VOLUME 158 NO. 29 • SERVING THE FORRESTON AREA SINCE 1865
Friday, November 22, 2024 • $1.00
NEWS
New jewelry store Couple opens Brooks Jewelers in downtown Oregon / 3
NEWS
‘48 Hours’ episode
JUST GRAZING
Melissa Lamesch murder to be topic of TV show episode this month / 5
Crime and courts Rockford man gets nine years in prison on weapon charge / 6
Earleen Hinton
Cattle graze in a cornfield east of Forreston on Nov. 19. Thanks to mild, dry weather this fall, most of the harvest is in. Much-needed rain fell across the region Sunday and Monday, hopefully improving soil moisture levels.
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INDEX Betty’s Column......... 4 Classifieds...........17-18 Colbert Column.......15
Library News............. 2 Marriage Applicants.. 8 Otto’s Column........... 4
Property Transfers.... 8 Sports.................. 13-16 Zoning Certificates...8
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William “Terry” Messer, Robert “RJ” James Pickel, Page 10