MT. MORRIS TIMES VOLUME 56 NO. 26 • SERVING THE MT. MORRIS AREA SINCE 1967
Friday, September 6, 2024 • $1.00
NEWS
Arts Festival Grand Detour show marks a milestone: 75 years for festival / 5
NEWS
FOUNTAIN RESTORATION
Rockford casino opens Hundreds wait to get inside brand-new Hard Rock Casino Rockford / 11
High school sports roundup Find out how area teams fared in football, girls volleyball, boys soccer, golf and cross country / 14
Alexa Zoellner
Mt. Morris Economic Development Corporation Executive Director Paula Diehl (right) points to one of many inscriptions on the Veterans Memorial Fountain while speaking with Mt. Morris EDC chairperson Rob Urish (left) and Kohler Foundation senior manager of art preservation Liesl Testwuide on Aug. 29 in downtown Mt. Morris. The Kohler Foundation of Kohler, Wisconsin, funded the fountain’s restoration at no cost to the village. Story on page 3.
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INDEX Betty’s Column......... 4 Classifieds.......... 18-19 Colbert Column.......15
Library News............. 2 Oregon Police............ 6 Otto’s Column........... 4
Property Transfers...16 Sheriff Activity.......... 9 Sports.................. 13-15
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William Paul Anderson, Gene Edward McGee, Anna Mary Millhouse, Geraldine E. Timmer, Pages 8-9