Performing Arts Guild Presents
An Evening Around The Radio
April 21 & 22 at 7:00 PM and April 23 at 2:00 PM.
Five Radio Plays!
General Admission: $12.00....Students & Seniors: $10.00 For Information and/or Tickets, call 815.734.2103
Order online at www.performingartsguild.com, click on tickets
Reservations are recommended Pinecrest Grove Theater South McKendrie & Evergreen Mount Morris, Illinois 61054
POLO TRI-COUNTY PRESS VOLUME 165 NO. 5 • SERVING THE POLO AREA SINCE 1857
NEWS
Friday, April 14, 2023 • $1.00
BACK AT WORK
Path to Park A $3M grant for a multi-use path to Lowden State Park is approved. / 4
SPORTS
Sports Roundup High school teams have been very busy thanks to nice weather. / 12-15
Storm Cleanup Last week’s major hailstorm damaged roofs, autos and trees. / 7
Alexa Zoellner/Shaw Media
Work on the two-year, $3.5 million Colden Street Project in Polo resumed this week after a winter break. The project encompasses about 10.5 blocks and will help alleviate water buildup on Illinois Route 26 during torrential rain events. Here, employees of the main contractor, Martin & Co., of Oregon, work on West Mason Street near the intersection of South Congress Avenue on April 11. Story on page 4
One section • 20 pages
INDEX Betty’s Column......... 6 Business News........ 10 Classifieds......... 18-20 Colbert Column.......12
Ogle Courts............... 3 Oregon Police...........17 Otto’s Column........... 6 Pine Creek News...... 2
DEATHS Published every Friday by Ogle County Newspapers, a division of Shaw Media
Leona Kay Beyer, Page 8
Property Transfers...16 Reading Matters....... 5 Sheriff Activity.........16 Sports.................. 12-15