POLO TRI-COUNTY PRESS VOLUME 166 NO. 22 • SERVING THE POLO AREA SINCE 1857
153ND
Whiteside
Friday, August 9, 2024 • $1.00
FAIR
County -17 • Memoiurrmiss on, IL August 13 19,000 in Pr $1
THURSDAY AUGUST 15 7:00PM
Tuesday
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& Truck Pull Next Level Bronc Riding Tractor Next Level Pro Bull Riding
Saturday Demolition Derby Harness Racing
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NEWS
Melon eating contest Sauerkraut Days’ contest has participants slurpin’, chompin’ and laughing / 5
DERBY CHAMPION
Crime and courts Man accused of killing ex-wife, son to remain in jail / 9
Earleen Hinton
Brandon Albano of Polo drives his car in the Pro Stock Compacts heat of the demolition derby Aug. 3 at the Ogle County Fair. Story on page 13. Coverage of the Ogle County Fair on pages 3 and 11-16.
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INDEX Betty’s Column......... 4 Chamber Chatter...... 2 Classifieds................18
Jamboree series..... 10 Oregon Police............ 8 Otto’s Column........... 4
Property Transfers.... 6 Reading Matters....... 6 Sheriff Activity.......... 8
DEATHS Published every Friday by Ogle County Newspapers, a division of Shaw Media
Teresa Francine McDowell (nee Kaufman), Mary Lou Meier, Lyle Reap, Nancy Lynn Waack, Elizabeth Ann “Betsy” Roe Young Page 10