The Performing Arts Guild Presents
When: May 2 & 3 at 7:00 p.m. and May 4 at 2:00 p.m. Where: Allure of Pinecrest Theater Grove Community Center South McKendrie & Evergreen Mount Morris, Illinois 61054
VOLUME 158 NO. 51 • SERVING THE FORRESTON AREA SINCE 1865
Friday, April 25, 2025 • $1.00
NEWS
Increased power Byron’s 40-year-old nuclear plant to undergo $355 million project to increase power output / 5
High school sports Find out how local teams fared in baseball, softball and girls soccer / 12 One section • 16 pages
HEE-HAW Earleen Hinton
Jenny the donkey was a big hit for Forreston Grade School students during the Forreston FFA petting zoo April 17. Forreston FFA member Dawson Heslop of Leaf River brought Jenny to the event, which was held on the lawn of the grade school. Story on page 3.
INDEX Betty Column.................................... 4 Classifieds.................................. 13-15 Colbert Column.............................. 10
Otto Column...................................... 4 Property Transfers............................ 9 Sports............................................... 12
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