POLO TRI-COUNTY PRESS VOLUME 164 NO. 30 • SERVING THE POLO AREA SINCE 1857
Friday, October 7, 2022 • $1.00
NEWS
30-Year Sentence
A Dixon man apologizes for bringing an Uzi to Dixon High School. / 6
NEWS
BALLOON PUP
Twaddle D2
A Stillman Valley woman’s giant pumpkin weighs 1,032 pounds / 14
Autumn on Parade Oregon’s fall
festival included plenty of family fun events on Oct. 1-2. / 3, 13-14
Earleen Hinton/Shaw Media
Kennedy Smith, 6, of Polo, plays with her poodle balloon creation made by Magic Mike in the Autumn on Parade Fun Zone on Saturday.
One section • 20 pages
INDEX Betty’s Column ........ 4 Classifieds .........17-20 Colbert Column ...... 11
Library News ............ 2 Otto’s Column .......... 4 Property Transfers..16
Sheriff Activity........15 Sports...................9-12 Zoning ......................15
DEATHS Published every Friday by Ogle County Newspapers, a division of Shaw Media
Richard A. “Dick” Bearman, James D. “Jim” Ferris, Page 8