POLO TRI-COUNTY PRESS VOLUME 167 NO. 17 • SERVING THE POLO AREA SINCE 1857
SPORTS
Friday, August 29, 2025 • $1.00
BALE RACE WINNERS
On the links Oregon and Erie-Prophetstown squared off Aug. 18 at Silver Ridge Golf Course / 23
NEWS
Summer night session
“Heartache Tonight” sets attendance record for Mt. Morris Jamboree / 10
Earleen Hinton
Sawyer Marceau of Polo and Zakkary West of Mt. Morris roll a large round straw bale down Wesley Avenue and across the finish line in Mt. Morris during the Straw Bale Race at Strawfest on Saturday, Aug. 23. The 17-year-olds won the event with the fastest time of 9.36 seconds.
One section • 32 pages
INDEX Betty’s Column......... 7 Classifieds..........27-30
Otto’s Column........... 7 Property Transfers...14
Sports..................22-25
DEATHS Published every Friday by Ogle County Newspapers, a division of Shaw Media
Jeffery “Jeff” Jesse Akins, Robert H. Chamberlin, Jean E. Kump, Page 12