Hope grows when we share it. This season, let’s end the stigma around needing help. Help is here. Together, we end the stigma around accessing food resources. Scan here or visit www.oglecountyil.gov for resources in all four counties.
VOLUME 159 NO. 38 • SERVING THE FORRESTON AREA SINCE 1865
Action grant funded by the CDC in Lee, Carroll, Whiteside, and Ogle counties.
Friday, January 23, 2026 • $1.00
NEWS
Testimony continues Investigators testify about text messages at Duane Meyer’s trial / 3
NEWS
1 dead in Rochelle fire Rochelle man killed in early Sunday morning fire, another injured / 5 One section • 16 pages
UP AND OVER Earleen Hinton
Forreston’s Jonathan Milnes shoots over AFC’s Lane Messer on Jan. 17 at Forreston High School. High school roundup on page 14.
INDEX Betty’s Column................................7 Property Transfers.......................... 8 Classifieds.................................. 9-12
Colbert Column.............................13 Sports.........................................13-16
DEATHS Published every Friday by Ogle County Newspapers, a division of Shaw Media
No obituaries reported.