VOLUME 159 NO. 25 • SERVING THE FORRESTON AREA SINCE 1865
Friday, October 24, 2025 • $1.00
NEWS
Hundreds protest An estimated 700 people turn out for No Kings rally on the Ogle County Courthouse square in Oregon / 4
SPORTS
Oregon victorious Oregon football team earns 20-18 win over Winnebago in Big Northern Conference action / 19 One section • 20 pages
CARE PACKAGES FOR SAILORS Earleen Hinton for Shaw Local News Network
Catherine Bloemker (left) was one of the volunteers at the Evangelical Free Church of Mt. Morris who helped assemble care packages for sailors on the USS Fitzgerald on Oct. 16. Story on page 3.
INDEX Crime and Courts............................5 Betty’s Column............................... 6 Classifieds................................. 11-16
Colbert Column.............................18 Property Transfers.........................10 Sports........................................ 17-20
DEATHS Published every Friday by Ogle County Newspapers, a division of Shaw Media
Donna Kettleson Dodd, Dianne L. Edgell, Clifton L. “Buster” Schoonhoven Page 9