Ogle County Newspapers / oglecountynews.com • Friday, Apr 1, 2022
OGLE COUNTY NEWS
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Photos provided by Stan Eden
LEFT: Oregon High School FFA members were among guests attending the Oregon Rotary Rural-Urban day program last week at the Steak Pit in Oregon. Ryan Reeverts of Byron, a former Illinois FFA Reporter, was the guest speaker. Oregon area farmers were guests of Rotarians and heard Ryan address, “The Dynamic Changes of American Agriculture!” Reeverts is standing next to Stan Eden (far right) who was program chairman for the day. RIGHT: Reeverts recently graduated from Southern Illinois University with a degree in agricultural business. He was an outstanding 4-H and FFA member and served as Illinois FFA State Reporter. He currently serves as chairperson of the Ogle County Farm Bureau Young Leaders committee. He said there is more interest in direct marketing of agriculture products “Consumers have a growing interest in knowing more about where their food comes from,” he said. This picture is of Reeverts from 2018 when he spoke to Oregon Rotary as State FFA Reporter.
ZONING PERMITS The following Ogle County zoning certificates were issued for February. Rod Peterson Construction/Coats; Pine Creek Township; Section 8; remove barn. Gary Young; Pine Rock Township; Section 3; residential accessory building. Rod Peterson Construction/Bendis; Oregon-Nashua Township; Section 16; remove and replace three-season
room. Michael Reynolds; Pine Creek Township; Section 6; replace residential accessory building destroyed by wind storm. Crown Castle USA/AT&T; Monroe Township Section 8; upgrade antennas on existing telecommunications tower; $15,000. Crown Castle USA/AT&T; Rockvale Township; Section 30; upgrade antennas on existing telecommunications tower; $15,000.
Jose Ochoa; Taylor Township; Section 7; single-family dwelling; $225,000. Legacy Solar LLC/Greenfield; Forreston Township; Section 23; private ground-mounted solar array. Titan Solar Power II/West; Mt. Morris Township; Section 16; private ground-mounted solar array. Kerns; Rockvale Township; Section 15; shoreline protection. Remsen; Byron Township; Section 15; shoreline protection.
5:33 p.m. for operating a motor vehicle when registration is suspended for noninsurance. This violation occurred in the 400 block of N. 6th Street.
210 S. 10th Street.
OREGON POLICE Oregon Police Chief Shawn Melville reports the following police activity. March 14 At 2:16 p.m., police investigated a two-vehicle traffic crash in the 200 block of S. 3rd Street involving a 1998 Dodge driven by Francis G. Case, 71, of Pennville, Indiana, and a parked 1998 Jeep belonging to Devin E. Black, 26, of Oregon. No citations were issued. March 22 At 9:15 a.m., the Oregon School Resource Officer (SRO) issued a city citation to one juvenile male, 15, of Mt. Morris, for violating Ordinance 6-84, possession of tobacco products and alternative nicotine products. This violation occurred on the Oregon School Bus at the Chana Educational Center. April M. Foster, 38, of Mt. Morris, was issued a citation at
March 23 Laura L. Mills, 39, of Rock Falls, was arrested at 9:49 a.m. for driving while license suspended and possession of drug paraphernalia. Mills was also issued citations for operating an uninsured motor vehicle and operating a vehicle with an obstructed windshield. Mills was transported to the Ogle County Jail. These violations occurred in the 300 block of W. Washington Street. At 11 a.m., the SRO officer issued a city citation to one male juvenile, 14, of Oregon, for violating Ordinance 6-84, possession of tobacco products and alternative nicotine products. This violation occurred at the Oregon High School,
March 25 At 12:57 p.m., police investigated a hit and run that had occurred at some point throughout the previous evening in the 900 block of Madison Street involving an unknown vehicle that had struck a parked 1996 Toyota belonging to Anthony C. Walsh. Anyone who may have any information regarding this incident, please contact the Oregon Police Department at 815-732-2162. Two parking citations and 12 verbal warnings were issued March 21-27. Please note: Any arrests listed are merely accusations and the defendant is presumed innocent unless proved guilty in a court of law.
