VOLUME 159 NO. 10 • SERVING THE FORRESTON AREA SINCE 1865
Friday, July 11, 2025 • $1.00
NEWS
Let Freedom Ring festival Kiddie Parade, Little Miss Firecracker and Little Mister Firecracker contest part of festivities / 6-7
NEWS
Pavement blowouts Twice in 24-hour span, pavement buckles force partial closure of Route 2 between Oregon and Byron / 8 One section • 16 pages
FARM FRESH Earleen Hinton
Cydney Gipper of Gipper Farm & Garden waits on two customers July 3 at her booth at the River’s Edge Farmers Market in Oregon. Gipper Farm & Garden is located in Baileyville.
INDEX Betty Column.................................... 4 Classifieds...................................12-15 Crime and courts............................. 5
Jamboree concert series............... 5 Otto Column...................................... 4 Property Transfers.......................... 10
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