VOLUME 174 NO. 46 • SERVING OGLE COUNTY SINCE 1851
Friday, January 10, 2025 • $1.00
NEWS
February Finds Twenty plus dealers at antique market at Mt. Morris Moose Lodge / 7
SPORTS
High school roundup
TOUGHMAN CHAMP
Find out how local teams fared in basketball, bowling / 11
Sheriff’s office honored Ogle County sheriff, deputies honored by legislators for bravery / 3 One section • 20 pages
Alex T. Paschal
Oregon’s Gavvin Surmo makes his approach in Dixon’s Toughman Tournament on Jan. 2 at Plum Hollow in Dixon. Surmo was the individual champion with a 739 high series. Story on page 11.
INDEX Betty’s Column.................................6 Crime and Courts.............................8 Otto’s Column...................................6
Property Transfers............................8 Reading Matters...............................7 Sports.......................................... 11-14
DEATHS Published every Friday by Ogle County Newspapers, a division of Shaw Media
Raymond C. Meiners, Lester “Rae” Rothermel, Page 4