POLO TRI-COUNTY PRESS VOLUME 166 NO. 27 • SERVING THE POLO AREA SINCE 1857
Friday, September 13, 2024 • $1.00
NEWS
Plenty of steam 61,000 journey to Ogle County to see Big Boy steam engine / 3
NEWS
MACHINE SHED FIRE
Doggy Dash Event in Polo raises funds to help local animal shelter / 7
Landscaping approved
Earleen Hinton
City Council OKs landscaping contract for new city and township hall / 5
Lyle Hopkins of rural Polo uses a John Deere tractor to move a burning round bale of hay away from a machine shed owned by his neighbor, Herschel Newcomer, during a fire Sept. 10 at 7015 W. Judson Road, southeast of Polo. Several fire departments assisted the Polo Fire Department on the call. There were no injuries. Story on page 10.
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INDEX Betty’s Column......... 4 Classifieds.......... 18-19 Colbert Column.......14
Mt. Morris Police...... 6 Otto’s Column........... 4 Polo Police................. 2
Property Transfers...12 Sheriff Activity.......... 6 Sports.................. 13-16
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Gene Edward McGee, Elizabeth Rae Wisnosky, Page 11