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VOLUME 175 NO. 24 • SERVING OGLE COUNTY SINCE 1851
Friday, October 17, 2025 • $1.00
SPORTS
Weekly roundup Polo prevails in football action; Oregon and Forreston fall / 17
NEWS
Crime and courts No change of judge for woman charged with suffocating son / 4 One section • 20 pages
ON THE LOOKOUT Earleen Hinton
A male Nigerian dwarf dairy goat checks out a visitor at Ponto Ranch during the Ogle County Farm Stroll near Chana on Sunday, Oct. 12. Ponto Ranch is owned and operated by Tim and Dede Ponto. More photos on page 11.
INDEX Betty’s Column............................... 6 Classifieds.................................12-16 Colbert Column.............................18
Property Transfers.........................10 Sports........................................ 17-20
DEATHS Published every Friday by Ogle County Newspapers, a division of Shaw Media
Kim I. Duncan, Carolee Rose Harrison, Page 5