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OREGON Republican Reporter WORK STARTS VOLUME 169 NO. 22 • SERVING OGLE COUNTY SINCE 1851
FRIDAY, September 13, 2019 • $1.00
COUNTY NEWS
Preserve Expands
Workers were busy putting up scaffolding around the Black Hawk Statue on Monday and Tuesday in preparation of restoration efforts slated to begin this month. Story on page 2. Photo by Earleen Hinton
The Bald Hill Prairie Preserve expands thanks to $837,600 grant. / 4
YOUR ENVIRONMENT
River Sweep Volunteers truck out trash from the Rock River on Sept. 7. / 3
Chairman Dead Ogle County
Board Chairman Kim Gouker was found dead in his home Tuesday. / 5
INDEX
One Section - 28 Pages
Byron Library............ 11 Church News............12 Classifieds..........23-27 Entertainment.....10-11
Marriage Licenses.... 8 Oregon Library.......... 7 Oregon Police.......... 22 People........................ 8
Public Voice............... 5 Property Transfers.. 20 Sheriff’s Arrests......20 State’s Attorney.......21
DEATHS Esther E. Buskohl, William Hay, Page 19 Published every Friday by Ogle County Newspapers, a division of Shaw Media