POLO TRI-COUNTY PRESS VOLUME 166 NO. 35 • SERVING THE POLO AREA SINCE 1857
NEWS
Friday, January 10, 2025 • $1.00
REBOUND BATTLE
February Finds Twenty plus dealers at antique market at Mt. Morris Moose Lodge / 7
SPORTS
Toughman champion Oregon’s Gavvin Surmo is individual champion at Dixon tournament / 11
Sheriff’s office honored Ogle County sheriff, deputies honored by legislators for bravery / 3 One section • 20 pages
Earleen Hinton
Polo’s Mercer Mumford and Forreston’s Brendan Greenfield battle for a rebound Jan. 7 at Forreston High School. The Polo Marcos fell 71-37 to the Forreston Cardinals in the Northwest Upstate Illini Conference game. High school sports roundup 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