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Heading home 92-year-old Dean Troutman passes through Morrison and Prophetstown on his 350-mile trek for St. Jude / 5
NEWS
HOUSE EXPLOSION INVESTIGATED
Car show a success Assisted living center hosts car show for residents that “brought back a lot of good memories” / 6
Let Freedom Ring Patriotic program, parade, fireworks among July 3-4 events / 8
Earleen Hinton/Shaw Local
State Fire Marshal officials investigate a home in Stillman Valley that was leveled by an explosion. Story: Page 3.
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INDEX Betty’s Column......... 4 Classifieds.......... 15-19 Leaf River Daze......... 9
Library News............. 2 Mt. Morris Jamboree...7 Oregon Police...........12
Otto’s Column........... 4 Property Transfers...14 Sheriff Activity.........14
DEATHS Published every Friday by Ogle County Newspapers, a division of Shaw Media
Robert E. Bowers, Agnes H. Dunkel, Victoria Elizabeth Finfrock, Page 10