VOLUME 156 NO. 17 • SERVING THE FORRESTON AREA SINCE 1865
Friday, September 2, 2022 • $1.00
NEWS
Damaged Again
Storm damage for the second time in 5 months for Pegasus facility. / 3
NEWS
UNIQUE VISIT
2022 Strawfest
Mt. Morris had big bales rolling at this year’s Strawfest. / 9
Man Sentenced An Oregon man
is sentenced to 6 years in prison for the sexual abuse of a child. / 15 One section • 20 pages
INDEX Betty’s Column ........ 6 Classifieds ........ 18-20 Colbert Column ......13
Library News ............ 2 Oregon Police..........17 Otto’s Column .......... 6
Property Transfers..16 Sheriff Activity........16 Sports................. 10-13
DEATHS Published every Friday by Ogle County Newspapers, a division of Shaw Media
Photo by Kathy Pasch
A group of 40 international visitors from the Oldenburg area of Western Germany visited the area recently. The group included a German TV crew of NDR/ARD, a Northern German branch of the Public Broadcast System making a documentary of their journey. The TV crew consisted of Jared Dibaba, TV host; Voker Schult, director; Brigitta Schubeler, production; Björn Lindenblatt, camera, Sebastian Unger, camera; and Henning Kramer, sound. Pictured on the right are Wolfgang Grams, Ron Timm and Norman Osterloo. Story on page 4.
Alivia Lynn (Rager) Greenfield, Steven Charles Gunder, Donna Mae Leamanczyk, Jenny Lee Schneider (Mackey), Helen P. Sheridan, Betty Swanson, Pages 14, 15