MT. MORRIS TIMES VOLUME 56 NO. 25 • SERVING THE MT. MORRIS AREA SINCE 1967
Friday, August 30, 2024 • $1.00
r 75th Annual Grand Detou
arts festival
SEPT. 8, 2024 9am to 4pm John Deere Historic Site Grand Detour, IL 2023 Best of Show
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IS LINDA MAGKLAR
NEWS
‘MERRY SUMMERWEENMAS’
Foresenic art workshop Dixon artist Bethe Hughes offers insight into crime-solving career / 9
Coming to the TLP stage Timber Lake Playhouse to present “Church Basement Ladies – A Second Helping” on Sept. 6-15 / 10
Earleen Hinton
First place for Peoples’ Choice in the U.S. National Straw Sculpting Competition was “Merry Summerweenmas” by father-daughter duo Mark and Danica Rogers of Rochelle. The sculpture is Jack Skellington from “The Nightmare Before Christmas” hanging an ornament on a Christmas tree. The sculpture tied for second place in the Artists’ Choice category. The competition took place Aug. 9-25 in Mt. Morris. Story on page 3.
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INDEX Betty’s Column......... 4 Classifieds.......... 15-18 Colbert Column.......12
Crime and Courts..... 5 Library News............. 2 Otto’s Column........... 4
DEATHS Published every Friday by Ogle County Newspapers, a division of Shaw Media
Sarah Louise Wible, Page 6
Property Transfers.... 7 Sheriff Activity.......... 6 Sports...................11-14