VOLUME 172 NO. 42 • SERVING OGLE COUNTY SINCE 1851
Friday, December 16, 2022 • $1.00
NEWS
Sale Complete
Allure’s purchase of Pinecrest Community is complete. / 4
NEWS
JESTER’S FUN
Demolition Continues The walls come down at the old Ogle County Jail. / 5
Santa Letters Check out what
area kids said they wanted when they wrote to Santa. / 9-21
Earleen Hinton/Shaw Media Court jester Fungus (Andy Eckardt) reads instructions from his scroll as Fartlek (Zach Hall) reacts during a scene at Oregon High School’s Madrigal Dinner at the Stronghold Camp & Retreat Center on Dec. 9.
One section • 28 pages
INDEX Betty’s Column ........ 6 Classifieds ..............28 Library News ............ 2
Oregon Police......... 26 Otto’s Column .......... 6 Property Transfers. 27
Santa Letters....... 9-21 Sheriff Activity....... 27 Sports.................22-25
DEATHS Published every Friday by Ogle County Newspapers, a division of Shaw Media
William Emile Kereven, Wiley Scott Rosenbalm, Timothy “Tim” Leigh Stauffer, Page 7