MT. MORRIS TIMES VOLUME 56 NO. 27 • SERVING THE MT. MORRIS AREA SINCE 1967
Friday, September 13, 2024 • $1.00
NEWS
Plenty of steam 61,000 journey to Ogle County to see Big Boy steam engine / 3
NEWS
MACHINE SHED FIRE
Jen’s Breads expands Jen’s Artisan Breads set to open second location in Oregon / 5
‘Real books are important’ New books purchased for every Oregon first grader thanks to Mt. Morris library foundation / 9
Earleen Hinton
Mt. Morris firefighter David Hoffman walks by a burning round bale of hay during a large machine shed fire Sept. 10 at 7015 W. Judson Road, southeast of Polo. Several fire departments assisted the Polo Fire Department on the call. There were no injuries. Story on page 10.
One section • 20 pages
INDEX Betty’s Column......... 4 Classifieds.......... 18-19 Colbert Column.......14
Library News............. 2 Mt. Morris Police...... 6 Otto’s Column........... 4
Property Transfers...12 Sheriff Activity.......... 6 Sports.................. 13-16
DEATHS Published every Friday by Ogle County Newspapers, a division of Shaw Media
Gene Edward McGee, Elizabeth Rae Wisnosky, Page 11