A single-family home in Stillman Valley that sold for $400,000 tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in Ogle County during the past week.

The Leaf River Soaring Eagles 4-H Club took a trip to the Discovery Center in Rockford on May 23.

Two Ogle County students have been named to the dean’s list at Marquette University in Milwaukee.

A single-family home in Rochelle that sold for $140,000 tops the list of the best real estate deals in Ogle County in the past three weeks.

Prospective homebuyers considering the real estate market had a range of options in various neighborhoods throughout the region between May 18 and June 7. In this article, we outline recent property sales in Ogle County, all of which featured properties at the price point of $200,000 or under.

That said … real fixes aren’t possible without extra money, either, otherwise the problems probably wouldn’t persist. And so it’s back to the beginning: absent additional spending, no improvements will be sufficient.

The single-family residence located at 303 Depot Street in Rochelle was sold on May 20, for $270,000, or $145 per square foot.

More than 3,500 students at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater earned a spot on the dean’s list for the spring 2026 semester.

Betty Obendorf of the Polo Historical Society describes a hectic week of preparing for a program at the museum.