POLO TRI-COUNTY PRESS VOLUME 166 NO. 17 • SERVING THE POLO AREA SINCE 1857
Friday, July 5, 2024 • $1.00
NEWS
Request for release denied Man accused of shooting 3 police officers will remain in jail / 6
SPORTS
Soccer honors Oregon’s Deborah Schmid is 2024 Sauk Valley Media Girls Soccer Player of the Year / 11
NEW PAVILIONS
Life sentence for Plote Judge sentences Matthew Plote to life in prison for the murder of Melissa Lamesch and her unborn son / 5
Earleen Hinton
Work takes place July 1 on Polo’s new pavilions at 212 S. Division Avenue (Illinois 26). The Polo City Council agreed in August 2023 to allow the Polo Development District No. 1 to borrow $60,000 from the city’s general fund to help make a down payment on the $175,264 pavilions.
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INDEX Betty’s Column......... 4 Classifieds.......... 16-18 Crime and Courts..5-7
Otto’s Column........... 4 Polo Police................. 2 Property Transfers...15
Sheriff Activity.........15 Sports...................11-12
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