GAMES• PRIZES • CANDY • CRAFTS • FUN
Let Freedom Ring Presents
FALL FAMILY FESTIVAL
Sun, Oct 12, 1-3 PM on the Mt. Morris Village Square Kid-friendly events include a penny carnival, costume parade, pumpkin carving contest & trunk or treat
Penny Carnival hosted by the Evangelical Free Church of Mt. Morris
All new games for kids with lots of prizes!! First 100 kids get FREE tickets!!
VOLUME 159 NO. 23 • SERVING THE FORRESTON AREA SINCE 1865
Friday, October 10, 2025 • $1.00
NEWS
Perfect pumpkin Seebach’s pumpkin stand celebrates 44 years of family farming /3
REDBIRD REGIMENT
NEWS
Ogle County Farm Stroll University of Illinois Extension hosts annual self-guided tour of family farms / 9 One section • 20 pages
Earleen Hinton for Shaw Local News Network
Forreston High School’s “Redbird Regiment” performs in front of a large crowd along the Harvest Time Parade during Autumn on Parade on Sunday, Oct. 5, in Oregon.
INDEX Betty’s Column............................... 8 Classifieds................................ 10-16 Colbert Column.............................17
Property Transfers.......................... 9 Sports........................................ 17-20
DEATHS Published every Friday by Ogle County Newspapers, a division of Shaw Media
Douglass McNames, James F. Callaway, Page 4