Ogle County

100 Women Who Care donations go to local 501c organizations within Ogle County

Goodwill’s Veteran Career Resource Program helps veterans find employment by providing one-on-one job readiness training, comprehensive support services and employment referrals for Sauk Valley veterans.

“I remember my first sight of the shop and it shocked me,” he recalled. “It was in dry dock for repairs, just coming home from a major battle and had suffered heavy damage. Being young, I believe I realized for the first time how serious things could get.”

Canned food donations also being accepted

Political, roofing/contractor, event, and local sports yard signs, banners, and stakes for accepted until Nov. 22

Gary Freeman is facing four counts of first-degree murder

City of Polo and Buffalo Township officials celebrated the opening of a new joint municipal building Monday evening. Both municipalities contributed to the cost of the $1.93 million building, which is located about two blocks north of the old city and township halls.

Blackhawk Crossing 4-H Club held their meeting at the historic Pine Creek Town Hall

Car was abandoned near railroad tracks

Li Arellano Jr., who won an uncontested race during Tuesday’s general election, says he is ready to hit the ground running for the 37th District. He will serve a four-year term.

Polo City Council members on Tuesday voted unanimously to enter a three-year contract with Constellation as the city’s aggregated energy supplier for pumping and street lighting.

Brooks Jewelers opened in early September at 113 N. Fourth St., Oregon. Along with selling jewelry, the store offers jewelry repairs, cleanings and inspections, appraisals, engravings and custom jewelry.

Lee County voters support Amboy, Harmon fire departments' merger.

Here are the unofficial results for the 2024 November election for the Whiteside and Ogle county boards and referendum questions for Whiteside County, the Walnut Public Library District and Amboy Fire Protection District.

Daniel Gonzalez finishes 17th at 1A sectional in Rock Island

Voter turnout in the Sauk Valley area was down slightly from the 2020 election, but still up from 2016.

Here are the races we're watching in Lee, Whiteside and Ogle counties as voters finish casting their ballots Tuesday for county, state and federal congressional races, and in some cases, answered referendum questions. Polls closed at 7 p.m.

Polls opened at 6 a.m. Tuesday and will close at 7 p.m. Learn more about what Sauk Valley voters are casting ballots on.

Jodi Horner and Shannan Haenitsch enjoy peddling the past from their downtown Polo store, Kim's Gateway Antiques.

Voters in Ogle County turn out to cast their ballots on Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024.

Mt. Morris officials hope to have Zickuhr Park renovations started — and completed — next year. In January, the village of Mt. Morris received a $152,600 OSLAD grant to redevelop Zickuhr Park; the total cost of the project is $305,200.

Here is a list of property transfers for Lee, Ogle and Whiteside counties for Oct. 19-25, 2024.

Traffic is being rerouted.

The village of Mt. Morris on Monday closed on the purchase of 1 N. Wesley Ave., Village President Phil Labash said. The village did not purchase 3 N. Wesley Ave., he said.

Northern Illinois University’s Media Relations Department confirmed Sept. 23 that the 141-acre facility will permanently close Dec. 15.

Taxpayers in Ogle County could see around a 0.4-cent change per $100 on their property tax bills next year, if Ogle County Board members pass the proposed budget for 2025 on Nov. 19.

The Sterling Public Library will host a job search workshop from 2-3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 12. It is free to attend.

Brandon S. Miller is accused of taking deer illegally in Ogle and Lee counties

Court records indicate he had no access to weapons and he would "never intentionally hurt anyone."

Live music begins at 6:30 p.m.

Jaedyn Hill was found dead Oct. 15 in an Ashton apartment.

Oregon to travel to Princeton to face the fourth-seeded Tigers on Nov. 1

Jaedyn Hill was found dead in her apartment in Ashton.

Polo City Council members on Oct. 21 unanimously voted to accept a $66,900 bid from Husar Abatement LTD, of Franklin Park, to abate asbestos in the former Congress School.

Here is a list of property transfers for Lee, Ogle and Whiteside counties for Oct. 12-18, 2024.

Need something to do this winter? The Whiteside County Extension has you covered with several classes, workshops and other activities.

Scenes also shot in Grand Detour during 20-day shooting schedule.

Mt. Morris Village Board members voted to purchase 1 Wesley Ave., which was one of two buildings destroyed in an April 16 fire. The purchase price was not listed on the publicly accessible portion of the ordinance.

Donations of new or “gently used” coats, hats, scarves, mittens and gloves being accepted.

City Manager Darin DeHaan said he was looking for input from the council members on how they want to run the brush collection program.

Ogle County Board members on Tuesday approved special-use permits to allow Class 1 Short-Term Rentals on two separate properties, one in Chana and one in Byron Township.

Here is a list of property transfers for Lee, Ogle and Whiteside counties for Oct. 5-11, 2024.

Jonathon Gounaris has pleaded not guilty to all the charges.

Free permit needed for electronics recycling, ID for shredding. Event is for Ogle County residents.

Fall Family Festival and Trunk or Treat held on Sunday, Oct. 13.

BerryView Orchard was one of six Ogle County farms in this year’s stroll

The first freezing temperatures of the seasons are expected to roll in Tuesday night and Wednesday morning for a large portion of northern Illinois, the Nation Weather Service reports.

Here is a list of property transfers for Lee, Ogle and Whiteside counties for Sept. 28 to Oct. 4, 2024.

Businesses in Sterling, Dixon and Oregon recently played host as stops on the Association of Equipment Manufacturing’s Manufacturing Express bus tour, which is traveling 10,000 miles across 20 states to visit 80 member companies.

Polo City Council members on Monday, Oct. 7, agreed to consider an amended contract with the city’s sanitation services provider, Midwest Disposal, that would allow a $3 charge per extra toter per customer. There was no vote taken at the meeting.