VOLUME 174 NO. 21 • SERVING OGLE COUNTY SINCE 1851
Friday, July 19, 2024 • $1.00
NEWS
Evacuation Residents of Polo Rehab & Health Care Center relocated after wing of facility fills with smoke / 6
NEWS
Swing away
STORM DAMAGE
Nine teams square off in ByronFest’s inaugural pickleball tournament / 8
Crime and courts Man pleads not guilty to shooting 3 deputies in June near Dixon / 11
Earleen Hinton
Jan Cox on Tuesday, July 16, looks at the large oak tree that was split in her backyard on Second Street in Byron during Monday night’s storm. See stories on pages 3-4.
One section • 32 pages
INDEX Betty’s Column......... 9 Classifieds..........29-31
Library News............. 2 Otto’s Column........... 9
DEATHS Published every Friday by Ogle County Newspapers, a division of Shaw Media
Walter Lee Hartle, Page 9
Property Transfers.. 28 Sheriff Activity........ 22