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State News

It’s projected to cost ComEd $3.1B to connect data centers to the grid By Maggie Dougherty

Capitol News Illinois mdougherty@capitolnewsillinois.com

CHICAGO — Data centers have been the focus of growing debate across the U.S., facing a push for regulation that would require operators to pay for the energy and water resources they use, among other proposals. But beyond paying to generate new energy, consumer advocates warn that the costs of infrastructure to connect data centers to ComEd’s grid will be paid in part by households and small businesses in northern Illinois — something the utility disputes. Records filed by ComEd in an ongoing regulatory matter show that new infrastructure and system upgrades needed to connect 30 data centers to the grid will cost $3.1 billion. Some of those projects are already connected, with the rest expected to come online by 2031. Developers of those data centers have paid $721 million in advance deposits, just under 25% of the total cost, an amount that consumer groups including the Citizens Utility Board and Environmental Law & Policy Center say could leave a potential shortfall of $2 billion to be spread across regular customers’ bills. “Ordinary households should not foot the bill to provide power to data centers,” said Nick Wallace, a senior associate attorney with the environmental law center. “ComEd and the (Illinois Commerce) Commission can protect ratepayers and the grid by requiring data centers to pay for 100% of their power supply and infrastructure investments.” ComEd contends that the consumer groups’ analysis overlooks $1.1 billion secured by lines of credit that guarantee rate payments from the data centers for 10 years.

Electricity delivery

The $3.1 billion in costs comes from two components of the electricity delivery system: transmission and distribution. Both include using poles and wires to move electricity from one place to another, but at different stages in the process. Transmission lines carry high-voltage electricity long distances along highways and across state lines from power plants to local substations where it can be reduced into lower-voltage electricity. Distribution lines then carry that

electricity to the homes and businesses that use it. The data center connection costs are split roughly equally, with $1.6 billion expected in transmission costs and $1.5 billion in distribution costs. The transmission costs for several individual projects each exceed $100 million, with one project alone expected to cost $289 million and another expected to cost $269 million. Max Leichtman, ComEd’s director of economic and workforce development, said only the distribution costs are an appropriate apples-to-apples comparison for the $721 million in deposits. Some of those projects won’t come online until 2030 or 2031 and are in early stages of development, so the full cost of equipment needed has not been calculated, he added. “The deposits that today stand at $721 million may continue to increase as these projects move forward and become more mature and more well-defined,” Leichtman said. “That doesn’t mean that’s all we’ll ever collect.” Leichtman said any remaining distribution costs would not be spread among all customers, but rather between similar types of customers in the large-user rate class. Consumer advocates, though, say the data center developers cannot be taken at their word to pay the bills. “These data centers are some of the wealthiest corporations in the world,” CUB spokesperson Jim Chilsen told reporters. “They always say, ‘Trust us, we’re going to pay our energy bills,’ but Illinois customers can’t afford to take big tech’s word for it.”

Reducing speculation

Hyperscale data centers’ requests for energy usage are often understood to be largely speculative. The massive projects — often operated by multibillion-dollar tech companies looking to compete in the race for artificial intelligence — sometimes place duplicate requests with different utilities, meaning some do not come to fruition. The projects have also faced growing opposition from local communities in recent years, causing many to withdraw. ComEd, in cooperation with Illinois and federal regulators, has sought to weed out speculative requests that drive up energy

demand prices by requiring deposits for large customers and requiring them to sign long-term contracts known as transmission security agreements, or TSAs, that require customers to provide a line of credit guaranteeing payment of transmission rates for 10 years, even if the project does not materialize. Regulators approved ComEd’s TSA requirement in 2025, meaning that projects after that point have them in place. Of the total $1.6 billion in planned transmission costs, ComEd has $1.1 billion protected through transmission security agreements. Nineteen of the 30 projects pre-date the TSA requirement. Implementing the TSAs has also resulted in “substantial attrition” of data center requests in ComEd’s queue, Leichtman said.

Payments now or later

Like many of the utility watchdogs, ComEd also endorses the idea that large-load customers like data centers should be directly allocated the cost of their projects. The electric utility has proposed a new approach in which it would directly assign rates to individual data centers based on their costs rather than assigning costs within groups. ComEd says that proposal, in combination with the TSAs and deposit requirements, shows it has been proactive in protecting customers. “We really believe that in totality, the suite of proposals that we put together are industry-leading,” Leichtman said. But unlike its watchdogs, ComEd does not think the data centers should be asked to pay for the infrastructure costs up front, which it said would make it difficult for those customers to do business in Illinois. Eric DeBellis, general counsel for CUB, agreed the TSAs are an improvement but said they would still leave a “substantial gap” that households and small businesses should not be left to pay. “We don’t want to pay for grid bridges to nowhere,” DeBellis said. “If they don’t have these up-front payments, then we’re left footing the bill for all of it.” 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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State News

DCFS director found in contempt for noncompliance with judge’s order By Ben Szalinski

Capitol News Illinois bszalinski@capitolnewsillinois.com

SPRINGFIELD — A Sangamon County judge held the director of the state’s child protective agency in contempt of court Thursday for the department’s ongoing mishandling of a records request by Capitol News Illinois. “I understand this is not a department with 10 employees. It’s a department with thousands of people who work there, but the buck stops at the director’s office,” Judge Jack Davis said Thursday in explaining his indirect civil contempt finding, a decision that found the agency director willfully violated a court order and allows remedies to ensure future compliance. Davis ruled Director Heidi Mueller’s Department of Children and Family Services violated his June 10 order requiring DCFS to release personnel records for two caseworkers involved in the death of Mackenzi Felmlee, and pay attorney costs, fees and a $5,000 civil penalty within 30 days. The order came after DCFS attorneys failed to appear at multiple hearings. Mueller took the witness stand on Thursday and blamed a long series of missteps by DCFS administrative employees for why the department failed to appear. She said she learned about the case the day after Capitol News Illinois reported on Davis’ Aug. 11 ruling that required her to appear in court and explain why the department was not following his June order. Davis said he was willing to give DCFS the “benefit of the doubt,” saying the failures that happened prior to Aug. 12 “can be classified, I think accurately, as ineptness and as incompetence, a lack of oversight, a lack of communication” — but not as “willful” contempt. But he also faulted the agency for failing to produce records within five days of learning of the court action and for still not having paid the civil penalties he ordered nearly 80 days after the director confirmed she learned of his order. “As of August 12, the buck had been sufficiently transferred up the chain of command to the desk where it stops,” he said, later adding that noncompliance after that point equates to “willful” contempt.

History of the case

The case dates back to March, when CNI sued the agency for erroneously denying its Freedom of Information Act request by

citing, among other points of denial, that the news organization’s records request had not requested records. Springfield attorney Don Craven’s office, which is representing CNI, served DCFS with a summons on March 23, but the department did not respond to that lawsuit. That led CNI to file a motion for default judgment and to once again cause the agency to be served. Those documents were handled by an administrative assistant, but the agency said they were never properly logged or sent to DCFS’ legal team. Mueller said the initial summons was found on the desk of an administrative assistant at its Springfield office, where it sat for months. Her executive assistant, who died unexpectedly last fall, had been in charge of overseeing nonlawyer administrative staff, she said. The administrative team that took over the process didn’t handle it properly, Mueller testified, adding they’ve since put a new process in place. “I did not ignore it and my legal team didn’t ignore it. It was served on an administrative assistant who didn’t know, who didn’t handle it properly,” Mueller said. “There wasn’t an intentional attempt to ignore it.” Davis also grew annoyed with the department’s filing — or lack thereof — of a motion to vacate his June 10 order. Assistant Attorney General Jennifer Haas, who represented DCFS, filed the petition electronically after 5 p.m. Wednesday, arguing the agency complied with the order by releasing heavily redacted documents. But it never reached Davis’ desk until Thursday morning’s hearing, during which Haas handed him a copy. “It seems to kind of work in lockstep with the history of what the department has done by taking a laissez-faire approach,” Davis said. It’s at least the second time in the last five years a judge has found a DCFS director in contempt of court. In 2022, then-Director Marc Smith was assessed contempt charges after the agency failed to follow a Cook County judge’s order to place children discharged from psychiatric hospitals into appropriate care settings. Those charges were later overturned by an appellate court. Gov. JB Pritzker stuck by Smith until Smith resigned in October 2023. Mueller was appointed in early 2024. “The core of the legal matter – which was the release of documents – was completed by DCFS on September 3, 2026, and Director Mueller has the full confi-

dence of the Governor,” a spokesperson for Pritzker said in a statement.

Tardy records and payments

A s fo r t h e d e n i e d F r e e d o m o f Information Act request, Mueller said that a staff member filling in for the department’s FOIA officer, who was at a conference at the time, sent a template response to CNI denying the records request. “We had previously created an electronic system with dropdowns to help us manage the huge volume of FOIA requests that we get,” she said. “She clicked the wrong dropdown and it produced automatically a letter that was incorrect.” Mueller acknowledged that was a mistake and the department should’ve produced the records. DCFS produced the records in early September, months after the initial request, with heavy redactions, though state law and the judge’s order require FOIA requests to be fulfilled within five business days. Haas said the FOIA officer was dealing with a medical issue in August, which caused the delay in responding once the department learned of the lawsuit. “You don’t get to just say ‘oops,’” Craven told Davis on why the late-arriving documents proved willful contempt. Craven said the case is the “epitome of bad faith” by DCFS. Mueller also said DCFS intends to pay the court-ordered fines and fees, which it has not, leading Davis to ask why DCFS is “picking and choosing” which parts of the order it has followed thus far. Haas said she believed she was negotiating the fees with Craven, sending a settlement offer that the news organization ultimately denied in mid-October.

Davis set a 30-day deadline for DCFS to comply with the records request and court-ordered fines and fees. The next hearing is scheduled for Dec. 4 to determine whether the contempt charge will be purged. The judge granted Capitol News Illinois’ Thursday motion to amend its initial request to receive further documents regarding Felmlee’s care.

Mackenzi Felmlee’s care

CNI requested the documents while trying to learn more about the care Felmlee, 18, received before she was found dead in her Fairview Heights foster home in May 2024. Her foster mother, Shemeka Williams, and foster grandmother, Cornelia Reid, are charged with murder in connection with Mackenzi’s death. Both are being held in the St. Clair County Jail. Williams was licensed through Lutheran Child and Family Services, a nonprofit agency that provides foster care services on contract for DCFS. According to a timeline of the incident released by DCFS, Williams purportedly told an LCFS caseworker during an in-person visit that Mackenzi was “struggling” two days before her death. The caseworker, however, did not document that conversation until five days after Mackenzi’s death. LCFS later reported the visit was made by phone, not in person. 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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Where things stand on Iran after tense weekend as its delegation has left Qatar By Cara Anna

Associated Press

JERUSALEM (AP) — The Middle East is bracing for a possible return to all-out war amid concerns that the United States and Israel could strike Iran shortly after Tuesday’s U.S. midterm elections. A regional official briefed on the talks said an Iranian delegation left Qatar on Sunday after negotiations aimed at reaching a deal to end the war. A draft proposal has been circulated for feedback, and a follow-up meeting is under discussion. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the talks. Iran has expanded its threats but says it is awaiting the latest U.S. response. The latest proposal Iran has publicly discussed would fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz to shipping within two days if Washington meets several conditions, including lifting its blockade of Iranian ports. Here’s where things currently stand.

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Netanyahu

U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday evening told reporters he and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had a “very good” call on Saturday. He said they discussed Iran but gave no details. Even before Netanyahu and his bloc of allies lost their majority in parliament in last week’s election, there were growing fears that Netanyahu was pushing for new strikes against Iran in an effort to stay in power in an emergency government during renewed war. Since last Tuesday’s election, the prime minister has publicly commented only on the vote. There was no word from Netanyahu and his office on the latest call with Trump, who has continued to alternate between public comments about pursuing talks with Iran and threats to strike it hard. “The standoff in the Gulf between the U.S. and Iran is really between Qatar and Israel,” Andreas Krieg, a professor at King’s College London, said on X. “Qatar is tirelessly working on a diplomatic offramp with the region’s backing while Israel is looking for military ways to throw the region under the bus.”

Iran broadens threats while pursuing diplomacy

The Islamic Republic has stepped up its public messaging during the uncertainty, saying it is ready for both diplomacy and renewed fighting.

The new supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, met with Iran’s military chiefs and said the response to “any kind and level of threat” from the U.S. or Israel should be immediate and without “geographic limits,” and urged an expansion of the list of potential targets. Khamenei still has not been seen publicly since the opening strikes by Israel and the U.S. on Feb. 28 killed his father, the previous supreme leader. Iran’s security chief, Mohsen Rezaei, warned on X that any attack would bring “devastating blows on the aggressor using new weapons.” In an interview with state television, Rezaei said “the tone has completely changed” from the U.S. and called it a “very good sign.” He gave no details about the letter he received from U.S. Vice President JD Vance, which Iran acknowledged last week, and said he had not responded. Rezaei also said no decision had been made to change Iran’s nuclear doctrine, though some Iranians had questioned whether it should change if the country were attacked again. Tehran has insisted its nuclear program is peaceful. Washington seeks to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon and wants to address the issue in any new talks. Iran wants to discuss it later. Ira n ia n Foreig n M i n ister A bbas Araghchi, who was on a one-day visit to neighboring Turkmenistan on Monday, has said the final outcome depends on U.S. answers to the “Iranian questions.”

Middle East is caught in the middle and China offers help

More attacks on commercial ships were

reported on the Strait of Hormuz during October, in the busiest month for reported assaults since March, during the war’s opening weeks. The mood was grim at the Manama Dialogue, an annual security summit in Bahrain organized by the International Institute for Strategic Studies. United Arab Emirates presidential adviser Anwar Gargash told attendees that “the rules of logic” show the U.S. and Iranian stances are far apart, and “if these positions are not bridged, then we have to worry about the worst.” Gulf nations have spent billions of dollars to boost their defense capabilities since the war began. Egypt’s Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty told the gathering in Bahrain that the next escalation “will be more dangerous, more destructive, and it will lead to nowhere.” Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova described reports of possible new strikes against Iran as “alarming.” Meanwhile, China will send a special envoy to Iran, Oman and Saudi Arabia in early to mid-November, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning told reporters Monday. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi also met with Ali Bagheri Kani, deputy secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council. “The Middle East Gulf region should not become an arena for great-power rivalry and geopolitical conflict,” Chinese President Xi Jinping told Oman’s sultan, according to a readout from China’s Foreign Ministry. China and Oman called for a return to dialogue.

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Health Insurance

What to know about the Affordable Care Act’s open enrollment period now underway By Fatima Hussein Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — People heading into the Affordable Care Act open enrollment period with plans to sign up for insurance should expect a variety of changes in 2027, including higher premiums and fewer coverage options. The sign-up window for the marketplace, also known as Obamacare, starts Sunday in most states and runs through Jan. 15. Big changes to the exchange include expiring financial assistance, rising rates, potential delays in working with a broker, new restrictions on immigrants, and stricter enrollment checks. Financial help, including premium tax credits and cost-sharing reductions, is now restricted for many groups of people who were previously eligible. Across the board, healthcare experts predict less coverage and higher prices, with the average price of health insurance purchased through the marketplaces expected to rise by 13% in 2027, according to

analysis of new CMS data by the healthcare research nonprofit KFF.

Increases are driven by multiple factors

Cynthia Cox, a vice president and director of the ACA program at KFF, said the increase is primarily driven by rising healthcare costs, hospital market concentration, and potential factors such as the No Surprises Act, which took effect in 2022 and bans surprise billing, or the rising availability of GLP-1 drugs. The people who will be most affected by the new increases are those who do not qualify for a subsidy. “They may or may not be able to afford to continue to keep their coverage into next year,” Cox said, adding that “a lot of them have already moved into bronze plans, which are the cheapest plans.” A CMS fact sheet about open enrollment that was distributed Friday says “Americans using HealthCare.gov will have robust access to low-cost plans.” The price of ACA insurance has skyrock-

eted for many people during Trump’s second term after Republicans opposed extending COVID-era subsidies that had helped offset the costs of health insurance for most enrollees during Democratic President Joe Biden’s administration. That resulted in 1.2 million fewer people signing up for coverage in the exchanges.

uals over time. Meanwhile, the Trump administration has been removing ACA enrollees from the program as part of the ongoing campaign against what it characterizes as waste, fraud and abuse. In September, Vice President JD Vance and other officials in the Republican administration announced plans to remove 760,000 ACA enrollees from public healthcare exchanges, alleging the individuals were fraudulently enrolled in the program or simply did not exist. Vance said the discovery and canceled subsidy payments for hundreds of thousands of people from the exchanges, part of an administration-wide crackdown on fraud, would result in $2.2 billion in cost savings. It’s unclear how many more people will drop off of ACA coverage in 2027, Cox said. But with higher premiums, immigration eligibility changes and the anti-fraud efforts, “I think there’s going to be fewer people enrolled in this market, but it’s going to be harder to understand why.”

Nearly 20 million people in US are actively enrolled in ACA plans

As of February, roughly 19.2 million people in the United States were actively enrolled in ACA marketplace health plans, according to the Department of Health and Human Services website. The number of enrollees grew during the COVID-19 pandemic when enhanced subsidies became available through the American Rescue Plan Act and Inflation Reduction Act, both signed into law by Biden. New regulations starting in 2027 will also limit tax credits for certain lawfully present immigrants, which could result in an additional 1 million uninsured individ-

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Three November tasks for the vegetable garden By Grant McCarty Contributor

With potentially sunny and tolerable days in November, you might still be working outside, managing your leaves and putting away outdoor furniture. There are some garden tasks that you can still do that are good practices to close out your 2026 garden season and prepare for 2027. Of course, some of these tasks are ones that you do not need to do every year. Compost or manure could be added to your vegetable garden. In fact, If the manure is raw, we would recommend you apply it in the fall for it to overwinter and age. Compost and manure are fairly

equal in what they do to your soil and are considered good additions to address problems that you may be encountering in the growing season. If you were to add a lot of manure and compost in the fall, then you would want to reduce how much you add in the spring. Still, you could wait until the spring to add finished compost and aged manure if you so choose. The fall is also a good time to get a soil test. Soil tests are conducted in the fall as they can sometimes be more accurate in what your soil is telling you. It can also take 3-6 months to raise or lower your soil pH, a measurement that can limit your plants productivity. A standard soil test

will tell your soil pH, soil nutrients, and organic matter. We usually recommend a soil test every 3-5 years. The University of Illinois Extension maintains a website with a list of soil testing labs that you can contact for further information: extension.illinois.edu/soil One of the other recommendations is to clean your tomato cages, pruners, stakes, and any other hand tools you plan to store back between seasons. These tools, with dried soil and plant material, can sometimes harbor the pathogens that cause disease and bring them into next season when you use them. Try to scrub these materials with soap and then

clean with rubbing alcohol/wipes. Let the tools dry and then store back. There are some wonderful guides online for how to clean and sharpen your pruners, a tool that could benefit greatly from a good sharpening. Of course, I find when I do this that I come up with tools that I want to buy/replace. These three tasks can still be accomplished in the next month and if you do not get around to them, you’ve got the spring to do many of them before planting. Grant is the Local Food and Smalls Farms Educator of the University of Illinois Extension.

Energy & Environment

Can AI enable us to escape the limits to growth By Dr. Robert Vogl, Ph.D.

Illinois Renewable Energy Association Contributor

This past July Illinois passed the A r t i f ic ia l Intel l igence a nd Sa fet y Measures Act which require large AI developers to publish a framework for assessing catastrophic risks and undergo mandatory annual third-party audits to ensure compliance with safety and transparency standards. The legislation is similar to acts passed in California and New York. Capital News Illinois described the combined actions by the three states as effectively establishing a de facto national standard in lieu of federal regulations. Given the immense impact of the push for AI data centers across the economy and the strong public opposition to them in many communities based on their potential adverse consequences it is likely to remain a public issue for many years. The Illinois law includes the nations first requirement of an annual independent third party audits. Firms prefer to keep control over information which could involve legal and competitive consequences for the firms being subject

to government regulations. The public wants protection from the potential harmful impacts on their interests from actions taken by firms as they pursue their corporate goals. A recent video by NPR under the column Machine Guide takes a closer look at one firm’s effort to employ a third party to provide them with a safety analysis of their AI model. The video is based on an interview of two third party analyst hired by Open AI to provide the firm with an analysis of the firm’s AI model regarding safety concerns involved in its use. A leak occurred of sensitive firm information that reached the news media and the two fired analysts denied any involvement in the release of the information. AI acknowledged that its agents were involved in the leaks after the firm Hugging Face acknowledged the leaks and notified the FBI. Open AI indicated it has taken corrective actions. The incident issue illustrates the sensitive nature involved in bringing in outsiders to assess a firm’s handling of its sensitive information. Some government regulations do involve using the services

of outside interests that serve the public interest. A basic question regarding such leaks is who benefits from them. Beyond the limited clarity on the Hugging Face leaks Nate Hagens posted a long list of 20 concerns regarding the rapid expansion of data centers across the country and around the globe. He sees the overall impact of AI’s use on the economy as an upgrade as it starts from using intelligence as the first input required for all other inputs. He points to the consumption of fossil fuels as being equivalent to an army of five hundred billion fossil workers as supporting the global population of 8 billion people. And we are in the midst of fueling and building a second army built on brains and minds and not muscle consisting of trillions of cognitive workers tireless, cheap and getting smarter and injecting itself into our civilization. What was built with the first army based on fossil fuels turned out to be a cage limiting growth on our finite planet. He envisions AI as a promise to escape from the limits to growth on a finite planet. Yet he reminds us that the AI boom that will require a massive amount

of energy and materials. He goes on to remind us that transformers and gas turbines are already on long waiting lists. Water supplies are being drawn down where supplies are already in decline. Copper demand is rising as the grade of the ore is declining while chips get replaced on a four year cycle with improved efficiency which ends up adding to the electronic waste stream. He suggests that we will end up with the same questions that limited the fossil fuel economy. What surplus is left for everyone else, and for whom and who gets to decide? The reason for the AI transition is to make everything more efficient and cheaper and yet it involves a much higher demand on the environment. Hagens points at two centuries of evidence that more productivity and cheaper AI does not mean we consume less. Whatever AI saves it is spent on something else. He goes on to list other reasons to be concerned about AI and promises to expand on them in subsequent presentations which will include references. Hagen’s views cited in this article can be found at the Great Simplification site #161; Humanity’s Icarus Moment: The wings, the sea, the sun.

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Sports

Baker, Bochy, Maddon and Piniella among 8 men on Hall of Fame contemporary era committee ballot Associated Press

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. (AP) — Retired managers Dusty Baker, Bruce Bochy, Joe Maddon and Lou Piniella are among eight men on the ballot for the Hall of Fame’s contemporary era committee for managers, executives and umpires that meets on Dec. 6 at the winter meetings in San Diego. Former general managers Sandy Alderson and Brian Sabean also are on the ballot along with the late Atlanta Braves owner Ted Turner and former player, broadcaster and National League President Bill White, the Hall announced Monday. The identities of the 16 voters will be announced closer to the meeting, and 75% of the vote is needed for election. Anyone chosen will be inducted into the Hall next July 25 along with players voted in by the

Baseball Writers’ Association of America, whose balloting will be announced on Jan. 19. Piniella received 11 votes in 2023, when Jim Leyland was elected, and 11 in 2018, when Harold Baines and Lee Smith were voted by the today’s game era committee. The Hall in 2022 restructured its veterans committees for the third time in 12 years, setting up panels to consider the contemporary baseball era from 1980 on and classic baseball era from before 1980. The contemporary baseball era holds separate ballots for players and another for managers, executives and umpires. Baker, 77, was a two-time All-Star outfielder who hit .278 with 242 homers and 1,013 RBIs for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Atlanta, the Oakland Athletics and San Francisco Giants from 1968-86, then managed the Giants (1993-2002),

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winning three World Series titles. Sabean was the Giants’ executive vice president of baseball operations from 2015-18. Turner, who died on May 6 at age 87, bought the Braves in 1976 and led the team until 1996, when Turner Broadcasting System merged with Time Warner. He was a broadcasting innovator, turning WTBS into a superstation with national distribution. His Braves won the 1995 World Series title. White, 92, was an All-Star in five seasons as a first baseman and occasional outfielder, hitting .286 with 202 homers and 870 RBIs for the New York and San Francisco Giants, St. Louis and Philadelphia from 1956-69. He won a World Series title with the 1964 Cardinals, was a Yankees broadcaster from 1971-88 and NL president from 1989-94. Each committee meets every three years. Classic baseball meets in December 2027 and contemporary baseball/players in December 2028. Managers and umpires were eligible if they had 10 or more big league seasons and have been retired for five years, though people 65 and older are eligible six months after retirement. Executives must be retired for five years, but active executives 70 or older are eligible. A candidate who does not receive at least five of the 16 votes is not eligible for the next ballot of that committee three years later. A candidate who does not receive at least five of the 16 votes on multiple ballots would no longer be eligible for that committee. The ballot was picked by a historical overview committee that included Adrian Burgos of the University of Illinois, Bob Elliott of the Canadian Baseball Network, historian Steve Hirdt, La Velle Neal of the Minnesota Star Tribune, former The Athletic writer David O’Brien, José de Jesus Ortiz of Our Esquina Media, BBWAA secretary-treasurer Jack O’Connell, for mer For t Wor t h Star-Teleg ram writer Jim Reeves, former San Francisco Chronicle writer Glenn Schwarz, San Francisco Chronicle writer Susan Slusser and former Southern California News Group writer Mark Whicker. Buster Posey, Jon Lester and Ryan Zimmerman are among players eligible for the BBWAA vote for the first time. Holdovers include Chase Utley, Andy Pettitte and Félix Hernández.

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provisions of the District Code good interpersonal skills, ability 1834 Meadows Circle, Rockford, IL Plaintiff from the date of first publication, open for inspection and plaintiff shall pay the assessments required vs. or within three (3) months from makes no representation as to by subsection(g-1) of Section 189.5 should be repealed upon adoption to effectively use Microsoft Word, 61108; that the true and real full Excel and other computer soft- names of all persons owning, Jon Worthington; the date of mailing or delivery of the condition of the property, proof the Condominium Property Act. of the updated policy; State of Illinois, Notice to creditors, if mailing or spective bidders are admonished Sale terms: At sale, the bidder must NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT OR- ware and technology as required. conducting or transacting such n n n Starting salary range: $42,500 business are as follows: Nicholas Department of Revenue; delivery is required by 755 ILCS to check the court file to verify all have 10% (or 25% if so ordered in DAINED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTORDINANCE NO. 26-03 Unknown Owners and 5/18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, information. If this property is a the Judgement of Foreclosure) AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING AND EES OF THE NORTH PARK PUBLIC DOQ. Top-qualified applicants will George Scheuer SIGNED: Nicholas George Nonrecord Claimants 1975 as amended, whichever date condominium unit, the purchaser down by certified funds, balance ENACTING A NEW CODE FOR THE WATER DISTRICT, WINNEBAGO move on to oral examinations by Scheuer 10/13/26 Defendant is later. Any claim not filed by the of the unit at the foreclosure sale, within 24 hours, by certified funds. NORTH PARK PUBLIC WATER COUNTY, ILLINOIS, AS FOLLOWS: the Loves Park Civil Service ComSubscribed and sworn (or 24 FC 338 requisite date as stated above other than a mortgagee, shall pay No refunds. The property is sold AS DISTRICT, ILLINOIS; PROVIDING Section 1. Repeal of ordinance mission tentatively scheduled to be conducted on the evening of affirmed to) before me, this 13th CALENDAR shall be barred. Claims against the assessments and the legal IS subject to all liens or encumFOR THE REPEAL OF CERTAIN No. 17-01 day of October, A.D. 2026. NOTICE OF SALE the estate may be filed in the fees required by the Condominium brances. The property will NOT be ORDINANCES NOT INCLUDED Ordinance No. 17-01, adopted December 1, 2026. EOE. 27713R TRRT 11/4 Lori Gummow, County Clerk PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given office of the Winnebago County property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9 (g) open for inspection. Prospective THEREIN; PROVIDING A PENALTY February 22, 2017, entitled An n n n Teresa Bravo, Deputy Clerk that pursuant to a Judgment Circuit Clerk-Probate Division at (l) and (g)(4). If this property is a bidders are admonished to check FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF; Ordinance Adopting a Travel and 27700R TRRT 11/4 of Foreclosure entered in the the Winnebago County Courthouse, condominium unit which is part of the circuit court case record, PROVIDING FOR THE MANNER OF Reimbursement Policy for the ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF INTENTION n n n above entitled cause Intercounty Rockford, Illinois, or with the estate a common interest community, the property tax record and the title AMENDING SUCH CODE North Park Public Water District, STATE OF ILLINOIS, ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF Judicial Sales Corporation will on legal representative, or both. Cop- purchaser of the unit at the foreclo- record to verify all information BE IT AND IT IS HEREBY OR- is hereby repealed in its entirety. COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO INTENTION November 19, 2026, at the hour ies of claims filed with the Circuit sure sale other than a mortgagee before bidding. IF YOU ARE THE DAINED by the Board of Trustees Section 2. Repeal of code This is to certify that the unSTATE OF ILLINOIS, 1:00 p.m., Intercounty’s Winnebago Clerk’s Office-Probate Division, shall pay the assessments required MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU of the North Park Public Water provisions COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO County office, 7210 East State Street, must be mailed or delivered to the by the Condominium Property Act, District, Winnebago County, Illinois, Chapter 2, Article III, Divi- dersigned intend to conduct and This is to certify that the Rockford, IL 61108, sell, in person, estate legal representative and to 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN as follows: sion 2, entitled “Travel Expense transact a catering business in said Section 1. The Code entitled Reimbursement,” consisting of County and State under the name undersigned intend to conduct to the highest bidder for cash, the his/her attorney within ten days THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN THE ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POS“Code of Ordinances, North Park Sections 2-78 through 2-82 of the of P&K Grazing and Events at the and transact a home maintenance following described mortgaged after it has been filed. DATED: October 14, 2026 IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS SESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH Public Water District, Illinois,” pub- Code of Ordinances of the North following post office addresses: business in said County and State real estate: LOT EIGHT (8) IN BLOCK /s/ Mark Brynteson AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF SECTION 15-1701(c) OF THE ILLINOIS lished by CivicPlus, LLC is adopted. Park Public Water District, Illinois, 715 Roland Ave., Rockford, IL 61107; under the name of HomesPro at THREE (3) AS DESIGNATED By one of their Attorneys POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. Section 2. All ordinances of a is hereby repealed in its entirety. that the true and real full names of the following post office addresses: For information call Sales UPON THE PLAT OF ROCK 27696R TRRT 11/4 SECTION 15-1701 (C) OF THE ILLINOIS general and permanent nature enFollowing such repeal, Sections all persons owning, conducting or 209 Lincoln Park Blvd., Rockford, VIEW ADDITION TO THE CITY n n n MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, acted on or before March 26, 2026, 2-53 through 2-82 shall be desig- transacting such business are as IL 61102; that the true and real Robertson, Anschutz, Schneid, follows: Thelma Braxton Edgeston; full names of all persons owning, OF ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS THE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE For information, contact Plaintiffs and not included in the Code or nated as reserved. conducting or transacting such PLAT OF WHICH ADDITION SEVENTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT attorney: LOGS Legal Group LLP Crane & Partners, PLLC, 13010 recognized and continued in force Section 3. Continuing travel Karen D. Stewart SIGNED: Thelma Braxton business are as follows: Ariel Otis IS RECORDED IN BOOK 10 WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS (847) 291-1717 please refer to file Morris Road, Suite 450, Alpharetta, by reference therein, are repealed. and expense reimbursement Edgeston 10/14/26 Haugabook OF PLATS ON PAGE 4 IN MIDFIRST BANK number 26-105010-FC01. Auction. Georgia 30004. (708) 668-4410 ext. Section 3. The repeal provided policy. SIGNED: Karen D. Stewart SIGNED: Ariel Otis Haugabook THE RECORDER’S OFFICE, Plaintiff, com, LLC 100 N LaSalle St., Suite 52109. 25-290117 for in section 2 hereof shall not be The repeal provided for in this INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES 10/14/26 10/13/26 IN WINNEBAGO COUNTY, -v.1400, Chicago, IL 60602 - 872construed to revive any ordinance Ordinance is made in conjunction Subscribed and sworn (or Subscribed and sworn (or ILLINOIS, EXCEPTING THE TAMMY R. DAILY; 225-4985 You can also visit www. CORPORATION or part thereof that has been re- with the adoption of Resolution intercountyjudicialsales.com NORTH THIRTY EIGHT (38) SHANNON G. DAILY; auction.com. Attorney File No. 26pealed by a subsequent ordinance No. 2026-05 and the Travel and affirmed to) before me, this 14th affirmed to) before me, this 13th I3296286 day of October, A.D. 2026. FEET IN WIDTH OF SAID UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; 105010-FC01 Case Number: 26 FC that is repealed by this ordinance. Expense Reimbursement Policy day of October, A.D. 2026. Lori Gummow, County Clerk LOT, THE SOUTH LINE OF Defendants. 88 NOTE: PURSUANT TO THE FAIR P27708R TRRT 11/11 Section 4. Unless another adopted thereby. Nothing in this Lori Gummow, County Clerk Krystal Soto, Deputy Clerk SAID EXCEPTING TRACT 26 FC 88 DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT, penalty or forfeiture is expressly Ordinance shall be construed Krystal Soto, Deputy Clerk n n n 27702R TRRT 11/4 27701R TRRT 11/4 BEING PARALLEL WITH THE 56 Liberty Boulevard, YOU ARE ADVISED THAT PLAINTIFF’S IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE provided, every person convicted as eliminating or limiting the n n n n n n NORTH LINE OF SAID LOT; Machesney Park, IL 61115 ATTORNEY IS DEEMED TO BE A of a violation of any provision of requirements of the Travel and 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE SITUATED IN THE COUNTY NOTICE OF SALE DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO the Code or any ordinance, rule or Expense Reimbursement Policy WINNEBAGO COUNTY SEVENTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORregulation adopted or issued in adopted pursuant to Resolution IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO COUNTY, OF ILLINOIS. GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment MATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED Wilmington Savings Fund Society, pursuance thereof shall be subject No. 2026-05. WINNEBAGO COUNTY 400 WEST STATE STREET, P.I.N. 11-36-226-012. of Foreclosure and Sale entered FOR THAT PURPOSE. to a penalty up to and including the Section 4. Codification FSB, not in its individual capacity PROBATE DIVISION ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS Commonly known as 1615 18th in the above cause on 9/3/2026, I3296450 maximum permitted or required The District’s codifier is authobut solely as Trustee for ESTATE OF Street, Rockford, Illinois 61104. an agent of Auction.com, LLC will P27707R TRRT 11/11 by state law. The penalty provided rized and directed to make such IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF Ibis Holdings A Trust THOMASETTA CHILTON, Arthur Ryan Johnson, The real estate is: single family conduct the Online Only auction at n n n by this section, unless another nonsubstantive editorial, organiPLAINTIFF Deceased. DECEASED. residence. If the subject mortgaged www.auction.com, with the bidding IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE penalty is expressly provided, zational, and numbering changes Vs. CASE NO. 2026 PR 0000249 26 PR 84 real estate is a unit of a common window opening on 12/7/2026 17th JUDICIAL CIRCUIT shall apply to the amendment of as may be necessary to reflect the SAGA R.E.I Inc.; CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given to creditors of interest community, the purchaser at 10:00 AM CDT and closing on COUNTY OF Winnebago any Code section, whether or not repeal enacted by this Ordinance Sofia Quinones; NOTICE is given of the death of the death of the above named of the unit other than a mortgagee December 9, 2026 at 10:00 AM Rockford, ILLINOIS such penalty is reenacted in the in the Code of Ordinances of the Unknown Owners and U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, amendatory ordinance. In addition North Park Public Water District. THOMASETTA CHILTON, who died decedent. Letters of office were shall pay the assessments required subject to extension, and will sell Nonrecord Claimants NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS to the penalty prescribed above, Section 5. Conflicting pro- on September 11, 2026. Letters of issued to Veena Johnson, 859 Sher- by subsection(g-1) of Section 189.5 at public sale to the highest bidder, DEFENDANTS Office were issued on October 13, man Avenue, Janesville, Wisconsin of the Condominium Property Act. as set forth below, the following TRUSTEE, AS SUCCESSOR-INthe city may pursue other remedies visions No. 2026-FC-0000298 INTEREST TO U.S. BANK NATIONAL such as abatement of nuisances, All ordinances or parts of 2026, to ERIC CHILTON of 110 N. 53545, as Independent Adminis- Sale terms: At sale, the bidder must described real estate. NOTICE BY PUBLICATION LOT EIGHTEEN (18) IN ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, ON injunctive relief and revocation of ordinances in conflict with this Dayton Street, Durand, IL 61024 trator, whose attorney of record have 10% (or 25% if so ordered in NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU: BLOCK THIRTY-ONE (31) BEHALF OF THE REGISTERED licenses or permits. Ordinance are hereby repealed to who is the legal representative is Bradley Kupiec, The Heartland the Judgement of Foreclosure) Unknown Owners and Nonreof the estate. The attorney for Law Firm, 1545 Waukegan Road, down by certified funds, balance AS DESIGNATED UPON THE HOLDERS OF BEAR STEARNS ASSET Section 5. Additions or amend- the extent of such conflict. the estate is Douglas R. Henry, of Suite 1-3, Glenview, Illinois 60025. within 24 hours, by certified funds. PLAT OF NORTHWAY PARK BACKED SECURITIES I TRUST 2006- cord Claimants ments to the Code when passed Section 6. Severability That this case has been comThe estate will be administered No refunds. The property is sold AS THIRD SUBDIVISION BEING HE8, ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, in such form as to indicate the If any section, paragraph, Barrick, Switzer, Long, Balsley & menced in this Court against you A PART OF THE SOUTHEAST SERIES 2006-HE8 intention to make the same a part clause, phrase, or provision of this Van Evera, LLP, 6833 Stalter Drive, without court supervision, unless IS subject to all liens or encumand other defendants, praying under section 5/28-4 of the Probate brances. The property will NOT be QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION Plaintiff of the Code shall be deemed to be Ordinance is held invalid or unen- Rockford, Illinois 61108. for the foreclosure of a certain Claims against the Estate may Act (Ill. Compiled Stat. 1992, Ch. 755, open for inspection. Prospective 25, TOWNSHIP 45 NORTH, vs. incorporated in the Code, so that forceable by a court of competent Mortgage conveying the premises RANGE 1 EAST OF THE THIRD JEREMY SHELEY; reference to the Code includes jurisdiction, such determination be filed on or before April 21, par. 5/28-4) any interested person bidders are admonished to check described as follows, to-wit: PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, THE CRYSTAL SHELEY; the additions and amendments. shall not affect the validity of 2027, that date being at least six terminates independent adminis- the circuit court case record, COMMONLY KNOWN AS: PLAT OF WHICH SUBDIVIUNKNOWN OWNERS AND Section 6. Ordinances adopted the remaining provisions of this (6) months from the date of first tration at any time by mailing or property tax record and the title 3005 Andrews St publication, or within three (3) delivering a petition to terminate record to verify all information SION IS RECORDED IN BOOK NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS after the date specified in section Ordinance. Rockford, IL 61101 months from the date of mailing to the clerk. before bidding. IF YOU ARE THE 27 OF PLATS ON PAGE 110 Defendant 2 hereof that amend or refer to Section 7. Effective date and which said Mortgage was Claims against the estate may MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU IN THE RECORDER’S OFFICE 25 FC 172 ordinances that have been codified This Ordinance shall be in full or delivery of Notice to creditors, made by: OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, CALENDAR in the Code shall be construed force and effect upon its passage if mailing or delivery is required by be filed with the clerk or with the HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN SAGA R.E.I Inc. ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE NOTICE OF SALE as if they amend or refer to like and approval and upon the adop- Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate representative, or both, on or POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER the Mortgagor(s), to BLP MortCOUNTY OF WINNEBAGO PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given provisions of the Code. tion of Resolution No. 2026-05, Act, 1975 as amended, whichever before April 14, 2027, or, if mailing THE ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSdate is later. Any claim not filed or delivery of a notice from the SESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. that pursuant to a Judgment gage, LLC, as Mortgagee, and Passed this October 28, 2026. whichever occurs later. Commonly known as 56 Liberty of Foreclosure entered in the recorded in the Office of the /s/ Deborah Nelson, PASSED by the Board of Trustees by the requisite date stated above representative is required by SECTION 15-1701(c) OF THE ILLINOIS section 5/18-3 of the Probate Act, MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. Boulevard, Machesney Park, IL 61115 above entitled cause Intercounty Recorder of Deeds of Winnebago Chairman of the Board of of the North Park Public Water shall be barred. Claims against the Estate the date stated in that notice. Any For information call Sales Property Index No. 07-25- Judicial Sales Corporation will on County, Illinois, as Document No. Trustees District this 28th day of October, may be filed in the Office of the claim not filed on or before that Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, 402-030 December 3, 2026, at the hour 1:00 2024026293; and for other relief; North Park Public Water District 2026. Winnebago County Circuit Clerk, date is barred. Copies of a claim Sottile & Barile, LLC, 7530 Lucerne The real estate is improved p.m., Intercounty’s Winnebago that summons was duly issued ATTEST: Passed this 28th day October Probate Division at the Winnebago filed with the clerk must be mailed Drive, Suite 210, Middleburg with a Single Family Residence. The County office, 7210 East State Street, out of said Court against you as /s/ Kelly Saunders, Secretary 2026. Published: November 4, 2026 /s/ Deborah Nelson, County Courthouse, 400 West State or delivered by the claimant to Heights, Ohio 44130. (440) 572-1511. judgment amount was $81,265.73 Rockford, IL 61108, sell, in person, provided by law and that the said Sale Terms: Full Sale Terms are to the highest bidder for cash, the suit is now pending. 27724R TRRT 11/4 Board Chairman Street, Rockford, Illinois, or with the the representative and to the ILF2406015 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES available on the property page at following described mortgaged n n n North Park Public Water District Estate legal representative, or both. attorney within 10 days after it NOW, THEREFORE, UNLESS YOU Copies of claims filed with the has been filed. CORPORATION www.auction.com by entering 56 real estate: ORDINANCE NO. 26-04 ATTEST: file your answer or otherwise file Circuit Clerk’s Office, Probate DiviE-filing is now mandatory for intercountyjudicialsales.com Liberty Boulevard into the search LOT ONE HUNDRED SIXAN ORDINANCE REPEALING /s/ Kelly Saunders, Secretary your appearance in this case in the I3295555 bar. If sold to anyone other than TY ONE (161) AS DESIGNATED ORDINANCE NO. 17-01 AND Published: November 4, 2026 sion, must be mailed or delivered documents in civil cases with Office of the Clerk of this Court, P27671R TRRT 10/28 the Plaintiff, the winning bidder UPON PLAT NO. 5 OF THE CHAPTER 2, ARTICLE III, DIVISION 2 27725R TRRT 11/4 to the Estate legal representative limited exemptions. To e-file, you Thomas A. Klein and to their attorney within ten must first create an account with n n n must pay the full bid amount RESH FARM, PART OF THE OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF Clerk of the Circuit Court (10) days after it has been filed. an e-filing service provider. Visit STATE OF ILLINOIS within twenty-four (24) hours of the EAST HALF (1/2) OF THE THE NORTH PARK PUBLIC 400 West State Street, Room 108 Dated: October 13, 2026 http://efile.illinoiscourts.gov/serIN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE auction’s end. All payments must NORTHWEST QUARTER (1/4) WATER DISTRICT, Public Notices Rockford, IL 61101 /s/ Eric Chilton, Executor vice-providers.htm to learn more 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT be certified funds. No third-party OF SECTION 16, TOWNSHIP WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS on or before November 30, n n n DOUGLAS R. HENRY - #6229426 and to select a service provider. If COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO checks will be accepted. All bid26 NORTH, RANGE 11 EAST WHEREAS, on February 22, 2017, 2026, A DEFAULT MAY BE ENTERED NOTICE OF EXAMINATION BARRICK, SWITZER, LONG, you need additional help or have In Re: Estate of ders will need to register at www. OF THE FOURTH PRINCIPAL the Board of Trustees adopted OrAGAINST YOU AT ANY TIME AFTER trouble e-filing, visit http://www.ilJean A. Passmore auction.com prior to placing a bid. MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF dinance No. 17-01, establishing the CLERICAL POSITION WITHIN THE BALSLEY & VAN EVERA, LLP THAT DAY AND A JUDGMENT MAY linoiscourts.gov/FAQ/gethelp.asp. Deceased. The subject property is subject to WHICH SUBDIVISION IS District’s Travel and Reimburse- LOVES PARK POLICE DEPARTMENT 6833 Stalter Drive BE ENTERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH LOVES PARK CIVIL SERVICE Rockford, IL 61108 Bradley Kupiec Case No. 2026-PR-253 general real estate taxes, special RECORDED IN BOOK 40 OF ment Policy, which is presently THE PRAYER OF SAID COMPLAINT. COMMISSION (815) 962-6611 The Heartland Law Firm (6346110) CLAIM NOTICE assessments, or special taxes PLATS ON PAGE 187B IN codified in Chapter 2, Article III, CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. The Loves Park Civil Service dhenry@bslbv.com 1545 Waukegan Road, Suite 1-3 NOTICE is given of the death of levied against said real estate THE RECORDER’S OFFICE Division 2, Sections 2-78 through Attorneys for Plaintiff 27693R TRRT 11/4 Glenview, Illinois 60025 Jean A. Passmore. Letters of Office and is offered for sale without OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, 2-82 of the Code of Ordinances Commission is taking applica15W030 North Frontage Road, n n n (847)729-3300 were issued on October 8, 2026 any representation as to quality ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE of the North Park Public Water tions for a clerical position in the Suite 100 Police Department. Apply online ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF I3295685 to Shari Noland, 10325 E. Pantera or quantity of title and without COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO District; and Burr Ridge, IL 60527 INTENTION P27670R TRRT 10/28 Avenue, Mesa, AZ, 85212, who is the recourse to plaintiff and in “AS AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. WHEREAS, the Board of Trust- at https://lovesparkpolice.org/ (630) 794-5300 STATE OF ILLINOIS, n n n legal representative of the estate. IS” condition. The sale is further P.I.N. 14-16-176-009. ees is contemporaneously con- page/56/police-clerk-application. COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE The attorney for the estate is subject to confirmation by the Commonly known as 501 HAW- DuPage # 15170 sidering Resolution No. 2026-05 Applications must be received by This is to certify that the 17th JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MARK D. BRYNTESON, 2969 Rolling court. Upon payment in full of KINS DRIVE, WINNEBAGO, IL 61088. Winnebago # 531 adopting an updated Travel and 4:30 p.m. on November 11, 2026. COUNTY OF Winnebago Meadow Court, Belvidere, Illinois the amount bid, the purchaser will The real estate is: single family Our File No. 14-26-03893 Expense Reimbursement Policy Duties include: onsite office undersigned intend to conduct NOTE: This law firm is a debt duties, answering phones, data and transact a woodcarving sales Rockford, ILLINOIS 61008, Office Phone 708-667-6868. receive a certificate of sale that will residence. If the subject mortgaged for the District; and U.S. Bank Trust National Claims against the estate may be entitle the purchaser to a deed to real estate is a unit of a common collector. WHEREAS, the Board of Trust- processing, and bookkeeping. business in said County and State I3296480 ees has determined that Ordinance Qualifications include: proven under the name of Nick’s Birds at Association, as Trustee of the FW filed on or before April 27, 2027 that the real estate after confirmation of interest community, the purchaser No. 17-01 and the corresponding customer service experience, the following post office addresses: Series I Trust date being at least six (6) months the sale. The property will NOT be of the unit other than a mortgagee P27709R TRRT 11/11

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The Rock River Times. November 4, 2026

n n n sale room in Cook County and the THE EAST LINE OF LOT FIVE HOWARD L. DRYE, SR.. Letters of Notice is given to Michael administration at any time by PURSUANT TO ILLINOIS SUPREME SHELLEY A. CAIN, IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE same identification for sales held (5) IN BLOCK TWO (2) OF Office were issued on September Wilson and Jack Wilson, who are mailing or delivering a petition to COURT RULE 11 FOR PLEADINGS Deceased. 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT at other county venues where SAID PARKER’S ADDITION; 23, 2026, to HOWARD L. DRYE, JR., heirs of Neva J. Wilson in the above terminate to the clerk. ONLY Case No. 2026-PR-207 WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS The Judicial Sales Corporation THENCE SOUTH ON THE c/o 7124 Windsor Lake Parkway, proceeding to probate her Will and Claims against the Estate may 27699R TRRT 11/4 CLAIM NOTICE PLANET HOME LENDING LLC conducts foreclosure sales. EAST LINE OF SAID LOT Loves Park, IL 61111, who is the legal whose addresses are not stated be filed on or before April 21, n n n NOTICE is given of the death Plaintiff, For information, examine the FIVE (5), 2 RODS TO THE representative of the estate. The in the Petition to Admit Will to 2027, that date being at least six ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF -v.court file, CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, NORTH LINE OF SAID LOT attorney for the estate is JEREMY Probate, that an Order was entered (6) months from the date of first INTENTION of SHELLEY A. CAIN. Letters of FLOR ORTIZ-MORA P.C. Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 15W030 SIX (6); THENCE EAST ON RAMSEY, 7124 Windsor Lake Park- by the Circuit Court of Winnebago publication, or within three (3) STATE OF ILLINOIS, Office were issued on the 14th et al NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE THE NORTH LINES OF SAID way, Loves Park, IL 61111. County, Illinois, on October 8, 2026, months from the date of mailing COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO day of August, 2026 to Nicole Cain, Defendant 100, BURR RIDGE, IL, 60527 (630) LOTS SIX (6) AND FOUR (4) TO Claims against the estate may admitting the Will of Neva J. Wilson, or delivery of Notice to creditors, This is to certify that the 2026-FC-0000123 794-9876 THE PLACE OF BEGINNING; be filed on or before April 21, dated June 18, 2020, to probate and if mailing or delivery is required by undersigned intend to conduct Administrator, who is the legal NOTICE OF SALE THE JUDICIAL SALES SITUATED IN THE COUNTY 2027, that date being at least six appointing Douglas E. Wilson as Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate and transact a ship and fulfillment representative of the Estate. The PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY CORPORATION OF WINNEBAGO AND STATE (6) months from the date of first Independent Executor. Act, 1975 as amended, whichever business in said County and State attorney for the Estate is GEORGE GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment One South Wacker Drive, OF ILLINOIS. publication or within three (3) Within 42 days after the ef- date is later. Any claim not filed under the name of Essentra Ship P. HAMPILOS, of Hampilos & Assoof Foreclosure and Sale entered 24th Floor, Commonly known as 733 JOHN months from the date of mailing fective date of the original Order by the requisite date stated above & Fulfillment at the following post ciates, Ltd., 6838 East State Street, in the above cause on June 25, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 STREET, PECATONICA, IL 61063 or delivery of Notice to creditors, admitting the Will to probate, shall be barred. office addresses: 1313 Edgerow 2026, an agent for The Judicial (312) 236-SALE Property Index No. 09-29-401- if mailing or delivery is required by you may file a petition with the Claims against the Estate Lane, Rockford, IL 61102; that the Suite 302, Rockford, Illinois 61108. Claims against the Estate may Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 You can also visit The Judicial 015; 09-29-401-014 Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate Court to require proof of the Will may be filed in the Office of the true and real full names of all PM on November 24, 2026, at the Sales Corporation at www.tjsc. The real estate is improved Act, 1975, as amended, whichever by testimony of the witnesses to Winnebago County Circuit Clerk at persons owning, conducting or be filed on or before April 28, Advocus National Title Insurance, com for a 7 day status report of with a Single Family Residence. The date is later. Any claim not filed the Will in open court or other the Winnebago County Courthouse, transacting such business are as 2027, that date being at least six 973 Featherstone Rd, Suite 100, pending sales. judgment amount was $168,946.18 by the requisite date stated above evidence, as provided in Section 400 W. State, Rockford, Illinois, or follows: Amari Shay Da Kor (6) months from the date of first ROCKFORD, IL, 61107, sell at public CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Sale Terms: Full Sale Terms are shall be barred. 6-21 of the Probate Act of 1975 (755 with the Estate legal representaSIGNED: Amari Shay Da Kor in-person sale to the highest 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, available on the property page Claims against the estate may ILCS 5/6-21). tive, or both. 10/9/26 publication, or within three (3) bidder, as set forth below, the SUITE 100 at www.auction.com by entering be filed in the office of the WinYou also have the right under Copies of claims filed with the Subscribed and sworn (or months from the date of mailing following described real estate: BURR RIDGE IL, 60527 733 JOHN STREET into the search nebago County Circuit Clerk-Pro- Section 8-1 of the Probate Act of Circuit Clerk’s Office, Probate Divi- affirmed to) before me, this 9th or delivery of Notice to creditors, LOT SIX (6) IN BLOCK 630-794-5300 bar. If sold to anyone other than bate Div. at the Winnebago County 1975 (755 ILCS 5/8-1) to contest sion, must be mailed or delivered day of October, A.D. 2026. if mailing or delivery is required by TWO (2) AS DESIGNATED E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com the Plaintiff, the winning bidder Courthouse, 400 West State Street, the validity of the Will by filing a to the Estate legal representative Lori Gummow, County Clerk Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate UPON THE PLAT OF FOREST Attorney File No. 14-26-01757 must pay the full bid amount Rockford, Illinois 61101 or with the petition with the Court within six and to her attorney within ten (10) Teresa Bravo, Deputy Clerk HILL VIEW SUBDIVISION, Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 within twenty-four (24) hours of the estate legal representative, or both. months after admission of the Will days after it has been filed. 27703R TRRT 11/4 Act, 1975 as amended, whichever date is later. Any claim not filed NO. 1 OF PART OF THE Case Number: 2026-FC-0000123 auction’s end. All payments must Copies of claims filed with the to probate. Dated: October 14, 2026 n n n NORTHEAST QUARTER (1/4) TJSC#: 46-1529 be certified funds. No third-party Circuit Clerk’s Office-Probate DiviE-filing is now mandatory for /s/ Marci Renee Hagemann, ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF by the requisite date stated above OF SECTION 7, TOWNSHIP NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt checks will be accepted. All bid- sion, must be mailed or delivered documents in civil cases with Independent Executor INTENTION shall be barred. 44 NORTH, RANGE 2 EAST Collection Practices Act, you are ders will need to register at www. to the estate legal representative limited exemptions. To e-file, you J. Thomas Witek - #6230539 STATE OF ILLINOIS, Claims against the Estate OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL advised that Plaintiff’s attorney auction.com prior to placing a bid. and to his/her attorney within ten must first create an account with Witek Law Offices COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO MERIDIAN, THE PLAT OF is deemed to be a debt collector The subject property is subject to days after it has been filed. an e-filing service provider. Visit 7210 E. State St., Suite 102 This is to certify that the un- may be filed in the office of the WHICH SUBDIVISION IS attempting to collect a debt and general real estate taxes, special DATED: October 13, 2026 http://efile.illinoiscourts.gov/ser- Rockford, IL 61108 dersigned intend to conduct and Winnebago County Circuit Clerk-RECORDED IN BOOK 27 any information obtained will be assessments, or special taxes HOWARD L. DRYE, JR. vice-providers.htm to learn more (815) 962-9288 transact a notary and administra- Probate Division, at the Winnebago OF PLATS ON PAGE 129 IN used for that purpose. levied against said real estate Name: JEREMY RAMSEY and to select a service provider. If witek888@witeklaw.com tive business in said County and County Courthouse, 400 West State THE RECORDER’S OFFICE Case # 2026-FC-0000123 and is offered for sale without ARDC Number: # 6276765 you need additional help or have 27697R TRRT 11/4 State under the name of Notareed Street, Rockford, Illinois 61101, or OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY, I3296009 any representation as to quality Attorney for Estate trouble e-filing, visit http://www. n n n Notary & Administrative Services at ILLINOIS; SITUATED IN THE P27690R TRRT 11/4 or quantity of title and without Address: 7124 Windsor Lake illinoiscourts.gov/FAQ/gethelp. STATE OF ILLINOIS the following post office addresses: with the Estate’s legal representaCOUNTY OF WINNEBAGO n n n recourse to plaintiff and in “AS Parkway asp, or talk with your local circuit IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 4726 Jasper St., Rockford, IL 61101; tive, or both. AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE IS” condition. The sale is further Loves Park, IL 61111 clerk’s office. 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT that the true and real full names Copies of claims filed with the Commonly known as 3107 SEVENTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT subject to confirmation by the Telephone: (815) 988-4364 INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATION COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO of all persons owning, conducting Circuit Clerk’s Office--Probate DiviSUNNYSIDE DR, ROCKFORD, IL 61114 WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS court. Upon payment in full of 27694R TRRT 11/4 The Estate is being adminisPROBATE DIVISION or transacting such business are as sion, must be mailed or delivered Property Index No. 12-07ROCKET MORTGAGE, LLC, the amount bid, the purchaser will n n n tered independently, without court IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF follows: Yashica Marie Reed 279-006 Plaintiff, receive a certificate of sale that will STATE OF ILLINOIS supervision, pursuant to Article JEFFREY LOWER, SIGNED: Yashica Marie Reed to the Estate’s legal representative The real estate is improved with -v.entitle the purchaser to a deed to IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE XXVIII of the Probate Act of 1975. Any Deceased. 10/16/26 and to their attorney within ten a single family residence. JORDAN MINK; the real estate after confirmation of 17th JUDICIAL CIRCUIT interested person may petition the Case No. 2026-PR-136 Subscribed and sworn (or days after it has been filed. Sale terms: If sold to anyone SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND the sale. The property will NOT be COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO Court to terminate independent CLAIMS NOTICE affirmed to) before me, this 16th Dated: October 26, 2026 other than the Plaintiff, 25% down URBAN DEVELOPMENT, open for inspection and plaintiff IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF administration pursuant to Section Notice is given of the death of day of October, A.D. 2026. By: /s/ George P. Hampilos of the highest bid by certified funds Defendants. makes no representation as to Neva J. Wilson, 28-4 of the Probate Act (755 ILCS JEFFREY LOWER. Letters of Office Lori Gummow, County Clerk George P. Hampilos, Esq. at the close of the sale payable to 2026-FC-0000109 the condition of the property, proDeceased. 5/28-4), subject to the provisions were issued on September 28, 2026, Giselle Mandujano, Deputy Clerk The Judicial Sales Corporation. No 733 JOHN STREET, spective bidders are admonished NO. 2026 PR 228 of that Section. to Kelly Lower, who is the Executor 27704R TRRT 11/4 Prepared by: third party checks will be accepted. PECATONICA, IL 61063 to check the court file to verify all CLAIM NOTICE and NOTICE TO DATED: October 15, 2026 of the Estate. The attorney for the n n n George P. Hampilos – The balance, in certified funds/ NOTICE OF SALE information. If this property is a HEIRS AND LEGATEES WHOSE Douglas E. Wilson, Estate is Mason S. Crosby, Crosby ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF ARDC #6210622 or wire transfer, is due within PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY condominium unit, the purchaser ADDRESSES ARE UNKNOWN Independent Executor of & Crsoby, Inc., 3815 North Mulford INTENTION HAMPILOS & ASSOCIATES, LTD. twenty-four (24) hours. The subject GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of the unit at the foreclosure sale, Notice is given of the death of Neva J. Wilson, Deceased Rd, Suite 4, Rockford, Illinois 61115. STATE OF ILLINOIS, 6838 East State Street, Suite 302 property is subject to general real of Foreclosure and Sale entered other than a mortgagee, shall pay Neva J. Wilson who died on July 23, William A. Reilly II #6186140 Claims may be filed on or COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO estate taxes, special assessments, in the above cause on 7/27/2026, the assessments and the legal 2026, and that on October 8, 2026, Attorney for the Estate before April 21, 2027, that date This is to certify that the Rockford, IL 61108 or special taxes levied against an agent of Auction.com, LLC will fees required by the Condominium Honorable Gulley of the Circuit Reilly Law Offices being at least six (6) months from undersigned intend to conduct Telephone: 815-962-0044 said real estate and is offered for conduct the Online Only auction at property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9 (g) Court of Winnebago County, Illinois, 6801 Spring Creek Rd., 2D the date of first publication, or and transact a barbershop/ Facsimile: 815-962-6250 sale without any representation www.auction.com, with the bidding (l) and (g)(4). If this property is a entered an Order admitting the Rockford, IL 61114 within three (3) months from the salon business in said County georgehamp@aol.com as to quality or quantity of title window opening on 11/30/2026 condominium unit which is part of decedent’s Last Will and Testament (815) 316-8540 date of mailing or delivery of notice and State under the name of The 27717R TRRT 11/11 and without recourse to Plaintiff at 10:00 AM CDT and closing on a common interest community, the dated June 18, 2020, to probate and Notices@Reilly-LawOffices.com to any known creditor required by Cut District at the following post n n n and in ‘’AS IS’’ condition. The sale December 2, 2026 at 10:00 AM purchaser of the unit at the foreclo- appointing Douglas E. Wilson, of 27695R TRRT 11/4 Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate office addresses: 1002 E. State St., is further subject to confirmation subject to extension, and will sell sure sale other than a mortgagee Tucson, Arizona, as Independent n n n Act of 1975 as amended, whichever Rockford, IL 61107; that the true Rock ‘N’ Lock Self Storage by the court. at public sale to the highest bidder, shall pay the assessments required Executor of the Estate. Letters of STATE OF ILLINOIS date is later. Any claim not filed and real full names of all persons 14339 Willowbrook Road Upon payment in full of the as set forth below, the following by the Condominium Property Act, Office were issued to Douglas E. IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE by the requisite date stated shall owning, conducting or transacting South Beloit, IL 61080 amount bid, the purchaser will described real estate. 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE Wilson. The Independent Execu17th JUDICIAL CIRCUIT be barred. such business are as follows: (815) 489-7777 receive a Certificate of Sale that will PARCEL I: LOTS FOUR (4) THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), tor’s mailing address, through the WINNEBAGO COUNTY Claims against the estate Vernetta Glover NOTICE OF SALE entitle the purchaser to a deed to AND SIX (6) IN BLOCK TWO YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN Illinois Resident Agent, is Douglas IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF may be filed in the office of the SIGNED: Vernetta Glover 10/19/26 the real estate after confirmation (2) AS DESIGNATED UPON IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS E. Wilson, Independent Executor, LARRY L. HOLMQUIST, Winnebago County Circuit Clerk Subscribed and sworn (or Rock ‘N’ Lock Self Storage, of the sale. THE PLAT OF PARKER’S AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF c/o Reilly Law Offices, 6801 Spring Deceased Probate Division at the Winnebago affirmed to) before me, this 19th located at 14339 Willowbrook Road, The property will NOT be ADDITION TO THE TOWN POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH Creek Road, Suite 2D, Rockford, CASE NO. 2026 PR 212 County Courthouse, 400 W. State day of October, A.D. 2026. South Beloit, IL 61080, (815) 489open for inspection and plaintiff OF PECATONICA. ALSO THE SECTION 15-1701 (C) OF THE ILLINOIS Illinois, 61114. The attorney for NOTICE TO UNKNOWN HEIRS Street, Rockford, Illinois 61101, Lori Gummow, County Clerk makes no representation as to SOUTH 2 RODS IN WIDTH MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For the estate is William A. Reilly II AND CLAIMS NOTICE with the Independent Executor, Giselle Mandujano, Deputy Clerk 7777, will be selling the contents the condition of the property. ProOF LOT FIVE (5) IN BLOCK information, contact Plaintiffs of Reilly Law Offices, 6801 Spring NOTICE is given of the death of or both. Copies of any claim filed 27705R TRRT 11/4 of the following self-storage spective bidders are admonished TWO (2) AS DESIGNATED attorney: McCalla Raymer Leibert Creek Road, Suite 2D, Rockford, LARRY L. HOLMQUIST, who died on with the Circuit Clerk’s Office, n n n units through an online auction to check the court file to verify all UPON THE PLAT OF PARKER’S Pierce, LLP (312) 346-9088 please Illinois, 61114. May 19, 2026. Letters of Office were Probate Division, must be mailed ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF available to the public at www. information. ADDITION TO THE TOWN OF refer to file number 26-26203IL. NOTICE TO CREDITORS issued on September 30, 2026 to or delivered to the Independent INTENTION beloitauction.com. Online bidding If this property is a condominiPECATONICA. Auction.com, LLC 100 N LaSalle Claims against the Estate may Marci Renee Hagemann, 116 Drew Administrator and to the attorney STATE OF ILLINOIS, will take place from October 29, um unit, the purchaser of the unit PARCEL II: PART OF LOT St., Suite 1400, Chicago, IL 60602 be filed with the Independent Ct NE, Poplar Grove, IL 61065, as for the estate within ten (10) days COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO at the foreclosure sale, other than EIGHT (8) AS DESIGNATED - 872-225-4985 You can also visit Executor, or with the Clerk of the Independent Executor whose after it has been filed. This is to certify that the 2026, at 6:00 p.m. through Novema mortgagee, shall pay the assessUPON THE PLAT OF SECwww.auction.com. Attorney File Circuit Court of Winnebago County, attorney is J. Thomas Witek, Witek The estate will be administered undersigned intend to conduct ber 16, 2026, at 7:07 p.m. with the ments and the legal fees required TION 29, TOWNSHIP 27 No. 26-26203IL Case Number: Probate Division, Winnebago Coun- Law Offices, 7210 E. State St, Suite without court supervision, unless, and transact a digital creator sale being deemed to occur at the by The Condominium Property Act, NORTH, RANGE 10 EAST 2026-FC-0000109 NOTE: PURSUANT ty Courthouse, 400 W. State Street, 102, Rockford, IL 61108. under Section 28-4 of the Probate business in said County and State conclusion of bidding. 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If OF THE FOURTH PRINCIPAL TO THE FAIR DEBT COLLECTION Rockford, Illinois 61101, or both, Notice to Heirs: Act of 1975 (755 ILCS 5/28-4), any under the name of Manny Jurado Tenant this property is a condominium MERIDIAN, BOUNDED AND PRACTICES ACT, YOU ARE ADVISED on or before April 28, 2027, which Notice is given to Unknown interested person terminates Show at the following post office Unit Number DeJanae Polk unit which is part of a common DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS, THAT PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY IS date is not less than six months Heirs, who are heirs in the above independent administration at addresses: 1414 Widergren Dr., 727 interest community, the purchaser TO-WIT: COMMENCING AT DEEMED TO BE A DEBT COLLECTOR from the date of first publication proceeding to probate a and whose any time by mailing or delivering Rockford, IL 61108; that the true 728 Maria Ayala of the unit at the foreclosure sale THE NORTHEAST CORNER ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT of this Notice. With respect to any names or addresses are not stated a petition to terminate to the Clerk and real full names of all persons 815 Ethan Sandoval other than a mortgagee shall pay OF LOT FOUR (4) IN BLOCK AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED creditor entitled to individual in the petition for probate, that an of the Court. owning, conducting or transacting 842 Laura Welker the assessments required by The TWO (2) AS DESIGNATED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. notice pursuant to Section 18-3 of order was entered by the court on Dated this 16th day of Septem- such business are as follows: Jesus 907 Karl Olson Condominium Property Act, 765 UPON THE PLAT OF PARKER’S I3295964 the Probate Act of 1975, the claims September 30, 2026, appointing the ber 2026. Manuel Jurado Garcia Haleigh Bosin ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). ADDITION TO THE TOWN P27691R TRRT 11/4 deadline shall be the later of April administrator CROSBY & crosby, Inc. SIGNED: Jesus Manuel Jurado 909 IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR OF PECATONICA, THE PLAT n n n 28, 2027, or three months from the E-filing is now mandatory for By: /s/ Mason S. Crosby Garcia 10/16/26 912 Jonathan Mar-Garcia (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE OF WHICH ADDITION IS STATE OF ILLINOIS date of mailing or delivery of such documents in civil cases with Attorney for Kelly Lower, Subscribed and sworn (or 916 Frank McLain RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION RECORDED IN BOOK 32 OF COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO notice. Any claim not filed within limited exemptions. To e-file, you Executor affirmed to) before me, this 16th 918 Jonathan Mar-Garcia FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF DEEDS (PLATS) ON PAGE SS the applicable statutory period must first create an account with CROSBY & CROSBY LLP day of October, A.D. 2026. 921 Terrance Sims AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN 309 IN THE RECORDER’S IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE is barred. an e-filing service provider. Visit Attorney for Respondent Lori Gummow, County Clerk 932 Jacob Piper ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15OFFICE; THENCE NORTH 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Copies of claims filed with the http://efiled.illinoiscourts.gove/ Mason S. Crosby Mary McRae, Deputy Clerk 1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE ON THE EAST LINE OF SAID WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS Clerk must be mailed or delivered FAQ/gethelp.asp. ARDC: 6333778 27706R TRRT 11/4 933 Leacey Amato FORECLOSURE LAW. LOT FOUR (4) PRODUCED, IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: to the Independent Executor and to The estate will be administered 3815 North Mulford Road #4 n n n 951 Danielle Celner You will need a photo identi2 RODS; THENCE WEST, HOWARD L. DRYE, SR. the attorney for the Estate within without court supervision, unless Rockford, Illinois 61114 STATE OF ILLINOIS 1010 Collin Lopez fication issued by a government PARALLEL WITH THE NORTH Deceased, ten days after filing. under section 5/28-4 of the Probate Phone: (815) 367-6432 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 1060 Jacob Piper agency (driver’s license, passport, LINES OF LOTS FOUR (4) AND CASE NO. 2026 PR 203 NOTICE TO KNOWN HEIRS AND Act (Ill. Compiled Stat. 1992, Ch. Email: 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT 1102 Maksym Timofieiev etc.) in order to gain entry into SIX (6) IN BLOCK TWO (2) OF CLAIM NOTICE LEGATEES WHOSE ADDRESSES ARE 755, par 5/28-4) any interested eservice@crosbyandcrosbylaw. COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO our building and the foreclosure SAID PARKER’S ADDITION TO NOTICE is given of the death of UNKNOWN person terminates independent com In the Matter of the Estate of: 27718R TRRT 11/4

November 4, 2026 The Rock River Times.

n n n independent administration at affirmed to) before me, this 23rd Cube 5521 Cody Leigh; CubeSmart Asset Management, Suite 301, Rockford, Illinois 61101. Claims against the estate The estate will be administered ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF any time by mailing or delivering day of October, A.D. 2026. Cube 5915 Susan Schiro. LLC as Agentfor Owner #3731, 3780 Claims against the estate may may be flied on or before May 11, without court supervision, unless, INTENTION a petition to terminate to the Clerk Lori Gummow, County Clerk NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: E. State St. Rockford, IL 61108 to be filed in the Office of the Circuit 2027, that date being at least six under Section 28-4 of the Probate STATE OF ILLINOIS, of the Court. Giselle Mandujano, Deputy Clerk The following self-storage cube satisfy a lien on November 19, Clerk of Winnebago County located (6) months from the date of first Act of 1975 (755 ILCS 5/28-4), any COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO Dated this 28th day of October, 27721R TRRT 11/11 contents containing household 2026 at approx. 11:00am at www. at 400 W. State Street, Rockford, publication, or within three months interested person terminates This is to certify that the 2026. n n n and other goods will be sold by storagetreasures.com. Illinois 61101, or with the repre- (3) months from the date of mailing independent administration at undersigned intend to conduct RENO & ZAHM LLP ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF CubeSmart Asset Management, Cube 52 Barry Dock; sentatives, or both, on or before or delivery of Notice to creditors, if any time by mailing or delivering and transact a online retail store BY: /s/ Anthony R. Phelps INTENTION LLC as Agent for Owner #3568, Cube 61 Teira Pulliam; May 5, 2027, the date six months mailing or delivery is required by a petition to terminate to the Clerk business in said County and State Anthony R. Phelps, STATE OF ILLINOIS, 4560 Stenstrom Road Rockford, Cube 65 Shamia Evettle; from the date of first publication Section 18-3 of the Illinois Probate of the Court. under the name of Pleroma Ritual Attorney for SCOTT W. ABBOTT, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO IL 61109 to satisfy a lien on Cube 78 April Veasley; on November 4, 2026, or, if mailing Act, 1975 as amended, whichever Dated this 2nd day of November Works at the following post office Independent Executor of the This is to certify that the November 19, 2026 at approx. Cube 88 Destiney McCarney; or delivery of a notice from the date is later. Any claim not filed 2026. addresses: 1340 La Belle Ave., RockEstate of KAREN A. BERNECK undersigned intend to conduct 11:30am at www.storagetreasures. Cube 127 Marco Mosley; representatives is required by § by the requisite date stated above CROSBY & CROSBY INC. ford, IL 61101; that the true and real RENO & ZAHM, LLP and transact a event decorations com. Cube 188 Deborah Goode; 18-3 of the Probate Act of 1975, shall be barred. By: /s/ Mason S. Crosby full names of all persons owning, Anthony R. Phelps (#06297415) business in said County and State Cube S96 Jeffrey Boyd. Cube 199 Tamika Brown; the date stated in that notice. Claims against the estate conducting or transacting such 2902 McFarland Road, Suite 400 under the name of Lily’s Event NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Cube 207 lvory Williams; Any claim not filed on or before may be filed in the office of the Attorney for Elizabeth Almanza, Independent Administrator business are as follows: Reginald Rockford, IL 61107 Decoration at the following post The following self-storage cube Cube 220 Jayda Cooper; that date is barred. Copies of the Winnebago County Circuit ClerkMerl Freeman Phone (815) 987-4050 office addresses: 401 Homestead contents containing household Cube 294 Sheila Council; claim filed with the Clerk must be Probate Division at the Winnebago CROSBY & CROSBY LLP SIGNED: Reginald Merl Freeman arp@renozahm.com Ln., Rockford, IL 61102; that the and other goods will be sold by Cube 302 Damarion Garrett; mailed or delivered by the claim- County Courthouse, 400 W. State Attorney for Independent 10/21/26 27716R TRRT 11/11 true and real full names of all CubeSmart Asset Management, Cube 362 Keisha Creamer; ant to the representative and the Street, Rockford, IL, or with the Administrator Subscribed and sworn (or n n n persons owning, conducting or LLC as Agent for Owner#3567, 3015 Cube 400 Mikayla Allen. representative’s attorney within estate legal representative or both. Mason S. Crosby affirmed to) before me, this 21st STATE OF ILLINOIS transacting such business are as N. Main St. Rockford, IL 61103 to 27714R TRRT 11/4 ten (10) days after it has been filed. Copies of claims filed with the ARDC: 6333778 day of October, A.D. 2026. IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE follows: Liliana Landa satisfy a lien on November 19, n n n Tamara Benson, Circuit Clerk’s Office - Probate Divi- 3815 North Mulford Road #4 Lori Gummow, County Clerk 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT SIGNED: Liliana Landa 11/2/26 2026 at approx. 12:00pm at www. STATE OF ILLINOIS Independent Administrator sion, must be mailed or delivered Rockford, Illinois 61114 Giselle Mandujano, Deputy Clerk COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO Subscribed and sworn (or storagetreasures.com. IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE Prepared By: to the estate legal representative Phone: (815) 367-6432 27720R TRRT 11/11 IN THE INTEREST OF: affirmed to) before me, this 2nd Cube A46 Shari Rogers; 17th JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Mark C. Johnson and to her attorney within ten (10) Email: n n n eservice@crosbyandcrosbylaw. ISABELLA N. VALENTIN, day of November, A.D. 2026. Cube A70 Brittany L. Gulley; WINNEBAGO COUNTY ARDC No. 6211240 days after it has been filed. STATE OF ILLINOIS a minor, Lori Gummow, County Clerk Cube A132 Pete Ortiz; EMILY MILANO, Attorney for Petitioner Dated: October 29, 2026 com IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE Petitioner, Teresa Bravo, Deputy Clerk Cube A139 Darlene Fabert; Petitioner, 321 W. State Street, Suite 301 Sheri Power, Executor 27728R TRRT 11/18 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT vs. 27732R TRRT 11/18 Cube A174 Chasity Wesley; vs. Rockford, IL 61101 ATTY. KEITH S. MORSE - 1970666 n n n COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO IRIS N. VALCARCEL and n n n Cube A178 Rickey Rucker; KYLE CAVANAGH, 27726R TRRT 11/18 124 N. Water St., Suite 208 ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF PROBATE DIVISION LUIS VALENTIN NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Cube B1 Quran Haynes; Respondent. n n n Rockford, IL 61107 INTENTION IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF Respondents. The following self-storage cube Cube B29 Debra Hyles; No. 2022 FA 772 STATE OF ILLINOIS (815) 967-5000 STATE OF ILLINOIS, KAREN A. BERNECK, Case No. 2026-JV-7 contents containing household Cube B69 Leroy Moore; PUBLICATION NOTICE OF COURT IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE Email: keith@morsefamilylaw.com COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO Deceased. NOTICE BY PUBLICATION and other goods will be sold Cube B78 Juanita Stallworth; DATE FOR REQUEST FOR NAME 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT 27727R TRRT 11/18 This is to certify that the unCase No. 2026-PR-0000227 TO: Iris N. Valcarcel, Luis Valentin, by CubeSmart Asset Manage- Cube B82 Gregory Bradford; CHANGE COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO n n n dersigned intend to conduct and Date Will Filed: 09/23/2026 and All Whom It May Concern ment, LLC as Agent for Owner Cube B126 India Williams; NOTICE is given that on DecemIN RE THE MARRIAGE OF: STATE OF ILLINOIS transact a construction business Will Number: 2026-W-671 NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to Re- #4952, 7102 Rock Valley Parkway Cube B182 Mahmoud Odeh; ber 2, 2026 at 9:00 am in room 225, ADANARY GLORIA, IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE in said County and State under CLAIMS NOTICE spondents Iris N. Valcarcel and Luis Loves Park, IL 61111 to satisfy a Cube B184 Avantae Johnson; Emily Milano will present a Petition Petitioner, 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT the name of Whittington ConstrucNOTICE is given of the death Valentin that Petitioner Isabella N. lien on November 19, 2026 at Cube B227 Christopher Schlem; requesting that the Court change vs. COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO tion at the following post office of KAREN A. BERNECK. Letters of Valentin has caused to be filed a approx. 12:00pm at www.storaget- Cube B235 Malissa Maddox; the name of her minor daughter, ROBERTO PACHECO, PROBATE DIVISION Office were issued on October 15, PETITION FOR EMANCIPATION OF reasures.com. Cube B253 Tarek Karam; Gianna Grace Cavanagh to Gianna Respondent. IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF addresses: 806 N. Kocher St., Unit #121, Rockton, IL 61072; that the true 2026, to SCOTT W. ABBOTT, whose A MINOR and other relief in the Cube E32 Nichole Berger; Cube B291 Anthony Patterson; Grace Milano. Case No. 2026-DN-292 JOHN ALMANZA, and real full names of all persons address is 1214 Gordon Avenue, above-captioned cause of action. Cube W17 Ronald Hodyniak Jr. Cube B312 Jerry Huey; The hearing will take place at NOTICE BY PUBLICATION Deceased. owning, conducting or transacting Rockford, IL 61108, as Independent The next scheduled hearing on NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Cube B334 Cheria Mcgee. the Winnebago County Courthouse, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN to Case No. 2025-PR-0000301 such business are as follows: Elijah Executor of the Estate. The attorney this case is November 19, 2026 at The following self-storage cube NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: 400 W. State Street, Rockford, Respondent Roberto Pacheco CLAIMS NOTICE of record for the estate is Antho- 4 p.m. in Courtroom 3 of the JJC, contents containing household The following self-storage cube Illinois. that Petitioner Adanary Gloria has Notice is given of the death of E. Whittington SIGNED: Elijah E. Whittington ny R. Phelps of Reno & Zahm LLP, 211 S. Court St., Rockford, IL 61101. and other goods will be sold by contents containing household Dated: October 19, 2026 caused to be filed a PETITION FOR JOHN ALMANZA. Letters of Office 10/29/26 2902 McFarland Road, Suite 400, You are further notified that if you CubeSmart Asset Management, and other goods will be sold by /s/ Robert E. Canfield DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE and were issued on October 24, 2025, Subscribed and sworn (or Rockford, Illinois 61107. fail to file an answer or otherwise LLC as Agent for Owner#3566, 6210 CubeSmart Asset Management, Attorney for the Petitioner other relief in the above-captioned to Elizabeth Almanza, who is the Claims may be filed on or be- appear on or before November 19, Forest Hills Road Loves Park, IL 61111 LLC as Agent for Owner #3561, Prepared by: cause of action. You are further Independent Administrator of the affirmed to) before me, this 29th fore April 28, 2027, that date being 2026, a judgment by default may to satisfy a lien on November 19, 7511 Vandiver Road Rockford, Robert E. Canfield, (3122943) notified that if you fail to file Estate. The attorney for the Estate day of October, A.D. 2026. at least six (6) months from the be entered against you at any time 2026 at approx. 12:30pm at www. IL 61112 to satisfy a lien on 1111 South Alpine Road an answer or otherwise appear is Mason S. Crosby, Crosby & Crosby Lori Gummow, County Clerk date of first publication, or within thereafter for the relief requested storagetreasures.com. November 19, 2026 at approx. Suite 704 on or before December 7, 2026, Law Inc, 3815 N Mulford Road, Suite Giselle Mandujano, Deputy Clerk three (3) months from the date of in the petition. Cube 24 Brian and Aphrodite 11:00am at www.storagetreasures. Rockford, IL 61108 a judgment by default may be 4, Rockford, Illinois 61114. 27730R TRRT 11/18 mailing or delivery of notice to any /s/ Isabella N. Valentin, Mecklenburg; com. (815) 968-7200 entered against you at any time Claims may be filed on or ben n n known creditor required by Section Petitioner Cube 208 Sam Ristick; Cube A25 Mel Johnson; robert@canfieldmckennalaw.com thereafter for the relief requested fore May 4, 2027, that date being at ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF 18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act of 27719R TRRT 11/18 Cube 215D Shaleya Knight; Cube D1 KC Villarreal; 27715R TRRT 11/11 in the petition. least six (6) months from the date INTENTION 1975 (755 ILCS 5/18-3), whichever n n n Cube 221 Heather Jacobs; Cube L28 Desiree Koss; n n n /s/ Adanary Gloria, of first publication, or within three STATE OF ILLINOIS, date is later. Any claim not filed ASSUMED NAME CERTIFICATE OF Cube 458 Daniel Gonzalez; Cube N5 Abel Quinonez. STATE OF ILLINOIS Petitioner (3) months from the date of mailing COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO by the requisite date stated shall INTENTION Cube 613 John Gersy. NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF 27729R TRRT 11/18 or delivery of notice to any known This is to certify that the unbe barred. STATE OF ILLINOIS, NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: The following self-storage cube THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT n n n creditor required by Section 18-3 of dersigned intend to conduct and Claims against the estate COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO The following self-storage cube contents containing household WINNEBAGO COUNTY STATE OF ILLINOIS the Illinois Probate Act of 1975 as transact a transportation business may be filed in the office of the This is to certify that the un- contents containing household and other goods will be sold by IN PROBATE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE amended, whichever date is later. in said County and State under Winnebago County Circuit Clerk dersigned intend to conduct and and other goods will be sold by CubeSmart Asset Management, IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT Any claim not filed by the requisite the name of DL Transport at the Probate Division at the Winnebago transact a food truck business CubeSmart Asset Management, LLC as Agent for Owner #3563, 4300 RUTH EVERSOLL, COUNTY OF WINNEBAGO date stated shall be barred. following post office addresses: County Courthouse, 400 West State in said County and State under LLC as Agent for Owner #3565, Interstate Blvd Loves Park, IL 61111 Deceased. IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: Claims against the estate Street, Rockford, Illinois 61101, with the name of Senor Tortas at the 4548 American Road Rockford, to satisfy a lien on November 19, Case No. 2026-PR-218 RONALD ALBERTS, may be filed in the office of the 519 Park Ave., Rockford, IL 61103; the Independent Executor, or both. following post office addresses: IL 61109 to satisfy a lien on 2026 at approx. 1:00pm at www. NOTICE TO CREDITORS THAT THE Deceased. Winnebago County Circuit Clerk that the true and real full names Copies of any claim filed with the 7268 Montmorency Dr., Rockford, November 19, 2026 at approx. storagetreasures.com. ESTATE OF RUTH EVERSOLL CASE NO. 2026 PR 268 Probate Division at the Winnebago of all persons owning, conducting Circuit Clerk’s Office Probate Divi- IL 61108; that the true and real 11:30am at www.storagetreasures. Cube 13-14 Cedric Friar; HAS BEEN ADMITTED TO PROBATE CLAIM NOTICE County Courthouse, 400 W. State or transacting such business are sion must be mailed or delivered full names of all persons owning, com. Cube 42 Abraham Martinez; Notice is given to creditors NOTICE is given of the death Street, Rockford, Illinois 61101, as follows: Quentin John Thomas SIGNED: Quentin John Thomas to the Independent Executor and conducting or transacting such Cube A10 Shernicka Cooper; Cube 252 Michael Leenheer; of the death of Ruth Eversoll on of RONALD ALBERTS. Letters of with the Independent Executor, 10/30/26 to the attorney for the Estate within business are as follows: Miguel Cube P6 Anna Orozco; Cube 322 Anna McChesney; December 24, 2025. Letters of Office Office were issued on October 27, or both. Copies of any claim filed Subscribed and sworn (or ten (10) days after it has been filed. Medina Lopez; Evelyn J. Medina Cube 1401 Jenesis A. Solis; Cube 359 Priscila Ramirez; were issued on October 16, 2026, 2026, to Sheri Power, 8065 Barclay with the Circuit Clerk’s Office, The Estate will be administered SIGNED: Miguel Medina Lopez Cube 1419 Shaunia Jones; Cube 444 Danielle Gentry. to Tamara Benson of 91-1057 Kai Road, Rockford, IL 61102, who is the Probate Division, must be mailed affirmed to) before me, this 30th without court supervision, unless 10/23/26 Cube 2637 Tyler McKee; NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE: Oio Street, Ewa Beach, HI 96706 Executor of the estate. The attorney or delivered to the Independent day of October, A.D. 2026. under Section 28-4 of the Illinois SIGNED: Evelyn J. Medina Cube 3413 Doniqua Hilliard; The following self-storage cube as Independent Administrator, for the estate is Keith S. Morse, Administrator and to the attorney Lori Gummow, County Clerk Probate Act of 1975 (755 ILCS 5/28-4) 10/23/26 Cube 4233 Amerra Davis; contents containing household whose attorney of record is Mark 124 North Water Street, Suite 208, for the estate within ten (10) days Giselle Mandujano, Deputy Clerk any interested person terminates Subscribed and sworn (or Cube 4293 Asia Herron Jr.; and other goods will be sold by C. Johnson, 321 W. State Street, Rockford, IL 61107. after it has been filed. 27731R TRRT 11/18

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n n n 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 the assessments required by the Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS the assessments required by the Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS REAL ESTATE NOTICE BURR RIDGE IL, 60527 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WINNEBAGO 630-794-5300 THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF COUNTY, ILLINOIS PLANET HOME LENDING LLC Plaintiff, -v.- FLOR E-Mail: pleadings@il.cslegal.com AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701 AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701 ORTIZ-MORA et al Defendant 2026-FC-0000123 Attorney File No. 14-26-01757 (C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, (C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, NOTICE OF SALE Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 contact Plaintiffs attorney: McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLP (312) contact Plaintiffs attorney: LOGS Legal Group LLP (847) 291-1717 please PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Case Number: 2026-FC-0000123 346-9088 please refer to file number 26-26203IL. Auction.com, LLC refer to file number 26-105010-FC01. Auction.com, LLC 100 N LaSalle St., Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on June 25, 2026, an TJSC#: 46-1529 100 N LaSalle St., Suite 1400, Chicago, IL 60602 - 872-225-4985 You can Suite 1400, Chicago, IL 60602 - 872-225-4985 You can also visit www. agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 12:30 PM on November NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are also visit www.auction.com. Attorney File No. 26-26203IL Case Number: auction.com. Attorney File No. 26-105010-FC01 Case Number: 26 FC 88 24, 2026, at the Advocus National Title Insurance, 973 Featherstone advised that Plaintiff’s attorney is deemed to be a debt collector 2026-FC-0000109 NOTE: PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT COLLECTION NOTE: PURSUANT TO THE FAIR DEBT COLLECTION PRACTICES ACT, YOU Rd, Suite 100, ROCKFORD, IL, 61107, sell at public in-person sale to the attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be PRACTICES ACT, YOU ARE ADVISED THAT PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY IS ARE ADVISED THAT PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY IS DEEMED TO BE A DEBT highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: used for that purpose. DEEMED TO BE A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION Commonly known as 3107 SUNNYSIDE DR, ROCKFORD, IL 61114 Case # 2026-FC-0000123 AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Property Index No. 12-07-279-006 I3296009 I3295964 I3296450 The real estate is improved with a single family residence. P27690R TRRT 11/4 P27691R TRRT 11/4 P27707R TRRT 11/11 Sale terms: If sold to anyone other than the Plaintiff, 25% down n n n n n n n n n of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable REAL ESTATE NOTICE REAL ESTATE NOTICE REAL ESTATE NOTICE to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be acIN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SEVENTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SEVENTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 17th JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF cepted. The balance, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS ROCKET MORTGAGE, LLC, Plaintiff, -v.- WINNEBAGO COUNTY, ILLINOIS MIDFIRST BANK Plaintiff, -v.- TAMMY R. Winnebago - Rockford, ILLINOIS U.S. BANK TRUST COMPANY, NATIONAL twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real JORDAN MINK; SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT, DAILY; SHANNON G. DAILY; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; Defendants. 26 ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, AS SUCCESSOR-IN-INTEREST TO U.S. BANK estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said Defendants. 2026-FC-0000109 733 JOHN STREET, PECATONICA, IL 61063 FC 88 56 Liberty Boulevard, Machesney Park, IL 61115 NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, ON BEHALF OF THE REGISTERED real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to NOTICE OF SALE NOTICE OF SALE HOLDERS OF BEAR STEARNS ASSET BACKED SECURITIES I TRUST 2006quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in ‘’AS PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of HE8, ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-HE8 Plaintiff vs. JEREMY IS’’ condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on 7/27/2026, an Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on 9/3/2026, an SHELEY; CRYSTAL SHELEY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the agent of Auction.com, LLC will conduct the Online Only auction at agent of Auction.com, LLC will conduct the Online Only auction at CLAIMANTS Defendant 25 FC 172 CALENDAR www.auction.com, with the bidding window opening on 11/30/2026 www.auction.com, with the bidding window opening on 12/7/2026 at NOTICE OF SALE real estate after confirmation of the sale. PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes at 10:00 AM CDT and closing on December 2, 2026 at 10:00 AM subject 10:00 AM CDT and closing on December 9, 2026 at 10:00 AM subject no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective to extension, and will sell at public sale to the highest bidder, as set to extension, and will sell at public sale to the highest bidder, as set Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial forth below, the following described real estate. Sales Corporation will on December 3, 2026, at the hour 1:00 p.m., bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. forth below, the following described real estate. Commonly known as 733 JOHN STREET, PECATONICA, IL 61063 Commonly known as 56 Liberty Boulevard, Machesney Park, IL 61115 Intercounty’s Winnebago County office, 7210 East State Street, Rockford, If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at Property Index No. 09-29-401-015; 09-29-401-014 Property Index No. 07-25-402-030 IL 61108, sell, in person, to the highest bidder for cash, the following the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments The real estate is improved with a Single Family Residence. The The real estate is improved with a Single Family Residence. The described mortgaged real estate: and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS P.I.N. 14-16-176-009. 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is judgment amount was $168,946.18 Sale Terms: Full Sale Terms are judgment amount was $81,265.73 Sale Terms: Full Sale Terms are Commonly known as 501 HAWKINS DRIVE, WINNEBAGO, IL 61088. part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the available on the property page at www.auction.com by entering 733 available on the property page at www.auction.com by entering 56 JOHN STREET into the search bar. If sold to anyone other than the Liberty Boulevard into the search bar. If sold to anyone other than The real estate is: single family residence. If the subject mortgaged foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments Plaintiff, the winning bidder must pay the full bid amount within the Plaintiff, the winning bidder must pay the full bid amount within real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT twenty-four (24) hours of the auction’s end. All payments must be twenty-four (24) hours of the auction’s end. All payments must be the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER certified funds. No third-party checks will be accepted. All bidders certified funds. No third-party checks will be accepted. All bidders by subsection(g-1) of Section 189.5 of the Condominium Property Act. OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE will need to register at www.auction.com prior to placing a bid. The will need to register at www.auction.com prior to placing a bid. The Sale terms: At sale, the bidder must have 10% (or 25% if so ordered subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assess- subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assess- in the Judgement of Foreclosure) down by certified funds, balance ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government ments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered ments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property is sold agency (driver’s license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title AS IS subject to all liens or encumbrances. The property will NOT be our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the and without recourse to plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is and without recourse to plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition. The sale is open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check same identification for sales held at other county venues where The further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the circuit court case record, property tax record and the title record the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a certificate of sale that the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a certificate of sale that to verify all information before bidding. IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file, CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirma- will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirma- (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 P.C. Plaintiff’s Attorneys, 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, tion of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and tion of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and DAYS AFTER THE ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property, plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property, WITH SECTION 15-1701(c) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. BURR RIDGE, IL, 60527 (630) 794-9876 prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff’s Attorney, RobTHE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of ertson, Anschutz, Schneid, Crane & Partners, PLLC, 13010 Morris Road, One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the Suite 450, Alpharetta, Georgia 30004. (708) 668-4410 ext. 52109. 25-290117 Chicago, IL 60606-4650 assessments and the legal fees required by the Condominium property assessments and the legal fees required by the Condominium property INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION (312) 236-SALE intercountyjudicialsales.com You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com Act, 765 ILCS 605/9 (g)(l) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium Act, 765 ILCS 605/9 (g)(l) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser I3296286 for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay P27708R TRRT 11/11

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Death Notices 10/29/2026 28 Carlson, Ryan J Rockford 10/29/2026 81 Scheider, Frederick Rockford 10/29/2026 57 Thomas, Christopher L Rockford 10/29/2026 78 Nelson, Lawrence A Rockford 10/29/2026 86 Pagan, Dalila Rockford 10/29/2026 75 Mcclurg, Dennis Rockford 10/29/2026 64 Morris, Dawn Rockford 10/29/2026 84 Delciello, Ronald Loves Park 10/29/2026 82 Jones, Helen Rockford 10/29/2026 78 Wiles, Dorothy Rockford 10/29/2026 74 Clark, Denise Rockford 10/29/2026 69 Naill, Eileen G Rockford 10/29/2026 64 Carlson, Scott Rockford 10/28/2026 86 Burk, James Durand 10/28/2026 45 Peavy, Annette Rockford 10/28/2026 79 Nugent, Mary F Rockford 10/28/2026 84 Elias, David Rockford 10/28/2026 85 Thompson, Carol Rockford 10/28/2026 80 Kingsbury, Roger Rockford 10/28/2026 69 Baldwin, Vicky L Machesney Park 10/28/2026 75 Golden, Frederick D Rockford 10/28/2026 73 Nelson, John R Rockford 10/27/2026 57 Pro, Michael A Rockford 10/27/2026 90 Cull, June Durand 10/27/2026 56 Denham, Tina M Rockford 10/27/2026 41 Ponce Jr, Jeffrey Rockford 10/27/2026 81 Sager, Judy Rockford 10/27/2026 71 Godinez, Salvador Loves Park 10/27/2026 74 Bell, Michael L Rockford 10/27/2026 91 Lamprecht Jr., Walter Rockford 10/27/2026 71 Stoller, David M Rockford 10/27/2026 77 Raby, Pauline Rockford 10/27/2026 89 Frischkorn, Shirley Rockford 10/26/2026 82 Mullen, John Rockford 10/26/2026 86 Woolbright, Herschel E Loves Park 10/26/2026 78 Hudnut, Michael R Rockford 10/26/2026 73 Tobiasz, Casimir Rockford 10/26/2026 76 Wagaman, James Rockford 10/26/2026 44 Parks Jr., Spencer Rockford 10/26/2026 87 Barker, Beverly Rockford 10/26/2026 67 Stockwell, Verne Rockford 10/26/2026 78 Anderson, June Rockford 10/26/2026 77 Beilfuss, Khristine Rockford 10/26/2026 46 Manchaca Martinez, Jose L Rockford 10/26/2026 82 Ryan, Suzanne K Rockford 10/26/2026 87 Derkach, Mariya G Roscoe 10/25/2026 50 Ingram, Donavan W Rockford 10/25/2026 82 Cox, Charlotte Roscoe 10/25/2026 69 Rosado, Jose Rockford 10/25/2026 81 Mcmahon, Connie J Roscoe 10/25/2026 75 Davis, Janice Rockford 10/25/2026 87 Day, Thelma Rockford 10/25/2026 75 Aschenbrenner, Rick H Roscoe 10/24/2026 75 Lee, Kathleen L Rockford 10/24/2026 87 Moncur, Shirley Roscoe 10/24/2026 73 Conley, Judy Rockford 10/24/2026 79 Sneed, Pam Loves Park 10/24/2026 84 Bergman, Carl Rockford 10/24/2026 72 Heins, Leroy E Rockton 10/24/2026 58 Billups, Kevin Rockford 10/24/2026 95 Prather, Luverne Rockford 10/24/2026 82 Miller, David A Rockford 10/24/2026 74 Jones, Lovie Rockford 10/24/2026 95 Izejrovska, Hatija Rockford 10/24/2026 90 Jordan, Lowell L Loves Park 10/23/2026 97 Shatswell, Roseanne Rockford 10/23/2026 58 Carlson, Kimberly Rockford 10/23/2026 52 Carrillo, Ruth R Rockford 10/23/2026 95 Oconnor, Thomas Rockford 10/23/2026 88 Mcclendon, Maryann Rockford 10/23/2026 68 Williams, Larry Rockford 10/23/2026 94 Stiles, James Rockford 10/23/2026 91 Moore, Hazel Machesney Park 10/23/2026 78 Bright, Marc L Durand Death notices are provided by the Winnebago County Coroner’s office.

Crossword

THEME: HOLIDAY MOVIES

Horoscope ARIES

Your partner will shower you with sponta neous affection this week. You may feel a touch of worry related to upcoming medical tests. Patience is called for, as the results will arrive later than expected; fortunately, they’ll bring reassurance.

TAURUS

Your leadership shines. You may be asked to fill in for your boss during their vacation or replace a colleague when they go on sick leave. Your presence ensures continuity and demonstrates your reliability and natural authority in these key roles.

GEMINI

Your communication, organization and ne gotiation skills will be in the spotlight during an event. People will count on your social adaptability to mobilize the crowd and help bring group projects to completion.

CANCER

A family getaway is taking shape, though a few details are dragging on. Numerous trips strengthen your love for your family, and you’ll often feel the desire to return home so you can enjoy that comforting cocoon.

LEO

Generously paid overtime is coming, so ad just your schedule accordingly. Then, to bal ance that extra effort with a suitable reward, be sure to treat yourself to a well deserved indulgence and relaxation once the money comes in.

VIRGO

Momentum will pick up again after a slower period. Friends and family will challenge you, and you’ll come up with the funds to pay for a personal project or some small lux uries. Your renewed dynamism is finally pro ducing tangible results.

LIBRA

You may feel as if you’re stuck in a rut; get ready for a series of events to accelerate sud denly. Be vigilant with bills and accounts, as a mistake or oversight could complicate things unnecessarily.

SCORPIO Across 1. “As the World Turns” and such 6. Hundredweight, acr. 9. Notable achievement 13. Keep a threat ____ ____, or away 14. Across, in verse 15. Jiggly dessert 16. Opposite of bow 17. Sch. grp. 18. Kidman’s ex 19. *HomeE xchange story, with The 21. *Rudolph’s father 23. *Kevin to Buzz in “Home Alone” 24. “Dickens!” 25. Quantity, acr. 28. *”Candy ____ Lane” starring Eddie Murphy 30. Opposite of anaerobe 35. Russian mountain range 37. Coxae, sing. 39. Tori, sing. 40. Goals 41. Famous Mac & Cheese manufacturer 43. One of auto pioneers 4 4 . L e t t e r- s h a p e d

girder 46. Home to Taj Mahal 47. A la _____, with ice cream 48. Relating to teeth 50. “My bad” 52. Eucharist vessel 53. Multicolored horse 55. NHL court 57. *Bailey of Bedford Falls 60. *Mount _ _ _ _ , Grinch’s home 64. Supercharger 65. Ewe’s mate 67. Alice Halsey on “Little House on the Prairie” 68. Ammo in a quiver, sing. 69. Knot-tying vow (2 words) 70. Sensory threshold, in psychology 71. Artist’s inspiration 72. Bajillion years 73. Guns N’ Roses lead guitarist Down 1. “Away to the window I flew like a flash, ... and

threw up the ____” 2. “Beetle Bailey” pooch 3. Cain’s brother 4. *The McCallisters’ travel destination 5. Trustee 6. Printer button 7. *Harry and Marv, a.k.a. the ____ Bandits 8. Pro move 9. Shade-loving plant 10. Hamburg river 11. Winglike 12. Freight weight 15. Official work trip 20. Taken where? 22. South American tuber 24. Six-sided polygon 25. *Cousin Eddie actor 26. Human social group 2 7. Mandar in’s headquarters 29. *Luther Krank’s wife 31. Living space 32. Lowest deck 33. *Will Ferrell’s famous holiday role 34. English county 36. Future J.D.’s

hurdle 38. Like Bob Ross’ do 4 2 . S h o r t- t r u n k e d ungulate 45. Bone filler 49. Yule treat 51. Type of racing boat, pl. 54. Nest for an eagle 56. Not your grandmother’s mail? 57. Spiritual leader 58. Makes a mistake 59. D ouble re e d woodwind 60. Slangy “Follow me!” 61. Cat on a shoe 62. Wraths 63. Hyperbolic tangent 64. _____ o’ shanter 66. Fuss, to Shakespeare

Your team will achieve a considerable ac complishment, and you’ll have every right to celebrate with a reward that will be dis played publicly. This recognition will strength en your confidence and self esteem for the long term.

SAGITTARIUS

A surge in clients will boost your profession al income. You’ll also explore spirituality or another form of personal alignment; these inner pursuits will complement your ambi tious material success.

CAPRICORN

Meet your deadlines to complete your tasks without stress. A spontaneous trip is in the works and promises to become a source of exceptional joy. Remember that starting out early is better than rushing and risking exhaustion.

AQUARIUS

Take time to evaluate everything before deciding; new information could shift your perspective at the last minute. Your initial confidence will be enriched by a broader view with more nuance.

PISCES

Heartburn or other discomforts may arise. A simple change in diet and the addition of daily relaxation could be enough to restore balance. This harmony supports both physi cal and mental well being for greater vitality.

The luckiest signs this week:

SCORPIO, SAGITTARIUS AND CAPRICORN

November 4, 2026 The Rock River Times.

Crossword & Sudoku Across 1. Flutter 5. Insult 9. Bitter anger 12. Fisherman’s fly 13. Jack rabbit 14. Carpenter’s tool 15. Molecule component 16. Declines 17. Caustic chemical 18. Friend by mail: 2 wds. 20. Entry 22. Go on 24. It gives a hoot 26. Up to this point 27. Push aside 31. Quantity 33. Ump’s relative 35. Lois ____ of “Superman” 36. Extinct birds 38. Tourist’s guide 40. Casino event 41. Word list 44. Out of bed 47. High voice 50. Bundle 51. A ____ a dozen 53. Burn-soothing plant 54. Get an “A” on 55. Hoodlum 56. Lock 57. Positive response 58. Goals 59. Popular shirts Down 1. Scandal 2. Guitar’s kin 3. Armor-plated 4. Pace 5. Housing 6. Chemistry room 7. Of the city 8. Save from danger 9. Land surrounded by water 10. Light beams 11. Barnyard females 19. Some

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