Joanna Curran and Jason Herbst, Gratiot, are parents of a son, Conner Roper Herbst, born Friday, May 8, 2009 in the Monroe Clinic. Grandparents are Jon and Pat Curran, Gratiot; Vicky and Arlin Vanvoorst, Missouri, and Herb and Marlene Herbst, Gratiot. Great-grandparents are Jim and Ann Curran, Browntown, and Ken and Shirley Coy, Shullsburg.