VOLUME 156 NO. 25 • SERVING THE FORRESTON AREA SINCE 1865
Friday, October 28, 2022 • $1.00
NEWS
GRILLIN’ AT THE GAME
VOP Awards
The Village of Progress holds its annual awards banquet. / 3
NEWS
Budget Time
The Ogle County Board discusses the 2023 budget. / 9
SPORTS Five Ogle County football
teams will compete in state playoffs this week. / 10-14
Earleen Hinton/Shaw Media
Craig Merkel was busy grilling hot dogs for the Forreston Boosters before the start of the Cardinals’ game against Lena-Winslow on Friday, Oct. 21. The game was the last regular-season contest before the state playoffs begin this week. Story inside.
One section • 20 pages
INDEX Betty’s Column ........ 6 Classifieds .........17-20 Colbert Column ......14
Library News ............ 2 Oregon Police..........15 Otto’s Column .......... 6
Property Transfers..16 Sheriff Activity........16 Sports................. 10-14
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