Illinois’ request for disaster relief — again By Ben Szalinski
Capitol News Illinois bszalinski@capitolnewsillinois.com
President Donald Trump’s administration denied Illinois’ request on Thursday for federal disaster relief in eight counties after days of severe weather hit the state in August. Gov. JB Pritzker submitted a request to the Federal Emergency Management Agency last month seeking resources to help the eight counties recover from flooding, tornadoes and severe wind damage. FEMA Administrator Cameron Hamilton said in a response letter that assistance was “not warranted,” according to the governor’s office. “Our communities are still picking up the pieces from the destruction caused by severe weather this summer,” Pritzker said in a statement. “Donald Trump should never play politics with their homes, businesses, and infrastructure.” T he gover nor’s request covered Champaign, Cook, Ford, Fulton, McLean, Tazewell, Vermilion and Will counties. It came after the state completed a preliminary damage assessment and determined the damage was beyond the state’s ability to handle by itself and contending it should meet the threshold for federal assistance. On Aug. 11, a storm produced tornadoes and wind gusts approaching 100 mph in southern Cook County and Will County,
according to the National Weather Service. Many of those same communities were slammed by tornadoes and high winds on July 27 and were still recovering. FEMA granted Indiana’s request on Aug. 25 for federal help following the same Aug. 11 storm which left many residents just across the state line without power for weeks. More storms on Aug. 13 brought significant wind damage to McLean County, where the Normal Fire Department said it set a new record for most calls during a 24-hour shift. Many communities in central Illinois reported flooding from another round of storms on Aug. 14. Illinois submitted its disaster declaration Sept. 15. Pritzker said the delay was needed to get a clearer accounting of damage, though his Republican challenger Darren Bailey criticized him for not submitting it sooner. On Thursday, Bailey issued a statement saying he was also “disappointed” by FEMA’s decision. “I’m calling on the FEMA to re-evaluate and reverse this decision to ensure the hardworking Americans who live in our state get the relief they desperately need,” Bailey said. Had FEMA approved Pritzker’s request, it would’ve unlocked several federal programs for residents and businesses impacted by the storms, including grants for repairs. Local governments would
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Each member of Illinois’ congressional delegation, including the three Republicans, also signed a letter to Trump supporting Pritzker’s request. “Much like a toddler throwing a tantrum, Donald Trump continues to punish Americans who live in states that did not support him in the last election,” U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, a Springfield Democrat, said in response to FEMA’s decision Thursday. It’s the third time FEMA has denied a request from Illinois since Trump took office again in 2025. Last year, the Trump administration denied two requests for assistance after summer storms caused severe flooding in the Chicago area. Pritzker criticized the decisions as “politically motivated,” although FEMA has denied that in media statements. The U.S. Small Business Administration did approve low-interest loans for businesses impacted by the flooding. The SBA has also approved Pritzker’s request from earlier this year following spring tornadoes. Illinois has seen more than 200 tornadoes this year — more than any other state. A Politico analysis earlier this year found Democrat-led states saw just 23% of their disaster requests granted in his second term, compared to 89% for Republican states. Under the past six administrations — including Trump’s first term — states led by either party saw similar rates of approval, between 70% and 90%. The analysis also found the administration took twice as long to issue decisions on requests from blue states. Trump’s administration has sought to raise the threshold for events to qualify for FEMA disaster assistance by 50%, which would’ve reduced the federal government’s disaster relief spending by $1.5 billion between 2012 and 2025, according to NPR. 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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ST O C K HOL M (A P) — A m e r i c a n economists Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford won the Nobel Memorial Prize in economics Monday for their work on models that have helped governments and central banks manage economic shocks, such as energy crises and inflation. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced the winners in Stockholm, noting that their work created the theoretical foundation to better understand how consumers decide whether to save or spend, insights that make it easier for policymakers worldwide to stabilize economies after fluctuations. “The laureates’ research has made it possible to manage major macroeconomic crises far more effectively than before,” the Nobel committee wrote in a paper explaining the economists’ work. “It has been hugely beneficial during the pandemic and the energy crises of recent years.” Ha l l is a f fi l iated w it h St an ford University in California, and Woodford with Columbia University in New York. Woodford spoke to the committee by phone from New York: “It’s a tremendous honor. It’s a surprise.”
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For decades, governments responded to economic shocks by following the Depression-era prescriptions of the British economist John Maynard Keynes: Intervene in the economy by lowering interest rates and taxes and hiking government spending, thereby encouraging consumers and businesses to spend and invest and help restart growth. “This is the Keynesian recipe and it worked well – until it didn’t,” said Timo Boppart of the Nobel economics committee. Policymakers had thought economic management involved simple trade-offs – unemployment, for instance, would stay low at a time of high inflation and rise when inflation fell. But the “ stagflation ‘’ of the 1970s — when the world economy experienced simultaneous high inflation and high unemployment – proved the formula was simplistic. Some economists argued that government attempts to intervene in the economy were doomed to fail. But Hall and Woodford, in separate contributions, set about improving the Keynesian model to take into account how consumers and businesses actually make decisions about whether to invest and spend. “Economic outcomes are the result
of millions of decisions made at the microlevel by households and businesses,’’ the Nobel committee wrote. “Using models based upon this approach, rather than simply studying the economy from a macro perspective, like a bird’s eye view,” Hall and Woodford’s research “generated a paradigm shift in the theory of stabilization policy.”
Hall studied consumer choices
Hall studied the way that consumers’ decisions about whether and how much to spend depend on what they expect their future income to be. “If they are optimistic, they will consume more than if they are pessimistic,’’ the committee wrote. But consumer expectations can change unexpectedly as new information about the economy comes in. Hall found that forecasting future consumer spending is virtually impossible. The idea that consumption is mostly unpredictable “is not good news for forecasters, or policymakers,” Olivier Blanchard, who was chief economist at the International Monetary Fund during the 2008 financial crisis, said by email. “But it is news they must take into account in thinking about the effects of policy.” Hall also explored the idea that some households are so strapped financially that they can’t borrow or tap savings in response to economic changes. In a 1982 paper with the economist Fredric Mishkin, Hall found that around 80% of households made spending decisions based on their expectations for the future “while the rest lived hand to mouth,” the committee wrote. “The prize is for research that pushes our understanding of macroeconomics from the bottom up, from families and firms making decisions over time, while looking ahead,” Ivan Werning, an economist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, said in an email.
Woodford analyzed how businesses make decisions
Woodford’s research established that businesses make decisions about prices based on where they think interest rates will go in the future. “If the business believes that its competitors’ prices and its own costs will increase, it is best to set a higher price than it would with the opposite expectation,” the Nobel committee wrote. “Businesses’ decisions are thus also governed by their expectations.” Therefore, central banks such as the U.S. Federal Reserve, which set shortterm interest rates, should provide “clear
and credible communication about how they reason and what they plan to do.” Central banks have responded to this insight by working harder to explain what they are doing. The new Fed chair, Kevin Warsh, has said the trend toward such “forward guidance” went too far. He’s trying to scale back how much the U.S. central bank talks about its thinking and its intentions. Woodford’s research also offered guidance on how central banks should respond to energy price shocks — like the one that followed the U.S. and Israeli attack on Iran in February — that can both feed inflation and send unemployment higher. “Unlike the traditional Keynesian models, Woodford’s model recommends a cooling measure, such as increased interest rates, to avoid uncontrolled inflation,” the Nobel committee wrote. “His insight has made it possible to respond to recent supply shocks more effectively than during the oil crises of the 1970s.” During the phone call broadcast at a news conference, Woodford said his work has stressed “the understanding of the people who are in the markets and making decisions about spending.”
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The economics prize is formally known as the Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. The central bank established it in 1968 as a memorial to Nobel, the 19th-century Swedish businessman and chemist who invented dynamite and established the five Nobel Prizes. Nobel purists stress that the economics prize is technically not a Nobel Prize, but it is always presented together with the others on Dec. 10, the anniversary of Nobel’s death in 1896. Nobel honors were announced last week in medicine, physics, chemistry, literature and peace. Monday’s award was the second Nobel win for a Stanford University professor this year. Dr. Karl Deisseroth shared the medicine prize with Peter Hegemann and Georg Nagel for their work that led to a tool that uses light to help unravel how the brain works. The prize money this year is 12 million Swedish kronor (about $1.2 million), whether for an individual, small group of laureates or organization. ___ Dazio reported from Berlin, and Wiseman reported from Washington. A ssociated Press Wr iter Wy at te Grantham-Philips in Chicago contributed to this report.
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Report: Illinois tax revenue from gambling increased 19% last year Sports betting, video gambling continue to drive increase By Maggie Dougherty
Capitol News Illinois mdougherty@capitolnewsillinois.com
CHICAGO — Illinois bettors lost more money than ever last year, according to a new state report. State coffers, meanwhile, went in the opposite direction, collecting a record $2.7 billion in gambling-related revenue — a 19.2% increase from the previous year. It marks a 90% increase from fiscal year 2019, the final year before the state approved a massive gambling expansion aimed at raising revenue for the state’s ongoing capital infrastructure plan. A report released this month by the Commission on Government Forecasting and Accountability noted revenues are expected to grow further in the coming years, as several new permanent casinos open, new slot machines enter Chicago bars and restaurants, and sports wagering continues its rapid growth with new fantasy sports offerings. For the second year in a row, video gambling machines surpassed the Illinois Lottery as the largest-grossing source of wagering revenue in the state. Those machines brought in more than $1 billion in state and local tax revenues, while lottery revenues remained relatively flat at $788 million. Sports wagering remains the fastest-growing source of gambling revenue, with more than $15 billion wagered in 2026 alone, generating $593 million in state taxes. Casino receipts grew 13% from the year prior, but COGFA warned that recent growth is largely due to new casinos opening rather than better performance among individual casinos. Since state lawmakers passed a massive gambling expansion in 2019, the number of casinos allowed to operate in Illinois has risen from 10 to 17. Prior reporting by Capitol News Illinois and the Illinois Answers Project found that gamblers in Illinois lost nearly $8 billion last year alone. Adam Hoffer, director of excise tax policy at the Tax Foundation, a nonpartisan tax policy nonprofit, said gambling taxes like Illinois’ can put the state’s interests at odds with the interests of residents struggling with gambling
addiction. “This puts the state in a weird position, right?” Hoffer said. “They want to discourage activity on one hand, but it’s their revenue source on the other hand.” The state last assessed problem gambling during the pandemic when sports gambling wasn’t yet fully implemented. That report estimated 383,000 Illinois adults had a gambling problem, and another 761,000 were at risk of developing one, though some clinicians consider the estimates an undercount. Problem gamblers have one of the highest rates of suicide; the assessment estimated one in 10 problem gamblers in Illinois had thought about or attempted to end their life that year. One in three had done so in their lifetime, it found.
Parlaying losses
Sp or t s g a mbl i ng h a s b e c ome a billion-dollar industry in Illinois in the six years since it was legalized. Last year, bettors in the state placed more than 319 million sports wagers. Nearly 99% of those bets were made online. Fueling that growth are parlay bets, which allow bettors to stack multiple outcomes — the Padres beat the Cubs, the Sox make it to the World Series and Tyson Bagent throws two touchdowns against the Packers — into a single bet. If even one leg of the bet fails, the whole parlay fails. Because the odds get worse as more legs are added, the bets offer high payouts on relatively low wagers, making them particularly attractive. “Especially if you’re at a 16-leg parlay that you might be able to put in $1 and it’ll pay you $100,000,” recovering compulsive gambler Caleb Driker-Ohren said. “All it takes is one team to win a game. Like, how hard is that? Just get another team to win their game and then when it hits, too, it’s a rush.” Parlay bets are so attractive, in fact, that bettors placed them almost 200 million times in the past fiscal year, accounting for three in every five bets placed. And while parlay bets were responsible for almost a third of sports wagering payouts, parlay bettors also accrued the highest net losses at $879 million; nearly 62% of all betting losses in the year came from parlays. Gambling losses are disproportionately felt by compulsive gamblers, especially
when it comes to sports betting. Though the breakdown in spending has not been studied in Illinois, a 2024 study in Connecticut found that nearly 71% of all legal gambling revenue in the state came from the less than 7% of residents identified as problem or at-risk gamblers. Over half of sports bets, it found, were made by less than 2% of Connecticut residents identified as compulsive gamblers. Despite bettors placing fewer bets this year than the year before, state tax revenues were still higher thanks in part to a new per-wager tax instituted for bets placed online. Illinois’ sports wagering revenue outpaces that of other states that have enacted similar legislation in recent years. Gamblers in Pennsylvania, which has a similar population size and opened sports betting two years before Illinois, saw losses of $663 million in fiscal year 2026, trailing Illinois’ $1.4 billion.
Gas station casinos
W hen Illinois first allowed slot machines, or video gambling terminals, outside of casinos in 2012, insiders estimated they would plateau at around 20,000 machines. But while casinos and other forms of gambling were limited amid the pandemic, video gambling terminals flourished. Illinois sets no limits on the number of establishments that can offer video gambling. The state is now nearing 50,000 video gambling terminals, or “the equivalent of over 40 ‘full-size’ Illinois casinos,” according to the report. Chicago’s city council recently voted to lift its longtime ban on video gambling terminals. Since over a fifth of the state population resides in Chicago, the report predicts the city’s legalization to have a “huge impact” on video gambling revenues. Already, Illinoisans are losing triple the money they did a decade ago to these slot machines, which are considered one of the most addictive forms of gambling. That’s not just because there are more machines, the report shows; the net income per machine has increased from around $117 per day in 2016 to over $182 in 2026. Illinoisans lost more than $3.3 billion in total playing slots last fiscal year. For the second year in a row, state and local
governments netted over $1 billion in video gambling taxes.
Prediction markets
One somewhat unknown variable when it comes to sports betting revenue is the continued growth of unregulated prediction markets. State lawmakers passed a law attempting to bring prediction markets like Poly market and Ka lsh i under t he regulatory umbrella of sports betting, though the move faced an expected legal challenge. It would have created a fee structure that budget analysts predicted would have brought in $5 million in state revenue. The law would also have subjected prediction markets to other sports betting regulations, like requiring customers to be 21 and older and disallowing bets on in-state college teams. The Illinois Gaming Board sent cease and desist letters to 13 online operators, including Kalshi and Polymarket, seeking to bring them into compliance. The companies, however, maintain that they are exchange markets regulated exclusively by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and that Illinois’ attempt to regulate them violates the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution. Kalshi, its financial partner Coinbase and the CFTC sued the state in June to block the taxes from taking effect. A federal judge ruled in their favor this week, issuing a preliminary injunction to protect the companies against Illinois’ enforcement of its gambling regulations based on her finding that the markets should be federally regulated as financial swaps, not gambling. “Many of the financial instruments at issue are likely swaps as defined by the Commodity Exchange Act — they just happen to be swaps that people find entertaining and fun,” U.S. District Judge Martha Pacold wrote in her ruling. She did not yet rule on whether Kalshi could be subject to the state’s transaction fees, saying more argument was needed. 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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Energy & Environment
Diesel fuel long-term perspective By Dr. Robert Vogl, Ph.D.
Illinois Renewable Energy Association Contributor
A recent Farm Week publication from the Illinois Farm Bureau had a number of articles addressing the economic stress farmers are facing from the rising costs of diesel fuel and fertilizers. In response to the rising costs of diesel fuel letters have been sent to Gov. Pritzker and federal officials seeking their assistance to ease the financial burden. They requested temporary relief from state and Federal on-road diesel taxes to help lower fuel costs. At the federal level, according to Euro News, the Trump administration has taken two actions to help lower diesel fuel prices. They secured an agreement with the G7 to an emergency oil release of up to 100 million barrels of diesel and crude oil over four months to help reduce high energy prices, particularly diesel during crop harvesting. A second action is the temporary relief from diesel tax for truckers as fuel costs hurt truckers as we approach the US midterm elections. According to an article by Noi Mahoney some 16 trucking companies have filed for bankruptcy within a month. The filings are geographically
widespread and include a number in Illinois. The filings indicate the financial pressure across general freight. last mile, agriculture and specialized trucking. The relief provided for diesel fuels and oil will provide some welcomed relief but uncertainties remain for the long term energy outlook. Another article in Euro News by Wessam Al Jurdi reports Armin Nasser CEO of Saudi Aramco indicates that global oil stocks are alarmingly in short supply and could take two years to rebuild. An article by energy researchers Busby and Pollack warn Why Fuel Prices May Go Higher Still. As oil shipments remain disrupted by wars, refineries destroyed and oil reserves are drawn down shortages could be long term. Gail Tverberg raises the question of whether diesel and jet fuel shortages can be solved. She suggests that there has been a shortage of these fuels since at least 2020 for a variety of reasons not simply because the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. She postulates that economy needs to transform itself so that it uses less diesel fuel and undertake research on lowering the cost of extracting heavy oil and bitumen to increase the supply over the long
term. Given that heavy oil is more difficult to extract, refine, and transport its cost should be higher than gasoline. The high price of diesel is seen as resulting from a lack of its production. Given the lack of production of costly heavy oil is seen as leading to wars over existing supplies. Some authorities have claimed that there would be plenty of heavy oil to refine if the price rose high enough for long enough. Today’s conflicts in the Middle East and Russian/Ukraine according to Tverberg seem to be related to inadequate supplies of diesel and jet fuel. The total supply of diesel and jet fuel has been lower since 2020. Since that time it is the poorer counties getting more of the available diesel and jet fuel than the advanced countries. The falling consumption of diesel and jet fuel in advanced countries may in part as a result of their becoming service economies lowering their demand for diesel as well as lowering the wages of workers in advanced countries while increasing their unhappiness with the economy. Workers in the poorer countries remain unhappy with their wages as well as their resources that are being sold to people
living in Advanced countries. While heavy oil deposits are found in other countries the ability to extract and process them would require higher prices to bring them into the marketplace. Tverberg offers a few suggestions how heavy oil resources could be brought into the market. One suggestion is that in Middle East countries with large populations would need to be lower them and send guest workers back to their home countries to increase the number of jobs available for local workers so that costly made work projects could be reduced. Another suggestion is that the total consumption of diesel and jet fuel use should be cut back as it is likely to take years before the new heavy oil production can be increased. A third suggestion is to shorten the length of existing supply chains to reduce diesel and jet fuels needs. Tverberg’s solutions rely on increasing the consumption of heavy oils relying on higher prices and technological improvements. Ignored in her proposal is the environmental consequences of increasing fossil fuel consumption at a time when climate scientists are calling for a reduction in there consumption.
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WARD 10 SALVATION ARMY TEMPLE 500 S. Rockford Avenue SALVATION ARMY TEMPLE 500 S. Rockford Avenue FOREST CITY CHURCH 1280 S. Alpine Road (N.W. Ent.) OUR SAVIOR’S LUTHERAN CHURCH 3300 Rural Street (Northeast Ent.- Gym) OUR SAVIOR’S LUTHERAN CHURCH 3300 Rural Street (Northeast Ent.- Gym) FOREST CITY CHURCH 1280 S. Alpine Road (N.W. Ent.) ST. MARK LUTHERAN CHURCH 675 N. Mulford Road (Fellowship Hall) WARD 11 SALEM LUTHERAN CHURCH 1629 S. 6th Street SALEM LUTHERAN CHURCH 1629 S. 6th Street SALEM LUTHERAN CHURCH 1629 S. 6th Street SALEM LUTHERAN CHURCH 1629 S. 6th Street SALEM LUTHERAN CHURCH 1629 S. 6th Street WARD 12 BETH-EDEN UNITED METH. CHURCH 3201 Huffman Blvd. BETH-EDEN UNITED METH. CHURCH 3201 Huffman Blvd. BETH-EDEN UNITED METH. CHURCH 3201 Huffman Blvd. REGIONAL OFFICE BUILDING 4302 N. Main Street
WESLEY WILLOWS RETIREMENT COMMUNITY
4141 N. Rockton Avenue (North Ent.)
SPRING CRK. UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST
4500 Spring Creek Road Fairhaven Christian Retirement Center 3470 N. Alpine Rd WARD 13 WASHINGTON PARK CHRISTIAN CHURCH 801 Concord Ave. WASHINGTON PARK CHRISTIAN CHURCH 801 Concord Ave. WESTSIDE CHURCH OF CHRIST 1523 Morgan Street (East Ent.) RESURRECTION LUTHERAN CHURCH 600 N. Horsman Street (North Ent.) RPL – NORDLOF CENTER 118 N. Main Street WARD 14
IGLESIA EVANGÉLICA CRISTIANA ESPIRITUAL
2324 S. Alpine Road (former Woodside Cong) FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 5304 Charles Street (North Ent.) FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH 5304 Charles Street (North Ent.) FOREST CITY CHURCH 1280 S. Alpine Road (N.W. Ent.) FOREST CITY CHURCH 1280 S. Alpine Road (N.W. Ent.) IGLESIA EVANGÉLICA CRISTIANA ESPIRITUAL
2324 S. Alpine Road (former Woodside Cong)
All polling places are wheelchair accessible. The polls at said election will open at 6:00 o’clock a.m. and will continue to be open until 7:00 o’clock p.m. of that day. BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS Russell L. Taylor, Jr. Ryan C. Brauns Wendell Coates COMMISSIONERS
Jorge Paredes, Executive Director Michael Scheurich, Attorney Brendan A. Maher, Chief Judge, Seventeenth Judicial Court
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NOTICE OF GENERAL ELECTION CITY OF ROCKFORD VOTERS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, a General Election will be held in the City of Rockford, Winnebago County and State of Illinois. Candidates will be nominated to the offices as set forth below: UNITED STATES SENATOR GOVERNOR/LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR ATTORNEY GENERAL SECRETARY OF STATE COMPTROLLER TREASURER REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS, Sixteenth Congressional District Seventeenth Congressional District STATE SENATORS, Thirty-Fifth Legislative District Forty-Fifth Legislative District
REPRESENTATIVES in the GENERAL ASSEMBLY All Representative Districts COUNTY CLERK TREASURER SHERIFF REGIONAL SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS (Boone and Winnebago) (Lee, Ogle and Whiteside) Counties COUNTY BOARD MEMBERS, 1, 5, 8, 9, 10, 12, 14, 15 COUNTY FOREST PRESERVE COMMISSIONER JUDGE OF THE CIRCUIT COURT 17th Judicial District JUDICIAL RETENTION 17th Judicial District
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that at the General Election to be held on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, the following proposition will be submitted to the voters of the City of Rockford:
NON-BINDING RESOLUTION SUBMITTING TO THE ELECTORS OF THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO, ILLINOIS BY REFERENDUM AN ADVISORY PUBLIC QUESTION CONCERNING VOTING QUALIFICATIONS “Should Illinois Law be changed to require voter to provide a valid photo identification once – either when registering to vote or before voting for the first time – while ensuring that all eligible citizens can obtain such identification free of charge and without unreasonable barriers?” YES NO
NON-BINDING RESOLUTION SUBMITTING TO THE ELECTORS OF THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO, ILLINOIS BY REFERENDUM AN ADVISORY PUBLIC QUESTION CONCERNING AMENDING THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS FOR STATE LEGISLATIVE MAPS “Should legislative districts be compact, contiguous and equal in population, drawn by a non-partisan commission, not by elected officials, without consideration of party registration and voting history data? YES NO
NON-BINDING RESOLUTION SUBMITTING TO THE ELECTORS OF THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO, ILLINOIS BY REFERENDUM AN ADVISORY PUBLIC QUESTION CONCERNING PROPERTY TAX RELIEF “Should the Illinois General Assembly pass legislation to cap and lower local property taxes and provide state funding to local government that agree to reduce property tax levies?” YES NO The polls at said election will be open at 6:00 o’clock A.M. and will continue to be open until 7:00 o’clock P.M. of that day. Dated at Rockford, Illinois on October 14, 2026. ROCKFORD BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS Ryan C. Brauns Russell L. Taylor, Jr. Wendell Coates COMMISSIONERS
Jorge Paredes, Executive Director Michael Scheurich, Attorney Brenden A. Maher, Chief Judge, Seventeenth Judicial Circuit
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SPECIMEN BALLOT (cont.) General Election – NOVEMBER 3, 2026
FOR CITY OF ROCKFORD VOTERS
Following is a complete set of specimen ballots for the General Election, November 3, 2026. Voters will be eligible to vote in the districts as indicated on their valid voter identification card. INSTRUCTIONS TO VOTERS
TO VOTE, COMPLETE THE OVAL TO THE LEFT OF YOUR CHOICE, LIKE THIS:
To cast a write-in vote, complete the oval to the left of the blank space provided and print the candidate’s name in that space. For specific write-in instructions, refer to the card of instructions provided in the booth. If you tear, soil, deface or erroneously mark this ballot, return it to the Election Judge and obtain another.
I hereby certify the following specimen ballot is a true and correct copy of the Official Ballot to be voted in the General Election to be held in the City of Rockford, Illinois on November 3, 2026
STATE
REPRESENTATIVE
FOR COMPTROLLER
FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
(Vote for one)
BRYAN DREW
SIXTY-SEVENTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT (Vote for one)
REPUBLICAN
Executive Director Board of Election Commissioners
MARGARET CROKE
DEMOCRATIC
NO CANDIDATE
REPUBLICAN
MAURICE A. WEST II
FEDERAL FOR UNITED STATES SENATOR (Vote for one)
FOR TREASURER (Vote for one)
MAX SOLOMON
FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
SIXTY-EIGHTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT (Vote for one)
REPUBLICAN
DON TRACY REPUBLICAN
JULIANA STRATTON DEMOCRATIC
WHITFIELD HARRINGTON JR
MICHAEL W. FRERICHS
KATHY EASTON
(___________________________________________ Write-in
DEMOCRATIC
DEMOCRATIC
AMERICAN CENTER PARTY
CONGRESSIONAL STATE FOR GOVERNOR AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR (Vote for one)
(DARREN BAILEY (AARON B. DEL MAR REPUBLICAN
(JB PRITZKER (CHRISTIAN MITCHELL DEMOCRATIC
(COLLIN CORBETT (CAROLYN SCHOFIELD INDEPENDENT
(___________________________________________ Write-in
FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL
SIXTEENTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT (Vote for one)
DARIN LaHOOD REPUBLICAN
PAUL NOLLEY
DEMOCRATIC
FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS
SEVENTEENTH CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT (Vote for one)
DILLAN S. VANCIL
ERIC SORENSEN
DEMOCRATIC
LEGISLATIVE
REPUBLICAN
FOR STATE SENATOR THIRTY-FIFTH LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT (Vote for one)
KWAME RAOUL
DEMOCRATIC
DAVE SYVERSON
REPUBLICAN
FOR SECRETARY OF STATE (Vote for one)
DIANE M. HARRIS REPUBLICAN
ALEXI GIANNOULIAS
DAVE VELLA FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
SIXTY-NINTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT (Vote for one)
JOE C. SOSNOWSKI REPUBLICAN
PETER JANKO DEMOCRATIC
FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
EIGHTY-NINTH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT (Vote for one)
TONY M. McCOMBIE
REPUBLICAN
NO CANDIDATE
DEMOCRATIC
______________________________________ FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY
NINETIETH REPRESENTATIVE DISTRICT (Vote for one)
(Vote for one)
ROBERT W. FIORETTI
REPUBLICAN
FOR REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS
REPUBLICAN
(___________________________________________
DEMOCRATIC
DEMOCRATIC
SARAH B. MERTENS
DEMOCRATIC
FOR STATE SENATOR FORTY-FIFTH LEGISLATIVE DISTRICT (Vote for one)
ANDREW S. CHESNEY
REPUBLICAN
JOSEPH H. “JOE” BERNING
DEMOCRATIC
JOHN M. CABELLO
REPUBLICAN
NO CANDIDATE
DEMOCRATIC
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SPECIMEN BALLOT (cont.) General Election – NOVEMBER 3, 2026 COUNTY
COUNTY
FOREST PRESERVE
FOR COUNTY CLERK
FOR MEMBERS OF THE COUNTY BOARD
FOR FOREST PRESERVE COMMISSIONER
(Vote for one)
(Vote for not more than two)
DISTRICT FIVE (Vote for one)
LORI GUMMOW REPUBLICAN
NO CANDIDATE
REPUBLICAN
NO CANDIDATE
DEMOCRATIC
DAVE TASSONI DEMOCRATIC
FOR TREASURER (Vote for one)
NO CANDIDATE REPUBLICAN
FOR MEMBERS OF THE COUNTY BOARD
(Vote for one)
REPUBLICAN
REPUBLICAN
ERIC WEST
REGIONAL OFFICE OF EDUCATION FOR REGIONAL SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS
DISTRICT NINE (Vote for one)
JOHN PENNEY REPUBLICAN
NO CANDIDATE DEMOCRATIC
SCOTT BLOOMQUIST REPUBLICAN
NO CANDIDATE
DEMOCRATIC
NONPARTISAN
JUDICIAL FOR JUDGE OF THE CIRCUIT COURT SEVENTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT FIRST SUBCIRCUIT
NO CANDIDATE REPUBLICAN
ERIN C. HANNIGAN DEMOCRATIC
FOR JUDGE OF THE CIRCUIT COURT SEVENTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT SECOND SUBCIRCUIT
(To fill the vacancy of the Hon. Eugene Doherty) (Vote for one)
FOR MEMBERS OF THE COUNTY BOARD DISTRICT TEN (Vote for one)
(BOONE AND WINNEBAGO COUNTIES) (Vote for one)
JEFF TILLY
(Vote for one)
DEMOCRATIC
INDEPENDENT
NONPARTISAN
(To fill the vacancy of the Hon. John S. Lowry)
FOR MEMBERS OF THE COUNTY BOARD
NO CANDIDATE DOMINICK BARCELLONA
NONPARTISAN
(Vote for one)
DEMOCRATIC
GARY CARUANA
GEORGE KALLSTROM
DISTRICT EIGHT
CHAD BRYDEN FOR SHERIFF
NONPARTISAN
CHERYL MAGGIO
(___________________________________________ Write-in
THERESA GRENNAN
DEMOCRATIC
ERIC JOHNSON
DAVID L. PEYTON
REPUBLICAN
SULLY CADENGO DEMOCRATIC
FOR MEMBERS OF THE COUNTY BOARD
SCOTT ROBINSON
REPUBLICAN
NO CANDIDATE DEMOCRATIC
BALLOT FOR JUDICIAL CANDIDATES SEEKING RETENTION IN OFFICE
DISTRICT TWELVE
FOR REGIONAL SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS (LEE, OGLE AND WHITESIDE COUNTIES) (Vote for one)
UN-EXPIRED TWO - YEAR TERM (Vote for one)
NO CANDIDATE REPUBLICAN
FREDDY De La TRINIDAD DEMOCRATIC
CHRISTOPHER J. TENNYSON REPUBLICAN
NO CANDIDATE
FOR MEMBERS OF THE COUNTY BOARD DISTRICT FOURTEEN (Vote for one)
DEMOCRATIC
COUNTY FOR MEMBERS OF THE COUNTY BOARD DISTRICT ONE (Vote for one)
AARON D. BOOKER
NO CANDIDATE
REPUBLICAN
TIMOTHY NABORS, JR. DEMOCRATIC
FOR MEMBERS OF THE COUNTY BOARD DISTRICT FIFTEEN (Vote for one)
REPUBLICAN
NO CANDIDATE
DEMOCRATIC
“Vote on the Proposition with respect to all or any of the Judges listed on this ballot. No Judge listed is running against any other Judge. The sole question is whether each Judge shall be retained in his or her present office.” SHALL EACH OF THE PERSONS LISTED BE RETAINED IN OFFICE AS JUDGE OF THE CIRCUIT COURT, SEVENTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT? LISA R. FABIANO YES NO SHALL EACH OF THE PERSONS LISTED BE RETAINED IN OFFICE AS JUDGE OF THE CIRCUIT COURT, SEVENTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT? GWYN GULLEY YES
BURT GERL REPUBLICAN
KIMBERLY HALEY DEMOCRATIC
NO SHALL EACH OF THE PERSONS LISTED BE RETAINED IN OFFICE AS JUDGE OF THE CIRCUIT COURT, SEVENTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT? RONALD J. “RON” WHITE YES NO
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SPECIMEN BALLOT (cont.) General Election – NOVEMBER 3, 2026 PUBLIC QUESTION(S)
NON- BINDING RESOLUTION SUBMITTING TO THE ELECTORS OF THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO, ILLINOIS BY REFERENDUM AN ADVISORY PUBLIC QUESTION CONCERNING VOTING QUALIFICATIONS “Should Illinois Law be changed to require voter to provide a valid photo identification once – either when registering to vote or before voting for the first time – while ensuring that all eligible citizens can obtain such identification free of charge and without unreasonable barriers?” YES NO NON-BINDING RESOLUTION SUBMITTING TO THE ELECTORS OF THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO, ILLINOIS BY REFERENDUM AN ADVISORY PUBLIC QUESTION CONCERNING AMENDING THE REDISTRICTING PROCESS FOR STATE LEGISLATIVE MAPS “Should legislative districts be compact, contiguous and equal in population, drawn by a non-partisan commission, not by elected officials, without consideration of party registration and voting history data?” YES NO NON-BINDING RESOLUTION SUBMITTING TO THE ELECTORS OF THE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO, ILLINOIS BY REFERENDUM AN ADVISORY PUBLIC QUESTION CONCERNING PROPERTY TAX RELIEF “Should the Illinois General Assembly pass legislation to cap and lower local property taxes and provide state funding to local government that agree to reduce property tax levies?” YES NO
Rockford Board of Elections 301 S. 6th Street Rockford, IL 61104 (815) 987-5750 www.voterockfordil.gov
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College Football
Georgia takes over at No. 1 in AP Top 25 with Notre Dame, Miami next; Oregon is out of the poll By Eric Olson Associated Press
Georgia moved up to No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25 on Sunday following its win at Alabama, Texas dropped six spots to No. 7 after its loss to rival Oklahoma and Oregon was unranked for the first time in four years after losing for the second time in the past month. The Bulldogs, who had been No. 2 for five straight polls while rolling off five straight lopsided wins, went on the road and beat Alabama 20-17 with the help of what appeared to be a missed pass interference call in the end zone late in the game. Georgia received 66 first-place votes from the panel of 70 media members after its first victory in Tuscaloosa since 2014 and ascended to the top of the poll for the first time since Sept. 8, 2024. Notre Dame, which tuned up for this week’s top-10 matchup at BYU with a 58-7 rout of Stanford, moved up one spot to No. 2. The Fighting Irish got one first-place vote and have their highest ranking since they were No. 2 in the final poll of the 2024 season. No. 3 Miami, which received two firstplace votes, is followed by Ohio State and Indiana. The Hoosiers, who received the remaining first-place vote, got a two-spot promotion after their narrow win at Nebraska.
Alabama remained No. 6, and Texas, BY U, M ississippi a nd Te x as Tech completed the top 10. Oregon came into the season with its highest preseason ranking ever at No. 2. The Ducks’ turnover-fueled 17-15 home loss to UCLA dropped them to 3-2 and knocked them out of the poll for the first time since they went from No. 11 to unranked following a 49-3 loss to Georgia in the 2022 opener. No. 12 UCLA and No. 15 Kentucky got the biggest promotions. The Bruins moved up nine spots with their win over Oregon, and the Wildcats went from unranked to No. 15 with their 35-34 overtime win over LSU, which dropped from No. 10 to No. 22.
In and out
In: Kentucky, which dropped out last week after beating South Carolina, is back in the poll with its highest ranking since early October 2022. In: No. 21 Wake Forest is 5-1 and ranked for the first time since late October 2022. In: No. 25 Northwestern, at 4-1, earned its first ranking under fourth-year coach David Braun. Out: Oregon hasn’t lost two of its first five games since the 2016 team opened 2-5 and finished 4-8. Out: Florida has gone from No. 8 to No. 16 to out of the rankings in two weeks following its 38-19 home loss to South
Carolina. Out: Pittsburgh managed just one touchdown on eight second-half possessions in a 21-17 home loss to North Carolina.
20 Houston. ACC (3): No. 3 Miami, No. 21 Wake Forest, No. 24 SMU. Pac-12 (1): No. 23 Boise State. Independent (1): No. 3 Notre Dame.
Poll points
Ranked vs. ranked
– This is the second time in three years there have been three or more No. 1 teams in the first six polls. Georgia, Texas and Alabama took turns holding the top spot in the first six polls in 2024. The only other time in the Top 25 era that three teams had been No. 1 at this point of a season was 1990. – Notre Dame and Miami, dubbed “Catholic vs. Convicts” rivals since their classic game in 1988, haven’t been together in the top three since Nov. 9, 1993. – Texas’ six-spot fall from No. 1 to No. 7 matched its drop following a season-opening loss to Ohio State last year.
Conference call
SEC (9 ranked teams): No. 1 Georgia, No. 6 Alabama, No. 7 Texas, No. 9 Mississippi, No. 13 Missouri, No. 14 Tennessee, No. 15 Kentucky, No. 16 Mississippi State, No. 22 LSU. Big Ten (6): No. 4 Ohio State, No. 5 Indiana, No. 12 UCLA, No. 17 Iowa, No. 19 USC, No. 25 Northwestern. Big 12 (5): No. 8 BYU, No. 10 Texas Tech, No. 11 Utah, No. 18 Oklahoma State, No.
PUBLIC NOTICE
PUBLIC NOTICE
EARLY VOTING AND GRACE PERIOD REGISTRATION & VOTING FOR CITY OF ROCKFORD VOTERS Any voter wishing to cast their ballot early for the General Election, November 3, 2026, may do so in person at the Rockford Board of Election Commissioners, 301 S. 6th St. Rockford, IL. Dates: Today thru Monday, October 23rd
Times: Monday thru Friday Saturday, October 24th Sunday, October 25th Monday, October 26th thru October 30th Saturday, October 31st Sunday, November 1st Monday, November 2nd
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 Noon 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Two documents are needed to Grace Period register and vote. They both must have your name and one needs your name and current address. Once an early ballot is requested the early voter may not go to the polls to vote in that election. City of Rockford voters may call our office at 815-987-5750 with any questions. Dated at Rockford, Illinois on October 14, 2026. ROCKFORD BOARD OF ELECTION COMMISSIONERS Russell L. Taylor, Jr. Jorge Paredes, Executive Director Ryan C. Brauns Michael Scheurich, Attorney Wendell Coates Brendan A. Maher, Chief Judge,
COMMISSIONERS
Seventeenth Judicial Circuit
No. 4 Ohio State at No. 5 Indiana: Ohio State plays its second top-five matchup of the season. Indiana won the last meeting 13-10 in the 2025 Big Ten championship game when the Hoosiers were No. 2 and the Buckeyes were No. 1. No. 2 Notre Dame at No. 8 BYU: Firstever top-10 matchup at LaVell Edwards Stadium. Cougars won the last time Notre Dame visited, in 2004. No. 16 Mississippi State at No. 22 LSU: First time the teams have met as ranked opponents since 2018. No. 6 Alabama at No. 14 Tennessee: Crimson Tide lost the last two times they’ve visited Knoxville. The big question for the Volunteers is who will start at quarterback. No. 13 Missouri at No. 9 Mississippi: Motivation will be no problem for Mizzou QB Austin Simmons. He began last season as Ole Miss’ starter, got hurt, recovered and stayed on the bench behind a guy named Trinidad Chambliss. No. 18 Oklahoma State at No. 20 Houston: This will be the first time these teams meet as ranked opponents.
Notice is hereby given that the “Testing of the Automatic Precinct Tabulation Optical Scan Technology Tabulating Equipment” required by Section 24B-9 of the Illinois Election Code, for tabulation of the votes of the November 3, 2026 General Election, will be held at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday, October 21, 2026 at the Rockford Board of Election Commissioners, 301 S. 6th Street, Rockford, Illinois. As prescribed by the Election Code, this test is open to representatives of the political parties, the press and the public. Russell L. Taylor, Jr. Ryan C. Brauns Wendell Coates ELECTION BOARD COMMISSIONERS
Jorge Paredes, Executive Director Michael Scheurich, Attorney Brenden A. Maher, Chief Judge, Seventeenth Judicial Circuit
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Street, Rockford, IL 61102. at the RHA Administrative Office. comparison of market factors, you file a verified claim for the This is to certify that the NOTICE is given of the death of at 10:00 AM CDT and closing on HOW TO SUBMIT COMMENTS Basis for the proposed utility including unit size and type, return of the property with the undersigned intend to conduct BEATRICE HORTON. Letters of Office October 28, 2026 at 10:00 AM subEmail: jfrancis@rockfordha.org allowances location, quality, age, amenities, Drug Asset Forfeiture Unit of the and transact a cleaning service were issued on September 14, 2026, ject to extension, and will sell at | Mail or drop box: Rockford HousRHA completed its annual housing services, maintenance, Winnebago County State’s Attorney business in said County and State to Jacque L. Horton of 729 Walden public sale to the highest bidder, n n n ing Authority, 223 S. Winnebago review in September 2026. The utilities provided by RHA, and any whose address is 400 West State under the name of Reva Collier Shores Lane, Brunswick, Georgia as set forth below, the following LEGAL NOTICE proposed allowances vary by de- required adjustment for tenant- Street, Rockford, IL 61101, setting Cleaning Service at the following 31525, who is the Independent The Board of Education, School Street, Rockford, IL 61102 Written comments must be velopment and bedroom size, in- paid utilities. RHA maintains forth your interest in the property post office addresses: 4638 Palm- Executor of the Estate. The attorney described real estate. District No. 205, Winnebago and LOT SEVEN (7) IN BLOCK Boone Counties, Illinois, will received by the deadline shown cluding ADA/504 categories where the supporting records used to and the reasons why your interest erstone Rd., Rockford, IL 61104; that for the Estate is Jacob E. Trotter, of ONE (1) AS DESIGNATED receive on or before 2:00 PM (CST), above. Please identify the notice applicable, and are designed to determine the proposed amounts; is not subject to forfeiture. You the true and real full names of all HARDYMAN & ASSOCIATES, LTD., 124 UPON THE PLAT OF LEVI approximate reasonable utility those records are available for have forty-five days from receipt persons owning, conducting or N. Water Street, Suite 100, Rockford, Tuesday, November 10, 2026 sealed you are commenting on. B. FULLER’S SUBDIVISION, Questions or accommodation use by an energy-conservative inspection upon request at the of this notice to file the verified transacting such business are as Illinois 61107. submittals for IFB No. 27-03 Marclaim with the State’s Attorney. follows: Reva Marie Collier Any claims against the Estate shall M.S. Roof & Fascia Replace- requests: Contact the Housing household of modest circum- address below. THE PLAT OF WHICH SUBIf you fail to file the claim SIGNED: Reva Marie Collier may be filed on or before March ment, terms to be in accordance Choice Voucher Program at (815) stances. The calculation considers Public review and comment DIVISION IS RECORDED IN 9/23/26 30, 2027, that date being at least with specifications which may be 489-8506 or email jfrancis@ current utility rates; unit size and Comments must be received within 45 days of receipt of this BOOK 12 OF PLATS ON PAGE Subscribed and sworn (or six (6) months from the date of reviewed at the Board of Education rockfordha.org. RHA will provide type; construction, location, and no later than 3:00 p.m. Central notice, any interest you may have 9 IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE Office, 501 Seventh St., 6th floor reasonable accommodations energy efficiency; and applicable Time on Wednesday, October 28, in the property will be forfeited to affirmed to) before me, this 23rd first publication, or within three (3) OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, day of September, A.D. 2026. months from the date of mailing conference room, Rockford, Illinois. and appropriate communication tenant-paid gas, electricity, heating 2026. When commenting, please the State of Illinois. ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE fuel, water, sewerage, solid-waste identify that your comments This notice is published at the Lori Gummow, County Clerk or delivery of Notice to creditors, All names of offerors submitting assistance upon request. COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO 27674R TRRT 10/14 disposal, and resident-supplied concern the proposed 2027 LIPH direction of the Winnebago County Krystal Soto, Deputy Clerk if mailing or delivery is required by will be publicly read at that time AND THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. n n n range or refrigerator costs. RHA’s Flat Rent Schedule. State’s Attorney’s Office - Civil 27647R TRRT 10/14 Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate and place. All offers submitted Commonly known as 1262-1264 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING ACOP states that RHA has not Bureau, 400 W. State St., Suite 804, n n n Act, 1975 as amended, whichever shall be valid for a period of at EMAIL You are hereby notified that installed air-conditioning; teleRockford, IL, Phone: (815) 319-4799. STATE OF ILLINOIS date is later. Any claim not filed ROSE AVE, ROCKFORD, IL 61102 least sixty (60) days from the date fwoitynek@rockfordha.org SIGNED: LAFAKERIA REUTER IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE by the requisite date stated above of set for receipt of offers. The the Zoning Board of Appeals of phone, cable/satellite television, Suggested subject: “2027 LIPH Property Index No. 11-27CHIEF of the CIVIL BUREAU, 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT shall be barred. Board of Education reserves the Winnebago County, Illinois will and internet service are excluded. Schedule Public Comment” 157-016 On behalf of, J. HANLEY COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO Claims against the Estate right to accept or reject any or all hold a public hearing on Tuesday, Basis for the proposed flat rents MAIL OR HAND DELIVERY The real estate is improved with RHA reviews flat rents annually STATE’S ATTORNEY PROBATE DIVISION must be filed with the Office of a Residential Property. The judgoffers. Package request forms are November 10, 2026 at 5:30 P.M., in Rockford Housing Authority Dated: 10/05/2026 IN RE THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE the Winnebago County Circuit ment amount was $147,290.68 Sale available on the District’s website, Room 303 of the Winnebago County using applicable HUD fair-marketAttn: Felice Woitynek 27677R TRRT 10/28 OF: Clerk - Probate Division at the rps205.com. Vendors registered Administration Building, 404 Elm rent requirements and market 223 S. Winnebago Street n n n DANIEL MARSHALL, Winnebago County Courthouse, Terms: Full Sale Terms are available with Bonfire can download pack- Street, Rockford, IL 61101 with factors such as unit size and type, Rockford, IL 61102 ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF Deceased. 400 West State Street, Rockford, on the property page at www. ages at no cost from their web-site regard to the following petition: location, quality, age, amenities, Implementation and resident auction.com by entering 1262-1264 A TEXT AMENDMENT -TO SEC- housing services, maintenance, INTENTION CASE NO: 2026-PR-195 Illinois 61101. – https://rps205.bonfirehub.com/ protections STATE OF ILLINOIS, CLAIM NOTICE E-filing is now mandatory for ROSE AVE into the search bar. If sold portal/?tab=openOpportunities TIONS OF CHAPTER 90, UNIFIED utilities provided by RHA, and any This notice does not, by itself, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO NOTICE is given of the death of documents in civil cases with lim- to anyone other than the Plaintiff, Dated this 13th day of October DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE (UDO), required adjustment for tenant- change any household’s rent. RHA OF THE WINNEBAGO COUNTY CODE paid utilities. This is to certify that the Daniel Marshall on June 17th, 2026. ited exemptions. To e-file, create the winning bidder must pay the 2026, Board of Education in will review timely comments and FOR THE PURPOSE OF DEFINING Supporting records and public complete the applicable approval undersigned intend to conduct Letters of Office were issued on an account with an e-filing service full bid amount within twenty-four and for the School District of DATA CENTER AND CLEARLY IDENcomment Rockford, Illinois. process before adopting a final and transact a garage door repair September 10th, 2026, to: Kendall provider. Visit https://efile.illi- (24) hours of the auction’s end. RHA’s supporting records— schedule. Any final change will and installation business in said Sturtevant as Administrator, who noiscourts.gov/service-providers. All payments must be certified Casey Ramas TIFING WHERE AND WHAT ZONING Director of Purchasing DISTRICTS ARE APPROPRIATE FOR including rates, consumption be implemented consistent with County and State under the name is the legal representative of the htm to learn more and to select a funds. No third-party checks will 27672R TRRT 10/14 A DATA CENTER, EITHER OUTRIGHT assumptions, calculation methods, annual rent-choice, annual-re- of Keenan Garage Door Company at estate. The attorney is Christian service provider. If you need furPERMITTED OR BY SPECIAL USE and the utility equipment and examination, financial-hardship, the following post office addresses: Solares, 4855 E State St Ste 24, ther help or have trouble e-filing, be accepted. All bidders will need n n n visit http://www.illinoiscourts.gov/ to register at www.auction.com ROCKFORD HOUSING AUTHORITY PERMIT, WITH THE ULTIMATE GOAL functions included—are available and required phase-in protections. 3227 Hanover Dr., Rockford, IL 61101; Rockford, IL 61108. OF ENSURING THAT THE SUBJECT for resident inspection upon Questions, inspection requests, that the true and real full names of Claims against the estate may FAQ/gethelp.asp or talk with your prior to placing a bid. The subject PUBLIC NOTICE property is subject to general real all persons owning, conducting or be filed within six (6) months from local circuit clerk’s office. NOTICE OF INTENT TO REVISE THE USE WILL BE CONSISTENTLY REG- request at the RHA Administrative and accessible formats ULATED WITH RESPECT TO THE Office. Comments must be received Copies of claims filed with the estate taxes, special assessments, HCV UTILITY ALLOWANCE To inspect supporting records, transacting such business are as the date of first publication. Any APPROPRIATE LOCATION FOR THE no later than 3:00 p.m. Central request a paper copy, or obtain this follows: Kyle Jeffrey Keenan claim not filed within six (6) months Circuit Clerk’s Office - Probate Divi- or special taxes levied against said SCHEDULES PROTECTION OF THE COMMUNITY- Time on Wednesday, October information in an accessible alterSIGNED: Kyle Jeffrey Keenan from the date of first publication sion, must be mailed or delivered real estate and is offered for sale COMMENT PERIOD OPENS PROCESSED PURSUANT TO THE 28, 2026. Please identify whether native format, email fwoitynek@ 9/23/26 or claims not filed within three (3) to the Estate legal representative without any representation as to September 23, 2026 PROCEDURES SET FORTH IN SEC- your comments concern the utility rockfordha.org or contact RHA at Subscribed and sworn (or months from the date of mailing and to his or her attorney within quality or quantity of title and COMMENTS DUE TION 4.1 OF CHAPTER 90, UNIFIED allowances, flat rents, or both. affirmed to) before me, this 23rd or delivery of Notice to Creditors, if ten (10) days after it has been filed. without recourse to plaintiff and October 27, 2026 • 3:00 p.m. (815) 489-8500. DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE (UDO), EMAIL mailing is required by Section 18-3 DATED: September 22, 2026 PROPOSED EFFECTIVE DATE Authority and policy refer- day of September, A.D. 2026. OF THE WINNEBAGO COUNTY CODE fwoitynek@rockfordha.org of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975, as Jacque L. Horton, in “AS IS” condition. The sale is January 1, 2027 ences: 24 CFR 960.253; RHA ACOP, Lori Gummow, County Clerk Giselle Mandujano, Deputy Clerk amended whichever date is later. Independent Executor further subject to confirmation by The Rockford Housing Au- (and as initiated by the Winnebago Suggested subject: “2027 LIPH Chapters 6 and 15. the court. Upon payment in full of Schedule Public Comment” 27645R TRRT 10/14 Any claim not filed by the requisite Attorney Jacob E. Trotter thority (RHA) is accepting public County Board via Resolution 2026 27676R TRRT 10/14 the amount bid, the purchaser will MAIL OR HAND DELIVERY n n n date stated above shall be barred. ARDC# 6330561 comments on proposed revisions CR 133), requested by Paul Arena, Rockford Housing Authority ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF Claims may be filed in the HARDYMAN & ASSOCIATES, LTD. receive a certificate of sale that will to the Housing Choice Voucher County Board Member for District Attn: Felice Woitynek INTENTION office of the Winnebago County 124 N. Water Street, Suite 100 (HCV) Utility Allowance Schedules. 7 (Administration Building, Winentitle the purchaser to a deed to Public Notices 223 S. Winnebago Street STATE OF ILLINOIS, Circuit Clerk-Probate Div. at the Rockford, Illinois 61107 The proposed schedules would nebago County Board Office, 404 the real estate after confirmation of n n n Rockford, IL 61102 COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO Winnebago County Courthouse, (815) 964-8888 be effective January 1, 2027, if Elm Street, Room 533, Rockford the sale. The property will NOT be SEIZING AGENCY IL 61101). Implementation This is to certify that the 400 W. State St., Rockford, IL 61101, jake@hardymanlaw.com approved. open for inspection and plaintiff CASE No. RP26-009392 All those interested in said This notice does not, by itself, undersigned intend to conduct or with the representative or both. Attorneys for the Estate of Review the proposal: The makes no representation as to Copies of claims filed with the Beatrice Horton, Deceased proposed HCV Utility Allowance petition may review associated file change any household’s rent. RHA NOTICE OF PENDING FORFEITURE and transact a lawn care business 27637R TRRT 10/14 the condition of the property, proSchedules follow this notice and (inclusive of the exact wording of will review timely comments and TO: Martiniano Carrera Garcia, in said County and State under Circuit Clerk’s Office-Probate Div., spective bidders are admonished the name of Good Quality Lawn must be mailed or delivered to the n n n will also be available on the RHA the proposed text amendment) at complete the applicable approval 1445 N. Sterling Avenue, Apt. Care at the following post office estate legal representative and to ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF to check the court file to verify all website at rockfordha.org and for the Winnebago County Community process before adopting final 212, Palatine IL, 60067 hereby information. If this property is a addresses: 2217 Richmond St., the attorney within ten days (10) INTENTION public review at the RHA Admin- Development (CD) Department, schedules. Any final changes will known as claimant. STATE OF ILLINOIS, istrative Office, 223 S. Winnebago Winnebago County Administration be implemented in accordance YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED THAT Rockford, IL 61101; that the true after it has been filed. condominium unit, the purchaser FORFEITURE PROCEEDINGS ARE Building, 404 Elm Street, Room with HUD requirements and RHA’s and real full names of all persons DATED: 09/24/2026 COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO Street, Rockford, IL 61102. of the unit at the foreclosure sale, 403, Rockford, IL 61101, during ACOP, including applicable an- NOW PENDING AGAINST THE THE owning, conducting or transacting Kendall Sturtevant This is to certify that the other than a mortgagee, shall pay HOW TO SUBMIT COMMENTS FOLLOWING PROPERTY: such business are as follows: Glenn Administrator undersigned intend to conduct the assessments and the legal Email: jfrancis@rockfordha.org regular business hours and/or nual-reexamination, rent-choice, Description (including VIN, Monte Jones; Elena Jones CHRISTIAN SOLARES #6325075 and transact a farm business in fees required by the Condominium | Mail or drop box: Rockford Hous- may attend and be heard at the hardship, reasonable-accommoSIGNED: Glenn Monte Jones Attorney for Estate said County and State under the ing Authority, 223 S. Winnebago above-mentioned public hearing. dation, and phase-in protections. serial or model no.): 2010 Nissan A qualified person with a disabil- Questions and accessible formats Titan, VIN# 1N6BA0ED2AN324392 9/23/26 4855 E State St Ste 24 name of Firefly Savanna Farm at the property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9 (g) Street, Rockford, IL 61102 To inspect supporting records, (Value $7,362.00) SIGNED: Elena Jones 9/23/26 Rockford, IL 61108 following post office addresses: 257 (l) and (g)(4). If this property is a Written comments must be ity, who needs an interpreter or Reason(s): (1) If a conveyance, Subscribed and sworn (or 27639R TRRT 10/14 S. Jackson Rd., Pecatonica, IL 61063; condominium unit which is part of received by the deadline shown other special accommodations in request a paper copy, or obtain this n n n that the true and real full names of a common interest community, the above. Please identify the notice order to attend or participate in a information in an accessible alter- including a motor vehicle, aircraft, affirmed to) before me, this 23rd public meeting, should contact Lori native format, email fwoitynek@ or vessel was seized, that the con- day of September, A.D. 2026. ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF all persons owning, conducting or purchaser of the unit at the forecloyou are commenting on. INTENTION transacting such business are as sure sale other than a mortgagee Questions or accommodation Gummow, County Clerk, by tele- rockfordha.org or contact RHA at veyance was used or intended for Lori Gummow, County Clerk use, to transport or in any manner Mary McRae, Deputy Clerk STATE OF ILLINOIS, follows: Benjamin Eugene Skipor shall pay the assessments required requests: Contact the Housing phone: 815/319-4250 no less than (815) 489-8500. Authority and policy refer- to facilitate the transportation, 27646R TRRT 10/14 COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO SIGNED: Benjamin Eugene Skipor by the Condominium Property Act, Choice Voucher Program at (815) three (3) business days prior to the n n n This is to certify that the un10/2/26 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE 489-8506 or email jfrancis@ meeting, or by mail at, Winnebago ences: 24 CFR 960.253; 24 CFR sale, receipt, possession, or conSubscribed and sworn (or THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), rockfordha.org. RHA will provide County Administration Building, 965.502–965.508; RHA ACOP, Chap- cealment of cannabis or controlled ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF dersigned intend to conduct and substances which have been proINTENTION transact a vehicle maintenance affirmed to) before me, this 2nd reasonable accommodations c/o Lori Gummow, County Clerk/ ters 6 and 15. YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN 27675R TRRT 10/14 duced, manufactured, delivered, or STATE OF ILLINOIS, service business in said County day of October, A.D. 2026. and appropriate communication Secretary, 404 Elm Street, Room IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS possessed in felony violation of the 104, Rockford, IL 61101. n n n COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO and State under the name of Lori Gummow, County Clerk assistance upon request. AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF Cannabis Control Act or any violaBrian Erickson, Chairman PUBLIC NOTICE This is to certify that the DL Santos at the following post Teresa Bravo, Deputy Clerk 27673R TRRT 10/14 Winnebago County PROPOSED 2027 LOW-INCOME tion of the Controlled Substances undersigned intend to conduct office addresses: 3133 Marshall 27667R TRRT 10/21 POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH n n n Act. (5) If a substance containing and transact a automotive main- St., Rockford, IL 61109; that the true SECTION 15-1701 (C) OF THE ILLINOIS Zoning Board of Appeals PUBLIC HOUSING FLAT RENT n n n ROCKFORD HOUSING AUTHORITY cannabis or a controlled substance tenance and service business and real full names of all persons IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. 27660R TRRT 10/21 SCHEDULE PUBLIC NOTICE was seized, that the substance in said County and State under owning, conducting or transacting SEVENTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT For information, contact Plaintiffs n n n Posted September 28, 2026 NOTICE OF INTENT TO REVISE THE was produced, manufactured, the name of Rosas Elite at the such business are as follows: Edgar WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES PC PUBLIC NOTICE COMMENT PERIOD HCV PAYMENT STANDARD delivered, distributed, dispensed, following post office addresses: Eliasin De Los Santos PROPOSED 2027 LIPH UTILITY Sept. 28–Oct. 28, 2026 Federal Home Loan Mortgage (630) 794-5300 please refer to file COMMENT PERIOD OPENS or possessed in violation of the 3236 10th St., Rockford, IL 61109; ALLOWANCE AND FLAT RENT COMMENT DEADLINE SIGNED: Edgar Eliasin De Los Corporation September 23, 2026 number 14-25-06420. Auction.com, Cannabis Control Act or the Con- that the true and real full names SCHEDULES 3:00 p.m. CT, Oct. 28 Santos 9/24/26 Plaintiff, COMMENTS DUE LLC 100 N LaSalle St., Suite 1400, trolled Substances Act. Posted September 28, 2026 PROPOSED EFFECTIVE DATE of all persons owning, conducting Subscribed and sworn (or -v.October 27, 2026 • 3:00 p.m. Chicago, IL 60602 - 872-225-4985 This property was seized by or transacting such business are as affirmed to) before me, this 24th COMMENT PERIOD January 1, 2027 Omeiza Suleman; PROPOSED EFFECTIVE DATE You can also visit www.auction. Sept. 28–Oct. 28, 2026 The Rockford Housing Au- law enforcement authorities on follows: Christopher Rosas day of September, A.D. 2026. et. al. January 1, 2027 com. Attorney File No. 14-25-06420 COMMENT DEADLINE thority (RHA) is accepting public 04/15/2026, at the location of 2013 SIGNED: Christopher Rosas Lori Gummow, County Clerk Defendants. The Rockford Housing AuCase Number: 2025-FC-0000469 3:00 p.m. CT, Oct. 28 comments on its proposed 2027 McFarland Road, Rockford, Win9/24/26 Ariel Rosas, Deputy Clerk 2025-FC-0000469 thority (RHA) is accepting public PROPOSED EFFECTIVE DATE Low-Income Public Housing (LIPH) nebago County, IL. This property Subscribed and sworn (or 27649R TRRT 10/14 1262-1264 ROSE AVE, comments on proposed revisions NOTE: PURSUANT TO THE FAIR January 1, 2027 Flat Rent Schedule. The proposed has been determined to be subject affirmed to) before me, this 24th n n n ROCKFORD, IL 61102 to the Housing Choice Voucher DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT, The Rockford Housing Au- schedule accompanies this notice to forfeiture under the provisions day of September, A.D. 2026. IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NOTICE OF SALE (HCV) Payment Standard. The proYOU ARE ADVISED THAT PLAINTIFF’S 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY ATTORNEY IS DEEMED TO BE A posed revision would be effective thority (RHA) is accepting public and is available for review on of the Controlled Substances Act Lori Gummow, County Clerk comments on proposed revisions the RHA website and at the RHA or the Cannabis Control Act for one Ariel Rosas, Deputy Clerk WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO January 1, 2027, if approved. of more reasons as stated above. 27648R TRRT 10/14 PROBATE DIVISION of Foreclosure and Sale entered Review the proposal: The pro- to its Low-Income Public Housing Administrative Office. SUMMARY OF PROCEDURAL n n n In the Matter of the Estate of: in the above cause on 2/6/2026, COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORposed 2027 HCV Payment Standard (LIPH) Utility Allowance Schedule Basis for the proposed flat rents RIGHTS RHA reviews flat rents annually. ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF BEATRICE HORTON, an agent of Auction.com, LLC will MATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED schedule will be available on the and Flat Rent Schedule. Both If you have an ownership in any INTENTION Deceased. conduct the Online Only auction at FOR THAT PURPOSE. RHA website at rockfordha.org and proposed schedules accompany The proposed amounts are based I3294819 STATE OF ILLINOIS, No. 2026-PR-231 www.auction.com, with the bidding for public review at the RHA Admin- this notice and are available for on applicable HUD fair-market- item listed above, any interest you istrative Office, 223 S. Winnebago review on the RHA website and rent requirements and RHA’s may have may be forfeited unless COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO CLAIM NOTICE window opening on 10/26/2026 P27629R TRRT 10/14
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n n n YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN 2207 Christina St., Rockford, IL attorney for the Estate is James 109, 110 AND 111 OF PLAT NO. with the legal estate representa- any bid and may rescind any LEAKE, LLC IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS 61104; that the true and real full M. DiVerde, Jr., of JMDJR Law, 555 S. 11 WILLOW CREEK BUSINESS tive, or both. purchase until the winning bidder Kelly E. Hintzsche, ARDC #6297246 SEVENTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF names of all persons owning, Perryville Road, Suite 230, Rockford, PARK, ALL SUBDIVISIONS Copies of claims filed with the takes possession of the personal 839 North Perryville Road, WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH conducting or transacting such Illinois 61108. BEING A PART OF THE Circuit Clerk’s Office-Probate Divi- property. All sales are final. Suite 200 NewRez LLC SECTION 15-1701 (C) OF THE ILLINOIS business are as follows: Jaime Any claims against the Estate SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF sion, must be mailed or delivered 27666R TRRT 10/14 Rockford, Illinois 61107 Plaintiff, MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For Rosas De Los Santos may be filed on or before April 7, SECTION 17 AND PART OF to the estate legal representative n n n (815) 414-5560 -v.information, contact Plaintiffs SIGNED: Jaime Rosas De Los 2027, that date being at least six THE NORTHEAST QUARTER and to his/her attorney within ten TAX DEED NO. 2026-TX-0000206 Attorneys for the Estate Otto Leo Scudder attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES PC Santos 9/24/26 (6) months from the date of first OF SECTION 20 AND ALSO days after it has been filed. FILED September 22, 2026 27635R TRRT 10/14 a/k/a Otto Leo Scudder Jr.; (630) 794-5300 please refer to file Subscribed and sworn (or publication, or within three (3) THAT PART OF THE NORTHDATED: October 1, 2026 TAKE NOTICE n n n et. al. number 14-26-01811. Auction.com, affirmed to) before me, this 24th months from the date of mailing EAST QUARTER OF SECTION By: Mark D. Brynteson, TO: STATE OF ILLINOIS Defendants. LLC 100 N LaSalle St., Suite 1400, day of September, A.D. 2026. or delivery of Notice to creditors, 20, ALL IN TOWNSHIP 46 one of their Attorneys LORI GUMMOW, IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 2026-FC-0000125 Chicago, IL 60602 - 872-225-4985 Lori Gummow, County Clerk if mailing or delivery is required by NORTH, RANGE 2 EAST OF 27664R TRRT 10/21 WINNEBAGO COUNTY CLERK; 2822 N ROCKTON AVE, 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT You can also visit www.auction. Ariel Rosas, Deputy Clerk Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MEn n n Eliza’s Properties, LLC; ROCKFORD, IL 61103 COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO com. Attorney File No. 14-26-01811 27650R TRRT 10/14 Act, 1975 as amended, whichever RIDIAN, THE PLAT OF WHICH IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE Eliza’s Bar & Grill; NOTICE OF SALE Case Number: 2026-FC-0000125 n n n date is later. Any claim not filed FIRST NAMED SUBDIVISION SEVENTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Occupant; PROBATE DIVISION PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY NOTE: PURSUANT TO THE FAIR ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF by the requisite date stated above IS RECORDED IN BOOK 43 WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS UNKNOWN OWNERS OR PARTIES IN RE THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT, INTENTION shall be barred. OF PLATS ON PAGE 85 IN In the Parental Responsibilities of INTERESTED; OF: of Foreclosure and Sale entered YOU ARE ADVISED THAT PLAINTIFF’S STATE OF ILLINOIS, Claims against the Estate THE RECORDER’S OFFICE, A.D.M.E. AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS. PATRICIA BRACKE, in the above cause on 7/9/2026, ATTORNEY IS DEEMED TO BE A COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO must be filed with the Office of SITUATED IN WINNEBAGO Mirian Senayda Enamorado This is NOTICE of the filing of Deceased. an agent of Auction.com, LLC will DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO This is to certify that the the Winnebago County Circuit COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Acosta the Petition for Tax Deed on the CASE NO: 2026-PR-210 conduct the Online Only auction at COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFOR- undersigned intend to conduct Clerk-Probate Division at the Common Address: 4055 Steele Petitioner following described property: CLAIM NOTICE www.auction.com, with the bidding MATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED and transact a cleaning business Winnebago County Courthouse, Drive, Machesney Park, Illinois and The Southerly 20 feet, NOTICE is given of the death of window opening on 11/16/2026 FOR THAT PURPOSE. in said County and State under the 400 West State Street, Rockford, 61115 Delmar Alexander Medina Isidro 7.5 inches in width of Lot Patricia Bracke on July 4th, 2026. at 10:00 AM CDT and closing on I3294816 name of Two Magic Hands Cleaning Illinois 61101. Title Holder of Record: Ranky Respondent. Sixteen (16) in Block Fifteen Letters of Office were issued on November 18, 2026 at 10:00 AM P27652R TRRT 10/21 Services at the following post office E-filing is now mandatory for Rockford, LLC, f/k/a Rockford Case No. 2026-GR-0000234 (15) as designated upon the September 22nd, 2026, to: Daren subject to extension, and will sell n n n addresses: 7065 Sorghum Lane, documents in civil cases with Option Care LLC, which holds ORDER map of the Town of Durand, at public sale to the highest bidder, IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE Cherry Valley, IL 61016; that the true limited exemptions. To e-file, record title under its former name Easton as Executor, who is the legal This matter coming before the the Plat of which is recorded as set forth below, the following 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT and real full names of all persons create an account with an e-filing by Warranty Deed dated April 28, Court for Status of Petitioner’s Moin Book 37 of Plats, on representative of the estate. The described real estate. WINNEBAGO COUNTY owning, conducting or transacting service provider. Visit https://efile. 2017 and recorded May 10, 2017 tion for Service by Publication, the Page 470, in the Recorder’s attorney is Christian Solares, 4855 LOTS ELEVEN (11) AND ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS such business are as follows: Eliana illinoiscourts.gov/ service-provid- in the Office of the Recorder of Court having been fully informed, Office of Winnebago County, E State St Ste 24, Rockford, IL 61108. TWELVE (12) AS DESIGNATED U.S. Bank National Association Ayala Camarena ers.htm to learn more and to select Winnebago County, Illinois as IT IS HEREBY ORDERED: Illinois, the Northerly line Claims against the estate may UPON THE PLAT OF GITCHELL PLAINTIFF SIGNED: Eliana Ayala Camarena a service provider. If you need fur- Document No. 20171014223. 1. Petitioner’s Motion for of said premises being be filed within six (6) months from SUBDIVISION OF PART OF Vs. 9/23/26 ther help or have trouble e-filing, Identification of Mortgages: (1) Service by Publication is GRANTED. parallel with the Southerly the date of first publication. Any THE EAST HALF (1/2) OF Trevor Rotolo; Subscribed and sworn (or visit http://www.illinoiscourts.gov/ Mortgage from Rockford Option 2. The parties are set to return line of said Lot; situated in claim not filed within six (6) months SECTION 10, TOWNSHIP 44 Illinois Housing Development affirmed to) before me, this 23rd FAQ/gethelp.asp. or talk with your Care LLC, to First National Bank for a status on publication on the Township of Durand, from the date of first publication NORTH, RANGE ONE, EAST Authority; day of September, A.D. 2026. local circuit clerk’s office. and Trust Company, dated April December 02, 2026 at 10:30 AM. County of Winnebago and or claims not filed within three (3) OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL Sunrun, Inc.; Lori Gummow, County Clerk Copies of claims filed with the 28, 2017, and recorded on May 10, 3. A Spanish interpreter will be State of Illinois. MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF Unknown Owners and Krystal Soto, Deputy Clerk Circuit Clerk’s Office - Probate Divi- 2017 as Document No. 20171014224; provided for the Petitioner during Property Index Number 05- months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to Creditors, if WHICH SUBDIVISION IS Nonrecord Claimants 27651R TRRT 10/14 sion, must be mailed or delivered (2) Assignment of Rents from the hearing. 10-451-010 RECORDED IN BOOK 14 DEFENDANTS n n n to the Estate legal representative Rockford Option Care LLC, to First Dated: 9/24/26 On February 26, 2027 at 9:30 mailing is required by Section 18-3 OF PLATS ON PAGE 219 IN No. 2026-FC-0000277 STATE OF ILLINOIS and to her attorney within ten (10) National Bank and Trust Company, /s/ Gwyn Gulley a.m., Courtroom 412 the Petitioner of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975, as THE RECORDER’S OFFICE NOTICE BY PUBLICATION IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE days after it has been filed. dated April 28, 2017, and recorded Judge intends to make application for an amended whichever date is later. OF WINNEBAGO COUNNOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU: 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DATED: September 29, 2026 on May 10, 2017 as Document No. Omar Salguero order on the petition that a Tax Any claim not filed by the requisite TY, ILLINOIS, EXCEPTING Trevor Rotolo COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO Robin Maurer, 20171014225. ARDC # 6311354 Deed be issued. The real estate date stated above shall be barred. THEREFROM THAT PORTION Unknown Owners and NonrePROBATE DIVISION Independent Administrator Now, therefore, unless you, the Law Offices of Omar Salguero was sold on November 18, 2025 for Claims may be filed in the CONVEYED TO THE CITY OF cord Claimants IN RE THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE Attorney James M. DiVerde, Jr. - said defendants, “Unknown Own- 7210 E. State St., Ste. 206 general taxes of the year 2024. The office of the Winnebago County ROCKFORD IN WARRANTY That this case has been OF: ARDC# 6312675 ers” and “Non-Record Claimants” Rockford, IL 61108 period of redemption will expire Circuit Clerk-Probate Div. at the DEED RECORDED JULY 30, commenced in this Court against CAROL SUE LANDERS, JMDJR Law file your answer in said suit or (815) 446-0770 January 29, 2027. 2004 AS DOCUMENT NO. you and other defendants, praying Deceased. 555 S. Perryville Road, Suite 230 otherwise make your appearance omar@omarsalguerolaw.com G. Michael Scheurich, Winnebago County Courthouse, 0450925, SITUATED IN THE for the foreclosure of a certain CASE NO: 2026-PR-141 Rockford, Illinois 61108 therein in the said Circuit Court Attorney for Petitioner Attorney for Petitioner 400 W. State St., Rockford, IL 61101, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO Mortgage conveying the premises CLAIM NOTICE (815) 785-8855 for the Judicial Circuit, Winneba27665R TRRT 10/21 (815) 636-9600 or with the representative or both. Copies of claims filed with the AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. described as follows, to-wit: NOTICE is given of the death of jim@jmdjr-law.com go County, Illinois, on or before n n n 27642R TRRT 10/14 Circuit Clerk’s Office-Probate Div., Commonly known as 2822 N COMMONLY KNOWN AS: Carol Sue Landers on September Attorneys for the Estate of KEVIN November 2, 2026, default may be NOTICE OF PUBLIC SELF STORAGE n n n ROCKTON AVE, ROCKFORD, IL 61103 must be mailed or delivered to the 1739 Bracknel Blvd 22nd, 2025. Letters of Office were A. GREENAWAY, Deceased entered against you and each of AUCTION STATE OF ILLINOIS Property Index No. 11-10Rockford, IL 61103 issued on August 25th, 2026, to: Lela 27661R TRRT 10/21 you at any time after that day and Notice is hereby given that IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE estate legal representative and to 428-023 and which said Mortgage was Frey as Executor, who is the legal n n n a decree entered in accordance Boxed Up Self Storage, or its Affil17TH JUDICIAL COURT the attorney within ten days (10) The real estate is improved made by: representative of the estate. The STATE OF ILLINOIS with the prayer of said complaint. iates, on behalf of the Owner of the COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO after it has been filed. with a Single Family Residence. The Trevor Rotolo attorney is Christian Solares, 4855 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE Dated: 9-29-26 facilities indicated below, intends PROBATE DIVISION DATED: 09/23/2026 judgment amount was $171,338.24 the Mortgagor(s), to Mortgage E State St Ste 24, Rockford, IL 61108. SEVENTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WILLIAMSMcCARTHY LLP to hold its public sale to satisfy a In the Matter of the Estate of Daren Easton Sale Terms: Full Sale Terms are Electronic Registration Systems, Claims against the estate may WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS /s/ Troy E. Haggestad, lien by selling personal property ANNABETH L. PROPST, Executor available on the property page at Inc., as mortgagee, as nominee be filed within six (6) months from BANK FIRST, N.A., a national one of its attorneys belonging to those individuals Deceased. CHRISTIAN SOLARES #6325075 www.auction.com by entering 2822 for Midwest Community Bank, as the date of first publication. Any banking association, as successor Prepared By: listed below for cash on October Case No.: 2026-PR-216 Attorney for Estate N ROCKTON AVE into the search Mortgagee, and recorded in the claim not filed within six (6) months by merger to FIRST NATIONAL Troy E. Haggestad 21, 2026 at approximately 7pm CST. CLAIM NOTICE bar. If sold to anyone other than Office of the Recorder of Deeds from the date of first publication BANK AND TRUST COMPANY, WilliamsMcCarthy LLP Boxed Up Self Storage – Notice is given of the death of 4855 E State St Ste 24 the Plaintiff, the winning bidder of Winnebago County, Illinois, as or claims not filed within three (3) Plaintiff, 120 West State Street Rockford ANNABETH L. PROPST of Rockford, Rockford, IL 61108 27636R TRRT 10/14 must pay the full bid amount Document No. 20201017446; and months from the date of mailing v. P.O. Box 219 2685 Sandhutton Ave, Illinois. Letters of Office were n n n within twenty-four (24) hours of the for other relief; that summons or delivery of Notice to Creditors, if RANKY ROCKFORD, LLC, a Virginia Rockford, Illinois 61105 Rockford, IL 61109-1788 issued on August 31, 2026, to auction’s end. All payments must was duly issued out of said Court mailing is required by Section 18-3 limited liability company, f/k/a (815) 987-8900 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION Unit # - Tenant ALEXIS KAE COMPTON of Chicago, be certified funds. No third-party against you as provided by law and of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975, as ROCKFORD OPTION CARE LLC; thaggestad@wilmac.com #223 - Peyton, Cara; Illinois, whose attorney is Kelly E. In the Interest of: checks will be accepted. All bid- that the said suit is now pending. amended whichever date is later. SAI AVULA; 27662R TRRT 10/21 #1007 - Ellis, Linda; Hintzsche, Allen Galluzzo Hevrin MI’ZAYAH MARNIQUE PARCHMON, ders will need to register at www. NOW, THEREFORE, UNLESS YOU Any claim not filed by the requisite SURESH KUNAPAREDDY; n n n #51 - Haywood, Precious. Leake, LLC, 839 North Perryville A Minor. auction.com prior to placing a bid. file your answer or otherwise file date stated above shall be barred. VENKAT NIMMAGADDA; STATE OF ILLINOIS Boxed Up Self Storage – Road, Suite 200, Rockford, Illinois CASE NO: 26 GR 272 The subject property is subject to your appearance in this case in the Claims may be filed in the SUJANA RAYANI; IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE Loves Park 61107. TO: DONTE WALDINGTON AND ALL general real estate taxes, special Office of the Clerk of this Court, office of the Winnebago County SANDHYA YANAMADALA; 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT 1511 E Riverside Blvd, Claims against the estate may WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: assessments, or special taxes Thomas A. Klein Circuit Clerk-Probate Div. at the RED BULL DISTRIBUTION COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO Loves Park, IL 61111 be filed on or before March 30, Take notice that on the 29th levied against said real estate Clerk of the Circuit Court Winnebago County Courthouse, COMPANY, INC.; In Re: Estate of Unit # - Tenant 2027, that date being at least six and is offered for sale without 400 West State Street, Room 108 400 W. State St., Rockford, IL 61101, UNKNOWN OWNERS; and Bama Mae Dismuke #909 - Marcial, Eva; (6) months from the date of first day of September, 2026, a Petition to Appoint Co-Guardians of the any representation as to quality Rockford, IL 61101 or with the representative or both. NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, Deceased. #2035 - Jones, Dana; publication, or within three (3) or quantity of title and without on or before November 6, Copies of claims filed with the Defendants. Case No. 2026-PR-233 #1209 - Rodgers, Christa; months from the date of mailing Person of the Minor was filed in recourse to plaintiff and in “AS 2026, A DEFAULT MAY BE ENTERED Circuit Clerk’s Office-Probate Div., Case No. 2026-FC-366 CLAIM NOTICE #511 - McNutt, Scott; or delivery of Notice to Creditors, the Circuit Court of Winnebago IS” condition. The sale is further AGAINST YOU AT ANY TIME AFTER must be mailed or delivered to the PUBLICATION NOTICE OF NOTICE is given of the death #612 - Friis, Steven. if mailing or delivery is required by County, Illinois, 17th Judicial subject to confirmation by the THAT DAY AND A JUDGMENT MAY estate legal representative and to FORECLOSURE of Bama Mae Dismuke. Letters of Boxed Up Self Storage – Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate Circuit, and that on the first floor court. Upon payment in full of BE ENTERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH the attorney within ten days (10) To: UNKNOWN OWNERS and Office were issued on September Machesney Park Act, 1975, as amended, whichever of the Winnebago County Juvenile the amount bid, the purchaser will THE PRAYER OF SAID COMPLAINT. after it has been filed. NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS 17, 2026 to Donna Davis, 3405 N. 7171 Mitchell Rd, date is later. Any claim not filed Justice Center, on the 26th day of receive a certificate of sale that will CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. DATED: 09/24/2026 The requisite affidavit for pub- 46th Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Machesney Park, IL 61115 by the requisite date stated above October, 2026 at the hour of 8:30 entitle the purchaser to a deed to Attorneys for Plaintiff Lela Frey lication having been filed, notice is 53216, who is the legal representa- Unit # - Tenant shall be barred. a.m., or as soon thereafter as this the real estate after confirmation of 15W030 North Frontage Road, Executor hereby given you, Unknown Own- tive of the estate. The attorney for #173 - Rogers, Cole; Claims against the estate cause may be heard, a hearing the sale. The property will NOT be Suite 100 CHRISTIAN SOLARES #6325075 ers and Non-Record Claimants, the estate is MARK D. BRYNTESON, #103 - Kunes, Tyler; may be filed in the office of the will be held upon the Petition open for inspection and plaintiff Burr Ridge, IL 60527 Attorney for Estate defendants in the above-entitled 2969 Rolling Meadow Court, Belvi- #109 - Rogers, Todd. clerk of the Circuit Court at the makes no representation as to (630) 794-5300 4855 E State St Ste 24 cause, that the above suit has been dere, Illinois 61008, Office Phone Boxed Up Self Storage - Mulford Winnebago County Courthouse, to Appoint Co-Guardians of the the condition of the property, pro- DuPage # 15170 Rockford, IL 61108 commenced in the Circuit Court for 708-667-6868. Claims against the 4050 N Mulford Rd, Probate Division, 400 West State Person of the Minor. Now, unless you appear at the spective bidders are admonished Winnebago # 531 27640R TRRT 10/14 the 17th Judicial Circuit, Winnebago estate may be filed on or before Loves Park, IL 61111 Street, Rockford, Illinois 61101, or to check the court file to verify all Our File No. 14-26-04338 n n n County, Illinois, by the said plaintiff April 7, 2027, that date being at Unit # - Tenant with the estate legal representa- hearing and show cause against the Petition, the Petition may be information. If this property is a NOTE: This law firm is a debt IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE against you and other defendants, least six (6) months from the date #524 - Singh, Rajkam; tives, or both. condominium unit, the purchaser collector. 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT praying for foreclosure of Judgment of first publication, or within three #611 - Ihonde, Mohammed. Copies of claims filed with the taken for confessed as against of the unit at the foreclosure sale, I3295359 WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS and other relief on the following (3) months from the date of mailing The auction will be listed and Clerk must be mailed or delivered you and an Order, Judgment or other than a mortgagee, shall pay P27653R TRRT 10/21 PROBATE DIVISION described property in which you or delivery of Notice to creditors, advertised on www.storagetrea- to the estate legal representatives Decree entered. the assessments and the legal n n n In the Matter of the Estate of: have or claim an interest: if mailing or delivery is required sures.com. See website for terms and to the attorney within ten (10) Dated at Rockford, Illinois this fees required by the Condominium ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF KEVIN A. GREENAWAY, LOTS 2, 3 AND 4 AS by 755 ILCS 5/18-3 of the Illinois and conditions. Units will be days after it has been filed. 29th day of September, 2026. property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9 (g) INTENTION Deceased. DESIGNATED UPON PLAT NO. Probate Act, 1975 as amended, available for viewing prior to the ALEXIS KAE COMPTON, Thomas Klein (l) and (g)(4). If this property is a STATE OF ILLINOIS, No. 2026-PR-0000225 12 WILLOW CREEK BUSINESS whichever date is later. Any claim sale on www.storagetreasures.com. Executor for the Estate Clerk of the Circuit Court condominium unit which is part of COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO CLAIM NOTICE PARK, BEING A RE-SUBDIVInot filed by the requisite date as A buyer’s premium up to 15%, and of ANNABETH L. PROPST, a common interest community, the This is to certify that the unNOTICE is given of the death SION OF THE FOLLOWING stated above shall be barred. a cleaning deposit will be charged Deceased ERIN L. NASH #6304953 purchaser of the unit at the foreclo- dersigned intend to conduct and of KEVIN A. GREENAWAY. Letters of SUBDIVISIONS; LOTS 11, 12 Claims against the estate may per unit. Purchases must be made By: ALLEN GALLUZZO HEVRIN Nash Law Office, P.C. sure sale other than a mortgagee transact a automotive repair and Office were issued on September AND 13 OF PLAT NO. 4 WILbe filed in the office of the Win- with cash only and paid at Boxed LEAKE, LLC 4615 East State Street, Suite 101 shall pay the assessments required maintenance services business in 4, 2026, to Robin Maurer of 318 LOW CREEK BUSINESS PARK, nebago County Circuit Clerk-Pro- Up Operations Center located at By: /s/ Kelly E. Hintzsche Rockford, IL 61108 by the Condominium Property Act, said County and State under the Morningside Drive, Rockford, IlliLOTS 94 AND 95 OF PLAT NO. bate Division at the Winnebago 1511 E Riverside Blvd, Loves Park, IL One of their Attorneys (815) 397-7500 erin@nashlawofficepc.com 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE name of Diesel Service Rosas at nois 61108, who is the Independent 9 WILLOW CREEK BUSINESS County Courthouse, 400 W. State 61111 to complete the transaction. PREPARED BY: THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), the following post office addresses: Administrator of the Estate. The PARK, LOTS 104, 106, 107, 108, Street, Rockford, Illinois 61101, or Boxed Up Self Storage may refuse ALLEN GALLUZZO HEVRIN 27663R TRRT 10/21
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n n n NETTE TUGGLE, are hereby notified above entitled cause Intercounty dial any of the numbers below from Rockford Illinois on August 17, 475 Executive Parkway Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate offices at 45 E Burlington St. #119, IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE that is no objection is filed with Judicial Sales Corporation will on a phone: (312) 626-6799, (646) 558- 2026. Letters of office were issued Rockford, Illinois 61107 Act, 1975 as amended, whichever Riverside, IL 60546. 17th JUDICIAL CIRCUIT the Court within 42 days after November 19, 2026, at the hour 8656, or (346) 248-7799. A JUDGMENT on, October 1, 2026, to SHERILL Phone: (815) 397-2006 date is later. Any claim not filed Claims may be filed on or COUNTY OF Winnebago the filing of said report, the said 1:00 p.m., Intercounty’s Winnebago BY DEFAULT MAY BE TAKEN AGAINST GNESDA, 1317 Post Drive Rockford, Fax: (815) 394-1955 by the requisite date stated above before April 14, 2027, that date Rockford, ILLINOIS Independent Administrator will be County office, 7210 East State Street, YOU FOR THE RELIEF ASKED IN THIS IL 61108, as independent excutor, Email: shall be barred. Copies of any claim being at least six (6) months from FREEDOM MORTGAGE discharged and the estate closed. Rockford, IL 61108, sell, in person, COMPLAINT. whose attorney is TOBIN, RAMON jjoseph@thecrosbylawfirm.com filed with the Clerk must be mailed the date of first publication, or CORPORATION E-filing is now mandatory for to the highest bidder for cash, the Prepared by: & BARBER, 530 South State Street; // or delivered to the representative within three (3) months from the Plaintiff documents in civil cases with following described mortgaged Alexis Simmons, Simmons Suite 200, Belvidere, IL 61008-3711. banderson@thecrosbylawfirm. and to the attorney within ten (10) date of mailing or delivery of notice vs. limited exemptions. To e-file, you real estate: Law, LLC, The estate will be administered com days after it is filed. to any known creditor required by JENNIFER BROWN must first create an account with LOT EIGHT (8) IN BLOCK One Court Place Ste 202, Rock- without court supervision, unless 27679R TRRT 10/28 E-filing is now mandatory for Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate A/K/A JENNIFER ROMINE-BROWN; an e-filing service provider. Visit THREE (3) AS DESIGNATED ford, IL 61101, under 5/28-4 of the Probate Act n n n documents in civil cases with Act of 1975 as amended, whichever SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND http://efile.illinoiscourts.gov/serUPON THE PLAT OF ROCK (815) 570-9662, (755 ILCS 5/28-4), an interested STATE OF ILLINOIS limited exceptions. To e-file, you date is later. Any claim not filed URBAN DEVELOPMENT; vice-providers.htm to learn more VIEW ADDITION TO THE CITY alexis@simmonslaw.org. person terminates independent IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE must first create an account with by the requisite date stated shall UNKNOWN OWNERS AND and to select a service provider. If OF ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS THE 27643R TRRT 10/14 administration at any time by 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT an e-filing service provider. Visit be barred. NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS you need additional help or have PLAT OF WHICH ADDITION n n n mailing or delivering a petition to COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO https://efile.illinoiscourts.gov/ Claims against the estate Defendant trouble e-filing, visit http://www.ilIS RECORDED IN BOOK 10 STATE OF ILLINOIS terminate to the clerk. PROBATE DIVISION service-providers.htm to learn may be filed in the office of the 26 FC 137 linoiscourts.gov/FAQ/gethelp.asp. OF PLATS ON PAGE 4 IN IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE Claims against the estate IN RE THE ESTATE OF: more and to select a service Winnebago County Circuit Clerk CALENDAR ANDERSON LAW OFFICES PC THE RECORDER’S OFFICE, 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT may be filed in the Office of the BARBARA J. PROCHNICKI, provider. If you need additional Probate Division at the Winnebago NOTICE OF SALE (ARDC 6324210) IN WINNEBAGO COUNTY, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO Winnebago County Circuit Clerk -Deceased. help or have trouble e-filing, visit PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given 5711 N LINCOLN AVENUE ILLINOIS, EXCEPTING THE IN RE THE MARRIAGE OF: Probate Division at the Winnebago CASE NO. 2026-PR-143 http://www.illinoiscourts.gov/F County Courthouse, 400 W. State Street, Rockford, Illinois 61101, that pursuant to a Judgment CHICAGO, IL 60659 NORTH THIRTY EIGHT (38) KATHLEEN MORGAN, County Courthouse, at 400 W. State CLAIM NOTICE AQ/gethelp.asp. with the Independent Executor, of Foreclosure entered in the I3295652 FEET IN WIDTH OF SAID Petitioner, Street, Rockford, IL 61101, or with NOTICE is hereby given of the Dated: 10/8/2026 above entitled cause Intercounty P27669R TRRT 10/28 LOT, THE SOUTH LINE OF vs. the representative, or both, on or death of Barbara J. Prochnicki. A /s/ Natasha M. Hendrickson, or both. Copies of any claim filed Judicial Sales Corporation will on n n n SAID EXCEPTING TRACT JASON MORGAN, before April 14, 2027, which date is Petition Letters of AdministraIndependent Executor with the Circuit Clerk’s Office, November 19, 2026, at the hour IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE BEING PARALLEL WITH THE Respondent. not less than six (6) months from tion was filed on June 11, 2026, /s/ Franklin J. Eubank, Jr., Probate Division, must be mailed 1:00 p.m., Intercounty’s Winnebago SEVENTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT NORTH LINE OF SAID LOT; CASE NO. 2026 DN 234 the date of the first publication of requesting that Letters of Office Attorney at Law or delivered to the Independent Administrator and to the attorney County office, 7210 East State Street, WINNEBAGO COUNTY, SITUATED IN THE COUNTY NOTICE OF SUMMONS BY this notice, or, if mailing or delivery be issued to Karen McCollom, as Prepared By: for the estate within ten (10) days Rockford, IL 61108, sell, in person, 400 WEST STATE STREET, OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE PUBLICATION of a notice from the representative Administrator of the Estate. Letters FRANKLIN J. EUBANK, JR. after it has been filed. to the highest bidder for cash, the ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS OF ILLINOIS. TO: JASON MORGAN is required by section 5/18-3 of of Office were issued on August 25, (#6208840) Attorney at Law The estate will be administered following described mortgaged ESTATE OF P.I.N. 11-36-226-012. THE REQUISITE AFFIDAVIT FOR the Probate Act, the date stated 2026, appointing Karen McCollom 126 N. Church Street without court supervision, unless, real estate: Arthur Ryan Johnson, Commonly known as 1615 18th PUBLICATION having been filed, in that notice. Any claim not filed as Administrator of the Estate. The Rockford, IL 61101-1002 under Section 28-4 of the Probate LOT 30 AS DESIGNATDECEASED. Street, Rockford, Illinois 61104. and the Court having given Peti- on or before that date is barred. attorney for the Estate is Dennis Telephone: (815) 961-9668 ED UPON PLAT NO. 2 OF Act of 1975 (755 ILCS 5/28-4), any 26 PR 84 The real estate is: single family tioner leave to serve the following Copies of any claim filed with the G. Steeves, on behalf of A Law Facsimile: (815) 965-9451 ORCHARD VIEW ESTATES Notice is given to creditors of residence. If the subject mortgaged named Respondent by publication; Clerk must be mailed or delivered Office of Crosby & Associates, P.C., E-mail: frank@feubanklaw.com interested person terminates BEING A SUBDIVISION OF independent administration at the death of the above named real estate is a unit of a common NOW TAKE NOTICE that you, to the representative and to the 475 Executive Parkway, Rockford, Attorney for Petitioner PART OF THE NORTH HALF decedent. Letters of office were interest community, the purchaser JASON MORGAN, are a Respon- attorney within 10 days after it Illinois 61107. 27681R TRRT 10/28 any time by mailing or delivering OF SECTION 3, TOWNSHIP issued to Veena Johnson, 859 Sher- of the unit other than a mortgagee dent in the above-entitled suit. has been filed. All claims against the Estate n n n a petition to terminate to the Clerk 45, RANGE 2, THE PLAT OF man Avenue, Janesville, Wisconsin shall pay the assessments required Suit has been commenced in the DATED: January 13, 2026 must be filed within six (6) months STATE OF ILLINOIS of the Court. WHICH SUBDIVISION IS 53545, as Independent Adminis- by subsection(g-1) of Section 189.5 Circuit Court of Winnebago County, SHERILL GNESDA from the date of first publication, IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE Respectfully Submitted, RECORDED IN BOOK 36 trator, whose attorney of record of the Condominium Property Act. Illinois by said Petitioner against Independent Executor or within three (3) months from the 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT /s/ Terrence M. Jordan OF PLATS ON PAGE 23 IN is Bradley Kupiec, The Heartland Sale terms: At sale, the bidder must you praying that a Judgment for Tobin, Ramon & Barber date of mailing or delivery of Notice COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO Terrence M. Jordan THE RECORDER’S OFFICE Law Firm, 1545 Waukegan Road, have 10% (or 25% if so ordered in Dissolution of Marriage be entered. Natalie Hyser Barber to Creditors, if mailing or delivery PROBATE DIVISION Dated this 9th day of OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, Suite 1-3, Glenview, Illinois 60025. the Judgement of Foreclosure) A Summons was previously ARDC: 6301826 is required pursuant to 755 ILCS IN RE THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE October 2026. ILLINOIS, SITUATED IN THE The estate will be administered down by certified funds, balance issued against you and it was Attorneys for Petitioner 5/18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act OF: Terrence M. Jordan #22017 COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO without court supervision, unless within 24 hours, by certified funds. returned not served by the process 530 South State Street; Suite 200 of 1975, as amended, whichever MANUEL ANTONIO MENDEZ, Integrity Law Group LLC AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. under section 5/28-4 of the Probate No refunds. The property is sold AS server. You are hereby served with Belvidere, IL 61008-3711 date is later. Any claim not filed Deceased. Attorneys for the Estate P.I.N. 08-03-178-004. Act (Ill. Compiled Stat. 1992, Ch. 755, IS subject to all liens or encum- this Notice of Publication. (815) 544-0316 within the applicable time period CASE NO: 2026-PR-211 45 East Burlington #119 Commonly known as 6457 par. 5/28-4) any interested person brances. The property will NOT be NOW THEREFORE, unless you, natalie@tobinramon.com shall be barred. CLAIM NOTICE Riverside, IL 60546 Stonington Way, Roscoe, IL 61073. terminates independent adminis- open for inspection. Prospective JASON MORGAN, the said above 27678R TRRT 10/28 Claims against the Estate may NOTICE is given of the death 312.346.2468 The real estate is: single family tration at any time by mailing or bidders are admonished to check named Respondent, file your ann n n be filed with the Office of the Win- of Manuel Antonio Mendez on jordanlawpc@aol.com residence. If the subject mortgaged delivering a petition to terminate the circuit court case record, swer to the Petition in said suit or STATE OF ILLINOIS nebago County Circuit Clerk—Pro- September 13th, 2023. Letters of 27683R TRRT 10/28 real estate is a unit of a common to the clerk. property tax record and the title otherwise make your appearance IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE bate Division, Winnebago County Office were issued on September n n n interest community, the purchaser Claims against the estate may record to verify all information therein, in the Office of the Clerk 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Courthouse, 400 W. State Street, 28th, 2026, to: Maria Emma Conde STATE OF ILLINOIS of the unit other than a mortgagee be filed with the clerk or with the before bidding. IF YOU ARE THE of the Circuit Court of Winnebago COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO Rockford, Illinois 61101, or with Pena who is the legal representashall pay the assessments required representative, or both, on or MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU County, Illinois in the Courthouse PROBATE DIVISION the Estate’s legal representative, tive of the estate. The attorney is IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT by subsection(g-1) of Section 189.5 before April 14, 2027, or, if mailing HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN in the City of Rockford, Illinois on or IN RE THE ESTATE OF: or with both. Christian Solares, 4855 E State St COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO of the Condominium Property Act. or delivery of a notice from the POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER before November 17, 2026, a default RAYMOND JOSEPH GRANDE, A copy of any claim filed with Ste 24, Rockford, IL 61108. IN RE THE MARRIAGE OF: Sale terms: At sale, the bidder must representative is required by THE ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POS- may be entered against you at any Deceased. the Circuit Clerk’s Office—Probate Claims against the estate may ANNA IXCHEL PAGAN, have 10% (or 25% if so ordered in section 5/18-3 of the Probate Act, SESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH time after that date and a Decree CASE NO. 2026-PR-224 Division must be mailed or deliv- be filed within six (6) months from Petitioner, the Judgement of Foreclosure) the date stated in that notice. Any SECTION 15-1701(c) OF THE ILLINOIS entered in accordance with the CLAIM NOTICE ered to the Estate’s legal represen- the date of first publication. Any vs. down by certified funds, balance claim not filed on or before that MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. prayer of said Petition. NOTICE is hereby given of tative and to the Estate’s attorney claim not filed within six (6) months JAZMIN JM WILLIAMS, within 24 hours, by certified funds. date is barred. Copies of a claim For information call Sales Keri A. Johnson - #6315747 the death of Raymond Joseph within ten (10) days after filing. from the date of first publication Respondent. No refunds. The property is sold AS filed with the clerk must be mailed Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, BARRICK, SWITZER, LONG, Grande. A Petition to Admit Last /s/ Dennis G. Steeves, or claims not filed within three (3) Case No. 2026-DN-52 IS subject to all liens or encum- or delivered by the claimant to Sottile & Barile, LLC, 7530 Lucerne BALSLEY & VAN EVERA, LLP Will and Testament and Issue Attorney for Executor months from the date of mailing NOTICE BY PUBLICATION brances. The property will NOT be the representative and to the Drive, Suite 210, Middleburg 6833 Stalter Drive Letters Testamentary was filed on PREPARED BY: or delivery of Notice to Creditors, if NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to open for inspection. Prospective attorney within 10 days after it Heights, Ohio 44130. (440) 572-1511. Rockford, IL 61108 September 3, 2026, requesting that A Law Office of Crosby & mailing is required by Section 18-3 bidders are admonished to check has been filed. ILF2406015 P: 815.962.6611/ Letters Testamentary be issued to Associates, P.C. of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975, as Respondent Jazmin JM Williams the circuit court case record, E-filing is now mandatory for INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES service.kjohnson@bslbv.com Linda Pinkston, as Executor of the 475 Executive Parkway amended whichever date is later. that Petitioner Anna Ixchel Pagan property tax record and the title documents in civil cases with CORPORATION 27638R TRRT 10/14 Estate. Letters of Office were issued Rockford, Illinois 61107 Any claim not filed by the requisite has caused to be filed a PETITION record to verify all information limited exemptions. To e-file, you intercountyjudicialsales.com n n n on September 28, 2026, appointing Phone: (815) 397-2006 date stated above shall be barred. FOR DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE before bidding. IF YOU ARE THE must first create an account with I3295555 ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF Linda Pinkston as Executor of the Fax: (815) 394-1955 Claims may be filed in the office and other relief in the above-capMORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU an e-filing service provider. Visit P27671R TRRT 10/28 INTENTION Estate. The attorney for the Estate is Email: of the Winnebago County Circuit tioned cause of action. You are HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN http://efile.illinoiscourts.gov/sern n n STATE OF ILLINOIS, Jacob M. Joseph, on behalf of A Law dsteeves@thecrosbylawfirm.com Clerk-Probate Div. at the Winneba- further notified that if you fail to POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER vice-providers.htm to learn more PUBLIC NOTICE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO Office of Crosby & Associates, P.C., // go County Courthouse, 400 W State file an answer or otherwise appear THE ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POS- and to select a service provider. If IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE This is to certify that the un- 475 Executive Parkway, Rockford, banderson@thecrosbylawfirm. Street, Rockford IL 61101, or with the on or before November 16, 2026, SESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH you need additional help or have 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT dersigned intend to conduct and Illinois 61107. com representative or both. a judgment by default may be SECTION 15-1701(c) OF THE ILLINOIS trouble e-filing, visit http://www.il- WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS transact a online sales of digital All claims against the Estate 27680R TRRT 10/28 Copies of claims filed with the entered against you at any time MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. linoiscourts.gov/FAQ/gethelp.asp. YATMARIE FIGUEROA MARTINEZ, downloadable journals business must be filed within six (6) months n n n Circuit Clerk’s Office-Probate Div., thereafter for the relief requested For information call Sales Bradley Kupiec and KEVIN MELECIO OTERO, in said County and State under the from the date of first publication, STATE OF ILLINOIS must be mailed or delivered to the in the petition. Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, The Heartland Law Firm (6346110) Petitioners, name of Rooted Again Studio at the or within three (3) months from the IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE estate legal representative and to /s/ Anna Ixchel Pagan, McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLP, 1545 Waukegan Road, Suite 1-3 v. following post office addresses: date of mailing or delivery of Notice 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT the attorney within ten days (10) Petitioner 333 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1820, Glenview, Illinois 60025 DYLAND EMIL NAVARRO FIGUEROA, 4119 Beach St., Unit 2, Rockford, to Creditors, if mailing or delivery COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO after it has been filed. 27684R TRRT 10/28 Chicago, Illinois 60606. 312-346- (847)729-3300 a Minor. IL 61108; that the true and real is required pursuant to 755 ILCS PROBATE DIVISION DATED: 10/09/2026 n n n 9088. 25-22482IL I3295685 and ANGEL NAVARRO, full names of all persons owning, 5/18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act In the Matter of the Estate of: Maria Emma Conde Pena ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES P27670R TRRT 10/28 Respondents. conducting or transacting such of 1975, as amended, whichever HAROLD M. SLOAN, Administrator INTENTION CORPORATION n n n Case No: 2026 AD 92 business are as follows: Mercedes date is later. Any claim not filed Deceased. CHRISTIAN SOLARES #6325075 STATE OF ILLINOIS, intercountyjudicialsales.com IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE NOTICE BY PUBLICATION Marie Stewart within the applicable time period Case No.: 2026-PR- 217 Attorney for Estate COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO I3295556 17th JUDICIAL CIRCUIT YOU, ANGEL NAVARRO, ARE SIGNED: Mercedes Marie Stewart shall be barred. CLAIM NOTICE 4855 E State St Ste 24 This is to certify that the unP27668R TRRT 10/28 COUNTY OF Winnebago HEREBY NOTIFIED that this case 9/22/26 Claims against the Estate may NOTICE is given of the death of Rockford, IL 61108 n n n Rockford, ILLINOIS has commenced in this Court and is Subscribed and sworn (or be filed with the Office of the Win- HAROLD M. SLOAN, of Winnebago, 27682R TRRT 10/28 dersigned intend to conduct and transact a child care business in IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE U.S. Bank Trust National pending against you asking for the affirmed to) before me, this 22nd nebago County Circuit Clerk—Pro- Illinois, who died on February n n n 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, Association, as Trustee of the FW adoption of a minor. UNLESS YOU day of September, A.D. 2026. bate Division, Winnebago County 13, 2026. Letters of Office were IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE said County and State under the name of Little Lulu’s Childcare at WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS Series I Trust FILE YOUR Response or otherwise Lori Gummow, County Clerk Courthouse, 400 W. State Street, issued on August 31, 2026, to 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT the following post office addresses: Estate of Plaintiff file your Appearance in this case Mary McRae, Deputy Clerk Rockford, Illinois 61101, or with NATASHA M. HENDRICKSON, 2211 COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO, 2453 Kristi Ln., Rockford, IL 61102; Jeanette Tuggle, vs. in the office of the Clerk of the 27644R TRRT 10/14 the Estate’s legal representative, 25th St., Rockford, IL 61108, who is STATE OF ILLINOIS that the true and real full names Deceased Jon Worthington; Circuit of the 17th Judicial Circuit, n n n or with both. the Independent Executor of the IN RE THE ESTATE OF of all persons owning, conducting No. 2025 PR 325 State of Illinois, Winnebago County, Illinois at 400 STATE OF ILLINOIS A copy of any claim filed with Estate. The attorney for the estate JORG B. NILGES or transacting such business are Notice is given that on October Department of Revenue; W State Street, Rockford, Illinois, IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE the Circuit Clerk’s Office—Probate is FRANKLIN J. EUBANK, JR., 126 N. 2026 PR 0000 170 as follows: Bre’Yah Jonell Moses 5, 2026, DAVID S. DORDEK, IndepenUnknown Owners and 61101 before Wednesday, Novem17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Division must be mailed or deliv- Church Street, Rockford, IL 61101. CLAIMS NOTICE SIGNED: Bre’Yah Jonell Moses dent Administrator of said estate, Nonrecord Claimants ber 4, 2026, or appear in person in COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO ered to the Estate’s legal represenClaims against the estate may Notice is given of the death of 10/5/26 filed a verified report of adminisDefendant Courtroom 225 of the Winnebago In the Matter of the Estate of tative and to the Estate’s attorney be filed on or before April 16, JORG B. NILGES. Letters of Office Subscribed and sworn (or tration of said estate with the Clerk 24 FC 338 County Courthouse at 400 W State KEVIN WAYNE KALTENBACH, within ten (10) days after filing. 2027, that date being at least six were issued on September 1, affirmed to) before me, this 5th of the Circuit Court of Winnebago CALENDAR Street, Rockford, Illinois, 61101 on deceased /s/ Jacob M. Joseph, (6) months from the date of first 2026, to Robert T. Nilges, who is County, Illinois, Probate Division, NOTICE OF SALE Wednesday, November 4, 2026, or No. 2026PR246 Attorney for Executor publication, or within three (3) the Independent Administrator day of October, A.D. 2026. 400 West State Street, Rockford, PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given via Zoom, Meeting ID# 891 5208 CLAIM NOTICE PREPARED BY: months from the date of mailing of the Estate. The attorney for Lori Gummow, County Clerk Illinois 61101. that pursuant to a Judgment 1120. If you cannot log on through Notice is given of the death A Law Office of Crosby & or delivery of Notice to creditors, the Estate is Terrence M. Jordan Ariel Rosas, Deputy Clerk You, UNKNOWN HEIRS OF JEA- of Foreclosure entered in the a computer or smart phone, please of KEVIN WAYNE KALTENBACH, of Associates, P.C. if mailing or delivery is required by of the Integrity Law Group LLC with 27685R TRRT 10/28
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n n n to file number 14-25-06420. Auction.com, LLC 100 N LaSalle St., Suite Act, 765 ILCS 605/9 (g)(l) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium DAYS AFTER THE ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE REAL ESTATE NOTICE 1400, Chicago, IL 60602 - 872-225-4985 You can also visit www.auction. unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser WITH SECTION 15-1701(c) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SEVENTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WIN- com. Attorney File No. 14-25-06420 Case Number: 2025-FC-0000469 of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, NEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation NOTE: PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT, YOU the assessments required by the Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLP, 333 West Wacker Drive, Suite 1820, Plaintiff, -v.- Omeiza Suleman; et. al. Defendants. 2025-FC-0000469 ARE ADVISED THAT PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY IS DEEMED TO BE A DEBT 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE Chicago, Illinois 60606. 312-346-9088. 25-22482IL 1262-1264 ROSE AVE, ROCKFORD, IL 61102 COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION NOTICE OF SALE OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701 (C) OF intercountyjudicialsales.com PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of I3294819 THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, contact I3295556 Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on 2/6/2026, an P27629R TRRT 10/14 Plaintiffs attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES PC (630) 794-5300 please refer P27668R TRRT 10/28 agent of Auction.com, LLC will conduct the Online Only auction at n n n to file number 14-26-01811. Auction.com, LLC 100 N LaSalle St., Suite n n n www.auction.com, with the bidding window opening on 10/26/2026 REAL ESTATE NOTICE 1400, Chicago, IL 60602 - 872-225-4985 You can also visit www.auction. REAL ESTATE NOTICE at 10:00 AM CDT and closing on October 28, 2026 at 10:00 AM subject IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SEVENTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WIN- com. Attorney File No. 14-26-01811 Case Number: 2026-FC-0000125 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17th JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF to extension, and will sell at public sale to the highest bidder, as set NEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS NewRez LLC Plaintiff, -v.- Otto Leo Scudder NOTE: PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT, YOU Winnebago - Rockford, ILLINOIS U.S. Bank Trust National Association, forth below, the following described real estate. a/k/a Otto Leo Scudder Jr.; et. al. Defendants. 2026-FC-0000125 2822 ARE ADVISED THAT PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY IS DEEMED TO BE A DEBT as Trustee of the FW Series I Trust Plaintiff vs. Jon Worthington; State Commonly known as 1262-1264 ROSE AVE, ROCKFORD, IL 61102 N ROCKTON AVE, ROCKFORD, IL 61103 COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION of Illinois, Department of Revenue; Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Property Index No. 11-27-157-016 NOTICE OF SALE OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Claimants Defendant 24 FC 338 CALENDAR The real estate is improved with a Residential Property. The judgPUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of I3294816 NOTICE OF SALE ment amount was $147,290.68 Sale Terms: Full Sale Terms are available Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on 7/9/2026, an P27652R TRRT 10/21 PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of on the property page at www.auction.com by entering 1262-1264 ROSE agent of Auction.com, LLC will conduct the Online Only auction at n n n Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial AVE into the search bar. If sold to anyone other than the Plaintiff, the www.auction.com, with the bidding window opening on 11/16/2026 at REAL ESTATE NOTICE Sales Corporation will on November 19, 2026, at the hour 1:00 p.m., winning bidder must pay the full bid amount within twenty-four (24) 10:00 AM CDT and closing on November 18, 2026 at 10:00 AM subject IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17th JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF Intercounty’s Winnebago County office, 7210 East State Street, Rockford, hours of the auction’s end. All payments must be certified funds. No to extension, and will sell at public sale to the highest bidder, as set Winnebago - Rockford, ILLINOIS FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION IL 61108, sell, in person, to the highest bidder for cash, the following third-party checks will be accepted. All bidders will need to register forth below, the following described real estate. Plaintiff vs. JENNIFER BROWN A/K/A JENNIFER ROMINE-BROWN; SEC- described mortgaged real estate: at www.auction.com prior to placing a bid. The subject property is Commonly known as 2822 N ROCKTON AVE, ROCKFORD, IL 61103 RETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; UNKNOWN OWNERS P.I.N. 11-36-226-012. subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special Property Index No. 11-10-428-023 AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendant 26 FC 137 CALENDAR Commonly known as 1615 18th Street, Rockford, Illinois 61104. taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any The real estate is improved with a Single Family Residence. The NOTICE OF SALE The real estate is: single family residence. If the subject mortgaged representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse judgment amount was $171,338.24 Sale Terms: Full Sale Terms are PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of to plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is further subject to available on the property page at www.auction.com by entering 2822 Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, N ROCKTON AVE into the search bar. If sold to anyone other than the Sales Corporation will on November 19, 2026, at the hour 1:00 p.m., by subsection(g-1) of Section 189.5 of the Condominium Property Act. the purchaser will receive a certificate of sale that will entitle the Plaintiff, the winning bidder must pay the full bid amount within Intercounty’s Winnebago County office, 7210 East State Street, Rockford, Sale terms: At sale, the bidder must have 10% (or 25% if so ordered purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. twenty-four (24) hours of the auction’s end. All payments must be IL 61108, sell, in person, to the highest bidder for cash, the following in the Judgement of Foreclosure) down by certified funds, balance The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no certified funds. No third-party checks will be accepted. All bidders described mortgaged real estate: within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property is sold representation as to the condition of the property, prospective bidders will need to register at www.auction.com prior to placing a bid. The P.I.N. 08-03-178-004. AS IS subject to all liens or encumbrances. The property will NOT be are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessCommonly known as 6457 Stonington Way, Roscoe, IL 61073. open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the ments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered The real estate is: single family residence. If the subject mortgaged the circuit court case record, property tax record and the title record foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of to verify all information before bidding. IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR and the legal fees required by the Condominium property Act, 765 and without recourse to plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 ILCS 605/9 (g)(l) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of by subsection(g-1) of Section 189.5 of the Condominium Property Act. DAYS AFTER THE ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a certificate of sale that Sale terms: At sale, the bidder must have 10% (or 25% if so ordered WITH SECTION 15-1701(c) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirma- in the Judgement of Foreclosure) down by certified funds, balance For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, Sottile assessments required by the Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS tion of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property is sold & Barile, LLC, 7530 Lucerne Drive, Suite 210, Middleburg Heights, Ohio 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property, AS IS subject to all liens or encumbrances. The property will NOT be 44130. (440) 572-1511. ILF2406015 THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701 (C) OF information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the circuit court case record, property tax record and the title record intercountyjudicialsales.com THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, contact the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the to verify all information before bidding. IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR I3295555 Plaintiffs attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES PC (630) 794-5300 please refer assessments and the legal fees required by the Condominium property (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 P27671R TRRT 10/28
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Death Notices 10/8/2026 75 Sherwood, Nathan Loves Park 10/8/2026 62 Kluge, Linda Loves Park 10/8/2026 85 Gramzow, Nancy Rockford 10/8/2026 83 White, Billy G South Beloit 10/8/2026 50 Farley, Orlando D Rockford 10/8/2026 47 Gonzalez, Jose Rockford 10/8/2026 59 Krantz, John Rockford 10/7/2026 63 Marino, Douglas Rockford 10/7/2026 67 Heiston, Ricky Rockford 10/7/2026 90 Price, Jack Durand 10/7/2026 58 Cassady, Tom L Rockford 10/7/2026 74 Fisher, Shirley Rockford 10/7/2026 64 Johnson, Kathie Rockford 10/7/2026 93 Sumpter, John South Beloit 10/7/2026 86 Saulsbury, Eleanor M Rockford 10/7/2026 48 Butram, Jerid N Winnebago 10/6/2026 62 Watson, John L Loves Park 10/6/2026 67 Hallom, Valrese Rockford 10/6/2026 92 Martin, Jerald Rockford 10/6/2026 62 Sweitzer, Christopher Rockford 10/6/2026 59 Rogman, David Loves Park 10/6/2026 90 Harris, Joan Rockford 10/6/2026 63 Dusing, David A Rockford 10/6/2026 101 Corcoran, Colleen B Rockford 10/6/2026 57 Caldwell, Ronald M Rockton 10/5/2026 33 Garcia, Gabriela O Rockford 10/5/2026 83 Digiovanni, Patricia A Rockford 10/5/2026 56 Perez-Tafolla, Louis Rockford 10/5/2026 71 Martin, Brenda Rockford 10/5/2026 68 Edwards, Ervin L Rockford 10/5/2026 94 Manson, Barbara Rockford 10/5/2026 69 Stowell, Francis G Rockford 10/5/2026 63 Wilke, Stephen J Rockford 10/5/2026 93 Stallmann, Duane E Rockford 10/5/2026 88 Knuth, Gerald Rockford 10/5/2026 58 Daugherty, James R Loves Park 10/4/2026 79 Jach, Gerald T Rockford 10/4/2026 92 Graham, James Rockford 10/4/2026 73 Gress, Richard Rockford 10/4/2026 77 Copeland, Allen F Rockton 10/4/2026 84 Stroyan, Eugene R Rockford 10/4/2026 83 Hart, William T Rockford 10/4/2026 67 Hornbeck, Barbara A Rockford 10/4/2026 95 Di Raimondo, Patricia Rockford 10/4/2026 70 Light, Nancy Rockford 10/3/2026 72 Honson, Ann C Rockford 10/3/2026 83 Retzke, Clifford A Rockford 10/3/2026 83 Ryan, Karen S Rockford 10/3/2026 65 Sabert, Anna M Rockford 10/3/2026 54 Colon, Miguel Rockford 10/3/2026 35 Morris, Caleb S Rockford 10/3/2026 74 Cellitti, Karen L Rockford 10/3/2026 56 Anthon, Julie M Rockford 10/2/2026 83 Wenger, James Loves Park 10/2/2026 89 Miller, Kathleen Rockford 10/2/2026 88 Cooper-Wolff, Mary Rockford 10/2/2026 84 Alita, Paul Machesney Park 10/2/2026 63 Puckett, Christine Rockford 10/2/2026 62 Johnson, Tracy Rockford 10/2/2026 74 Wall, Roselyn E Rockford 10/2/2026 82 Carrillo, Jesus Rockford 10/2/2026 86 Beach, Sonja Rockford 10/2/2026 76 Smelser, Janette G Rockford 10/2/2026 58 Day, Alan Loves Parkd
Death notices are provided by the Winnebago County Coroner’s office.
Week of September 27 to October 3, 2026
Crossword
Week of October 4 to 10, 2026
THEME: BASEBALL ARIES
You’ll take on a new activity with the clear goal of reaching the podium. Your determina tion is impressive, and your competitive spirit is reawakening. The applause will confirm that you’ve made a significant impact.
TAURUS
If fatigue is building up, take a hard look at your lifestyle. With a new routine, stimulating outings and a balanced diet, you’ll gradually regain vitality. Your body responds well to even the smallest adjustments.
GEMINI
Stress can transform into energy if it’s prop erly channeled. By organizing your schedule and managing priorities more effectively, you’ll turn pressure into a remarkable performance. You’ll juggle work, personal life and ambitious projects with skill.
CANCER
Everything is clicking into place for a major turning point. Prepare for a launch, a promo tion or new responsibilities. You’ll discover talents you never fully tapped into before. This new perspective expands your capacity to take action and increases your confidence.
LEO
Travel plans are taking shape, although they’re still out on the distant horizon. Pass port, documents, vaccinations, reservations: the more you prepare, the greater your peace of mind. This preparation is already fueling your excitement and preventing lastminute oversights.
VIRGO
An injustice immediately awakens your sense of duty and your need to restore balance. You step in as a mediator, propose concrete solu tions and give a voice to those who are rarely heard. Your intervention truly helps restore harmony.
LIBRA
Faced with a conflict, your first reaction might be firm, even harsh, but a more diplomatic approach will be more effective. By combin ing tact, empathy and a sense of justice, you’ll manage to resolve a complex situation.
SCORPIO
Horoscope ARIES
Join friendly challenges with enthusiasm. Mars fuels your natural competitiveness this week. Moving in a group revitalizes both the body and the mind, sweeping away the habits of a sedentary lifestyle. These moments boost your physical energy and your morale.
TAURUS
New professional responsibilities will call for a more polished look. Choose outfits that project authority and elegance. During client meetings, your distinguished appearance will impress and make negotiations flow more smoothly.
GEMINI
This week encourages you to retreat into your family cocoon. Offer tenderness and joy at home, but set boundaries to avoid having your generosity taken for granted. This bal ance protects your well being while strength ening warm emotional bonds.
CANCER
Take care of your respiratory system. Hand washing, scarves and natural remedies will help you avoid catching a cold and losing your voice. By preserving your vitality, you’ll keep your expressiveness intact as the cold season approaches.
LEO
Your dynamism cuts through the surrounding confusion. Ask direct questions and express your ideas freely to clarify sensitive issues. Your eloquence shines, turning vagueness into brilliant, reassuring inspiration for everyone.
VIRGO
Soothe the turmoil of the past and reflect calmly on your career. Adjust your path with precision to align with your ambitions. Your friends appreciate your talents and will guide you toward satisfying choices that bring long term benefits.
LIBRA
Go shopping with fashion savvy friends to refresh your style. At the same time, explore meditation or esoteric practices. This spiri tual engagement will enrich your week, pro mote a sense of harmony and bring deep in spiration. You’ll feel aligned in body and soul.
SCORPIO
You’ll invest impressive energy into reaching At last, the long awaited promotion! While an agreement, signing a contract or finalizing 44. Campus VIPs 3. “Once ____ a time...” Purse onyou’ll redjuggle carpet expanding38. your clientele, intense a transaction. Your nights may be disrupted work and 42. family life with ease. This skill steadi 46. *Umpires: Men inmakes4.all Muslim woman’s Swamp plant by doubts, but your perseverance ly propels your career forward, rewarding your cover 45. Equestrian’s seat the ____ difference. efforts with tangible, lasting success.
Across 1. Diver’s acronym 6. *Bat wood 9. 1970s “pet” 47. Wednesday Addams’ 5. Relating to apnea 49. Born, in bio 13. *High-flying fly ball SAGITTARIUS roommate 6. Crafts’ partner SAGITTARIUS 51. Begrudged positionRuth, may come your way. 7. BeEd.’s request Embrace54. theDerive unknown to grow; seek new 14. *Tampa Bay player A leadership 48. *Babe a.k.a. fore accepting, consider the emotional burden experiences to overcome your fears. Once 15. Round loaf, in Paris andthe ____ of Swat 8. Laughing predator 56. Tubular pasta stress the role may entail. With cautious you face these challenges, you’ll experience 16. Oak fruit 50. Campaign worker 9. *Record holder for 57. *Third base ____ out of deliberation, you’ll protect your health while a boost in your self esteem. Stepping fulfilling 17. Golf peg 5 2 your . ambitions. B e f o r e , most career hits 58.zone Kitchen appliance your comfort becomes a springboard for personal 59. fulfillment. 18. Investigative report old-fashioned 10. Give a boot Pains CAPRICORN 19. *Winningest World A new, 53.healthier Buck or doe 11. Modeling material 60. Nose-in-the-air lifestyle is taking shape, com CAPRICORN Series team 55.aGDP predecessor 12. Piano’s E or G, e.g.A family trip type bining balanced diet with regular physical is in the works! You’ll also form The results will soon be visible. 21. *How many feet exercise. 57. *Grand slam:home 15. Small chicken variety 61. Bonkers new friendships. Deepen your connection Pride, and a____ restored sense20. of Organ swelling with your62. partner to strengthen your relation between bases? runconfidence with bases Hiker’s journey control will strengthen your determination. ship. These shared moments weave a future 23. Help 60. *____-inning stretch 22. Rub the wrong way 63. Not his full of promise. 24. Queen of Hearts’ AQUARIUS 6 4. Cour teous and 24. Arranged in rows and 64. *____ Ripken Jr. pastry columns 66. *Umpire’s blown call Yourespectful dare to say out loud what many think AQUARIUS some comments You are in a period that accelerates your 25. *80-game restric- quietly. 65.However, Large coffee pot may sting 25. *Record holder for if your delivery is too blunt. By softening your career through learning. New skills clear up tion, e.g. 67. Habituate most career home runs words, you’ll remain authentic while respect confusion and decode unclear messages. 28. Cecum, pl. 68. Administer ceremo26. Farewell, in France ing others’ feelings. Trusting your instincts, you’ll transform un 30. Mr. Miyagi’s forte nial oil 27. Edible cactus certainty into rapid professional growth. 35. Some soaps have PISCES 69. Bird word 29. *One of five A period of monetary to Hall of Fame PISCES none 70. Come in stress requires youfirst review your accounts thoroughly. By checking After a conflict, be sincerely open to compro 37. Mobile phone in bills,71.subscriptions Magnifying glass inductees or automated payments, mise, so you can restore harmony with loved Britain, slangily 72. Flow’s partner 31. Blood vessel you may uncover an error or an overpayment. ones. At the same time, let go of bad habits This discovery will ease your anxiety and help to pave the way for deep, transformative per 39. Heat-conducting 73. Classroom furniture network rebalance your budget. sonal growth. solid pieces 32. Repent 40. Australian palm 33. Short-trunked 41. Borders on Down ungulate 4 3 . L a r g e A f r i c a n 1. Fix a cat The luckiest signs this week: 34. Exclude or omit The luckiest signs this week: antelope 2. Kind of cola 36. Rave’s partner
CANCER, LEO AND VIRGO
Week of October 11 to 17, 2026
LIBRA, SCORPIO AND SAGITTARIUS
ARIES
Overtime boosts your income, but you’ll quickly realize something is missing in your emotional life. This awareness will prompt you to restore balance between your profes sional and personal spheres.
TAURUS
You’ll be in exactly the right place at the right time to shine. At work, praise and recogni tion highlight your efficiency. This strength ens your credibility and confirms that your endeavors haven’t been in vain.
GEMINI
Your personal world can feel comforting, but it can also weigh you down. This is the ideal moment to declutter, give away or discard the things that no longer serve you. By lightening your environment, you’ll also clear your mind.
CANCER
To resolve a delicate situation, dare to say out loud what you’ve been thinking. By as serting your authority, you unlock dead ends and restore harmony around you, both at work and at home.
LEO
Major expenses, such as buying a vehicle or a major piece of equipment, may be neces sary to maintain your professional image and mobility. A precise, well planned budget will help you avoid unpleasant surprises.
VIRGO
Your desire to prove yourself is paying off. At work, your results will attract new clients and bring you closer to your ambitious goals. By applying an effective method, you’ll see significant improvement.
LIBRA
If you’re searching for the ideal job or a per sonal path, start by clarifying what really in spires you. Your fertile imagination may lead you to craft a promising project or piece of work in your field of interest.
SCORPIO
A sedentary lifestyle is beginning to affect both your mood and your body. Suggest ac tive outings with your friends—such as walks, sports or other dynamic activities. When you’re with others, motivation returns and your overall health improves significantly.
SAGITTARIUS
As you approach a career shift or retirement, organize your thoughts. By setting a plan, milestones and priorities, you’ll have the clarity you need to design a future aligned with your real desires.
CAPRICORN
A new course of study or area of expertise will accelerate your professional progress. When you encounter challenges, your strongest allies will be patience and curiosity. You’ll turn every learning opportunity into a career springboard.
AQUARIUS
Deep reflection will lead you to modify your living environment. You’ll be better able to meet the needs of you and your family by making a change, such as reorganizing your space or possibly relocating. New surround ings will better support your projects.
PISCES
Your agreeability is causing the pressure to mount. Before making a new commitment, take time to consider the details, constraints and your own limits. Good decisions will spare you from overwhelm and regret.
The luckiest signs this week: CAPRICORN, AQUARIUS AND PISCES
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The "Holidazzle Craft Show" returns to the Winnebago County Fairgrounds Sat, Oct. 17, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. and Sun. Oct. 18, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m., featuring more than 150 crafters with all handmade items. Get a head start on Christmas shopping. Admission is $5 at the gate and free for children age 12 and younger.
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