POLO TRI-COUNTY PRESS VOLUME 164 NO. 32 • SERVING THE POLO AREA SINCE 1857
NEWS
Friday, October 21, 2022 • $1.00
TRANSFORMERS
Teams Unite
NUIC teams unite to raise funds for two teens injured in wreck. / 4
NEWS
New HR Director
Ogle County Board hires a human resources director. / 3
Fall Fest Mt. Morris held a fall
festival to raise funds for the Let Freedom Ring fireworks. / 7
Alexa Zoellner/Shaw Media
Ellis Fry, 2, left, and Harlan Fry, 5, both of Polo, pose for a photo after dropping off their entries in the pumpkin carving contest during the Family Fall Festival at the Mt. Morris village square on Oct. 16. The brothers’ Transformers costumes were two of many costumes worn to the event by attendees. This was the festival’s first year; it serves as an additional fundraiser for the Let Freedom Ring Fourth of July fireworks. Story page 7.
One section • 24 pages
INDEX Betty’s Column ........ 6 Classifieds ........ 22-24 Colbert Column .....20
Library News ............ 2 Oregon Police........... 9 Otto’s Column .......... 6
DEATHS Published every Friday by Ogle County Newspapers, a division of Shaw Media
Marilyn Jean Muller, Page 8
Property Transfers... 9 Sheriff Activity....... 10 Sports................. 18-21