VOLUME 173 NO. 37 • SERVING OGLE COUNTY SINCE 1851
Friday, November 10, 2023 • $1.00
NEWS
Pumpkin smash Jack-o’-lanterns dropped from fire tower in annual event in Byron / 7
SPORTS
Forreston knocked out
TREK FOR TROOPS
Forreston falls to Lena-Winslow in second round of Class 1A playoffs / 14
Earleen Hinton
Another continuance Defense needs more time for review in double-homicide case / 6
Gretchen Catherwood (center) walks with Justine Messenger of Oregon and Rose Temple of Cary during one of their legs of the Trek for Troops fundraiser Nov. 3 at the Stephen and Deirdre Equine Preserve north of Oregon. The three-day event is a fundraiser for the Darkhorse Lodge, a retreat for combat veterans in Springville, Tennessee, that was built by Catherwood and her husband, Kirk, former Byron residents, after their son Alec, 19, was killed while serving with the U.S. Marines in Afghanistan in October 2010. Story: Page 3.
One section • 20 pages
INDEX Betty’s Column......... 4 Classifieds..........16-20 Colbert Column.......13
Library News............. 2 Oregon Police............ 8 Otto’s Column........... 4
Property Transfers...14 Sheriff Activity.......... 8 Sports.................. 12-15
DEATHS Published every Friday by Ogle County Newspapers, a division of Shaw Media
Thomas R. Brown, Thomas M. Miller, Grace D. Merdian, Pages 10-11