Hope grows when we share it. This season, let’s end the stigma around needing help. Help is here. Together, we end the stigma around accessing food resources. Scan here or visit www.oglecountyil.gov for resources in all four counties.
VOLUME 175 NO. 32 • SERVING OGLE COUNTY SINCE 1851
NEWS
Action grant funded by the CDC in Lee, Carroll, Whiteside, and Ogle counties.
Friday, December 12, 2025 • $1.00
SANTA AND MRS. CLAUS IN TOWN
Cinderella made of snow Oregon businessman Fran Volz sculpts Cinderella after snowstorm / 3 One section • 28 pages
Earleen Hinton
Evie Cooper, 4, of Byron, smiles as she visits with Santa Claus and Mrs. Claus on Dec. 6 at the Conover Square Mall during Oregon’s Candlelight Walk. More photos on page 2.
INDEX Betty’s Column................................7 Property Transfers.........................10 Crime and Courts...................5, 6, 8
Classifieds................................22-24 Colbert Column............................ 25 Sports....................................... 25-28
DEATHS Published every Friday by Ogle County Newspapers, a division of Shaw Media
Lila Lee Baker (nee Kirk), Renee Lynn Barnhart, Page 9