Hope grows when we share it. This season, let’s end the stigma around needing help. Help is here. Together, we end the stigma around accessing food resources. Scan here or visit www.oglecountyil.gov for resources in all four counties.
VOLUME 159 NO. 32 • SERVING THE FORRESTON AREA SINCE 1865
Action grant funded by the CDC in Lee, Carroll, Whiteside, and Ogle counties.
Friday, December 12, 2025 • $1.00
NEWS
Cinderella made of snow Oregon businessman Fran Volz sculpts Cinderella after snowstorm / 3 One section • 28 pages
SANTA COMES TO TOWN Earleen Hinton
Santa Claus waves to the crowd as he arrives on a firetruck at Forreston’s Christmas in the Country on Dec. 5. More photos on page 2.
INDEX Betty’s Column................................7 Property Transfers.........................10 Crime and Courts...................5, 6, 8
Classifieds................................22-24 Colbert Column............................ 25 Sports....................................... 25-28
DEATHS Published every Friday by Ogle County Newspapers, a division of Shaw Media
Lila Lee Baker (nee Kirk), Renee Lynn Barnhart, Page 9