Jeff Helfrich

On Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025, a ribboncutting and dedication were held for the Diane McNeilly Memorial Garden at the intersection of North 7th Street and 10th Avenue in Rochelle.

Rochelle Community Hospital is working to make the community aware of the importance of being established with a general health provider through its Family Healthcare Clinic for individual or family healthcare.

The Rochelle Police Department recently acquired an armored vehicle and started its own emergency response team, RPD Chief Pete Pavia said Aug. 25, 2025.

Rochelle Kiwanis Golden K Club President Will McLachlan recently was presented with two awards. He was named Distinguished Club President at the Kiwanis Convention and received the Outstanding Club Leadership award from the Rochelle club.

On Monday, Aug. 25, 2025, a public informational meeting was held on the ongoing Steward-Caron Roads Industrial Corridor study.

The Rochelle Fire Department recently teamed up with students from FOCUS House in Rochelle for a hands-on STEM learning activity that blended creativity, problem-solving, and a bit of suspense – the classic “egg drop challenge.”

At its meeting Monday, Aug. 25, the Rochelle City Council unanimously accepted a strategic communications plan that will see it adopt purple as the city’s official color and change branding in coming months.

On Sunday, Oct. 10, 2025, the University of Illinois Extension will host the annual Ogle County Farm Stroll, a self-guided driving tour of highly diversified family farms open to the public on one big day.

Spring Lake Pool in Rochelle saw its highest attendance numbers in 5 years this summer, Flagg-Rochelle Community Park District Director of Recreation Maureen Stevens said Aug. 21, 2025.

Northern Rehab Physical Therapy Specialists are hosting an after-hours open house on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025, from 4:30-6:30 p.m. at the clinic, 1211 Currency Court, Rochelle.

Habitat for Humanity of Ogle County is excited to once again bring the opportunity for a local family to win a hand-crafted playhouse thanks to Oregon High School’s FFA Ag Construction class. And new this year is the addition of a second raffle of a storage shed.

After its grant cycle ended in the summer of 2025, the Rochelle Elementary School District will be locally funding its HUB Program this semester through Dec. 12, district officials said Aug. 21.

Stepping Stones Preschool began operations at the newly reopened May Elementary School on Aug. 19, 2025, Rochelle Elementary School District officials said.

Every fall, additional bricks in the Rochelle Veterans War Memorial are engraved in time for Veterans Day. Orders for brick engraving are collected and the engraver is hired to perform the work on a dry day in the fall. 

The “Those Were the Days” presentation at the Oregon Depot on Saturday, Aug. 30, 2025, will feature longtime Oregon resident John Dickson.