VOLUME 156 NO. 32 • SERVING THE FORRESTON AREA SINCE 1865
Friday, December 16, 2022 • $1.00
NEWS
Sale Complete
Allure’s purchase of Pinecrest Community is complete. / 4
NEWS
DALMATIAN DRESS UP This dalmatian statue is decked out for Christmas as it stands ‘guard’ at a fire hydrant in Forreston. Several homes in the town have been decorated for the holiday season.
Demolition Continues The walls come down at the old Ogle County Jail. / 5
Earleen Hinton/Shaw Media
Santa Letters Check out what area kids said they wanted when they wrote to Santa. / 9-21 One section • 28 pages
INDEX Betty’s Column ........ 6 Classifieds ..............28 Library News ............ 2
Oregon Police......... 26 Otto’s Column .......... 6 Property Transfers. 27
Santa Letters....... 9-21 Sheriff Activity....... 27 Sports.................22-25
DEATHS Published every Friday by Ogle County Newspapers, a division of Shaw Media
William Emile Kereven, Wiley Scott Rosenbalm, Timothy “Tim” Leigh Stauffer, Page 7