VOLUME 158 NO. 21 • SERVING THE FORRESTON AREA SINCE 1865
Friday, September 27, 2024 • $1.00
NEWS
Taft Campus closing NIU will close the Lorado Taft Field Campus in December / 5
SPORTS
EARNING POINTS
High school roundup Find out how local golf, football, volleyball and soccer teams fared / 14
Ag Awareness Days Students harvest knowledge about agriculture at fairgrounds / 8
Earleen Hinton
Forreston’s Mickey Probst catches a pass for a two-point conversion against Eastland-Pearl City on Sept. 20. Story on page 13.
One section • 20 pages
INDEX Betty’s Column......... 4 Classifieds.......... 15-18 Colbert Column.......12
Crimes and Court..... 6 Otto’s Column........... 4 Property Transfers.... 9
Sheriff Activity.......... 6 Sports.................. 12-14 World War II Days.... 11
DEATHS Published every Friday by Ogle County Newspapers, a division of Shaw Media
Kurt Elliott Bevill, Darlene Dirksen, Lorena M. Freeman, Page 10