The campaign is based on the globally recognized Know Your Lemons initiative, which uses 12 lemons to illustrate different signs and symptoms of breast cancer in an attempt to remove fear and stigma and overcome literacy and age barriers.

Harris: I have friends and colleagues that tell me if I don’t like America or what’s happening in America, I should find another country. Let me clarify something. I not only like America, but I also love America!

Two Small Business Bingo events will be held this year at Flight Deck Bar & Grill at 1207 W. Gurler Road in Rochelle to benefit area nonprofits.

This holiday season, Prescott Brothers Ford in Rochelle, together with 102.3 The Coyote and Superhits 93.5, is proud to once again host its annual 2-Ton Food Drive on Thursday, Nov. 20, 2025, benefiting the Rochelle Christian Food Pantry.

Rochelle's Tyler Johnson runs to first place at Pretzel Invite in Freeport, plus volleyball and tennis results in the Rochelle News Leader sports roundup.

Zip's Auto Body at 1033 S. Seventh St. in Rochelle closed the end of June after 41 years. Its owner, Richard "Zip" Zimmerman, retired after 55 years of auto shop work.

The Rochelle Police and Fire departments squared off in a Battle of the Badges charity volleyball game at Flight Deck Bar & Grill on Oct. 4, 2025. The event raised $1,100 that was donated to Focus House.

The Rochelle Lions Club will be conducting their 2025 Candy Day fundraising event on Friday, Oct. 10, and Saturday, Oct. 11.

Stillman Bank is proud to announce that Kathy Yocum, vice president and director of retail banking, has been named the 2025 Woman of the Year by the Illinois Bankers Association.

“Connecting Through a Lens” is the current exhibit at the Flagg Township Museum, with the collection of cameras of the late Truman Kester on display through October.

The Rochelle Police Department responded to a shots fired call on the evening of Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025, a Monday news release said.

Here's a list of property transfers for Ogle County for Sept. 29 to Oct. 3, 2025.

The Rochelle Township High School FFA Land Use Evaluation team placed fifth at the Section 2 competition on Sept. 30.

Camp Grant had been established in 1917 as a training center for World War I soldiers. By 1918 it was the center of the Spanish Flu outbreak in our area.

Rochelle Foods recently presented a $5,000 donation to the Rochelle Christian Food Pantry.

Northern Rehab Physical Therapy Specialists will host a coat drive this month to collect items for the Sycamore United Methodist Church Coat Ministry. The coat drive runs through Oct. 17.

The Illinois Department of Transportation has announced that U.S. 6 and 34 at the BNSF railroad crossing in Wyanet will be closed for repairs beginning Monday, Oct. 6, 2025.

John Combs, a 24-year-old lineman from Rochelle, died after being struck by a train in Montgomery, Alabama, on Oct. 4, 2024. A year later, his family is still searching for answers about the circumstances surrounding his death

The Seebach family has been growing and selling pumpkins in Flagg Center just outside Rochelle for the past 44 years. Seebach’s Pumpkins at 5498 S. Center Road opened for the season Sept. 13.

The Stillman Valley National Honor Society is hosting a community blood drive from 1-6 p.m. Oct. 21 at Stillman Valley High School.

The 10,000-square-foot, award-winning Insanity Haunted House in Peru features over 40 actors and different themes in each room.

Schmeling Construction Company started the process of closing the entrance to the Health & Wellness Center from Second Street. As of Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025, that entrance is now closed.

The Rochelle Police Department has launched its Pink Patch Project fundraiser in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month and Tammy Kovacs, the late mother of RPD Officer Ryan Kovacs.

The attorney of an animal rights activist accused in Ogle County of falsely reporting a shooting in May at a rodeo near Rochelle is looking to set a February trial date.

Rochelle Township High School had its grant approved to purchase four additional drones for its career and technical education department. Ashton-Franklin Center will receive a grant for temperature probes, sensors and charging stations.

Rochelle Mayor John Bearrows presented a $500 check to Brent Ohlinger, the winner of the Blood Draw raffle that took place at the city’s Fly-in Drive-in event at the Rochelle Municipal Airport on Aug. 10.

The Rochelle Christian Food Pantry at 770 Lincoln Ave. set a record for families served in August 2025, RCFP Board Member Cal Jacobs said Sept. 25, 2025.

A man is hospitalized after he was struck by a train in downtown Rochelle on Wednesday night, Oct. 1, 2025, a Rochelle Police Department news release said.

Northern Rehab Physical Therapy Specialists is collecting donations for the Sycamore United Methodist Church Coat Ministry. Needed items include new and gently-used coats, boots, mittens, scarves, and other winter accessories.

Here's a list of Lee County property transfers for Sept. 22-26, 2025.

The City of Rochelle recently released information on its 2025 Halloween festivities. Community-wide trick-or-treat hours will be 5-8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 31.

Fiegenschuh: Over the past eight years as Rochelle’s city manager, I have had the privilege of working alongside an extraordinary team of elected officials, department heads, and employees who are deeply committed to serving our community.

The City of Rochelle will be moving forward with a second phase of downtown-area improvements that will include a stage and public restrooms structure off North Main Street.

The Rochelle Rotary Club presented a $3,500 donation to the Rochelle Community Action Network on Sept. 23, 2025.

The Rochelle Township High School Education Foundation will host its second annual trivia night Wednesday, Oct. 15, 2025, at Rochelle VFW Post 3878.

Rochelle Foods presented a donation of $5,000 to the Rochelle Area Community Foundation on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025.

Changes Counseling will offer free depression screenings Oct. 6 at the Flagg-Rochelle Public Library at 619 Fourth Ave. in Rochelle.

The Rochelle Chamber of Commerce presented its Lawn of the Week award for the week of Sept. 24, 2025, to Noah and Raegan Carmichael.

Anthony Rowley, a Rochelle Edward Jones financial adviser, is supporting the Marine Corps Reserves Toys for Tots program by using his office as a drop-off location for this year’s toy drive.

Bearrows: As we transition into the vibrant season of fall, we are experiencing a bustling period here in Rochelle.

The Rochelle Township High School Theater Department will present its fall play, “The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon” by Don Zolidis, Thursday-Saturday, Oct. 2-4, at 7:30 p.m. each night in the RTHS Auditorium. Entry for adults is $5 and student entry is $3.

Rochelle's boys golf team placed second at the Interstate 8 Conference meet and the girls golf team was fifth. That and more in the Rochelle News Leader high school sports roundup.

The Rochelle City Council voted 4-3 on Monday, Sept. 22, 2025, to accept a $3,127,095 bid from DPI Construction, Inc. for phase two of its Rebuild Downtown & Main Street Grant Project.

On Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025, Rochelle Township High School's Homecoming parade was held and made its way through the downtown area and the city. Students from sports teams and school organizations took part in the parade. Retiring RTHS golf coach and teacher Glen Mehrings was the parade's grand marshal. RTHS will take on LaSalle-Peru on Friday in its Homecoming game.

Dr. Christina Edlebeck recently joined Rochelle Veterinary Hospital as its newest veterinarian on July 21, 2025.

It’s very interesting that our current President gets away with bypassing the Constitution, ignoring our legal system, and even demanding that our United States attorney general pursue a particular case or what to pursue in a case.

A grand opening was held for U.S. Silica’s Rochelle Innovation Center on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025, at 1951 S. Steward Road in Rochelle.

Rochelle will begin providing leaf vacuuming services for residents on Oct. 20, 2025. The vacuuming service will end Dec. 1 or upon an accumulating snowfall, whichever occurs first.

The United Women of Faith of the Ashton Methodist Church are hosting a kuchen coffee and bake sale Saturday, Oct.18, 2025.

Here's a list of Ogle County property transfers for Sept. 15-19, 2025.