POINT MILESTONE
Forreston’s Kendall Erdmann (13) scored his 1,000th career point Feb. 8 against Morrison and received accolades from fans, coaches and his teammates. The junior scored 26 points in the Cardinals’ 70-49 over the Mustangs. High school sports roundup on page 8.
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Nominations sought for 2025 Hall of Fame inductees
After a very successful inaugural Forreston Hall of Fame ceremony in 2024, Forrestville Valley School District officials are looking for nominations for the Class of 2025. The Hall of Fame includes all districts prior to consolidation (meaning Leaf River High School, etc) can be nominated. All previous nominations are kept by the committee but more are needed.
Nominations for the Class of 2025 are due by May 1. Nomination forms are available at https://forms.gle/j46chJmKFTFXAzdF6.
Visit Forreston High School for nomination packets or visit the district website under activities – Hall of Fame to nominate or for more information.
Country Crossroads Quilters to meet Feb. 17
FORRESTON – Country Crossroads Quilt Guild will present That Special Ruler as the program for the Monday, Feb. 17, meeting.
“Four of our members will be demonstrat-
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Bertolet Memorial Library will be collecting nonperishable food items as well as toiletries to fill the pantry shelves at River Valley Complex. Bring your unexpired items to the library this month to help keep the little pantry stocked.
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ing and showing specialty rulers and things they have made with them,” guild member Ruth Whitney said. “This promises to be a very interesting program. Come and enjoy.”
Visitors are welcome for a $5 fee at the door. Membership dues are $20 a year. Guild meetings are at the Forreston Grove Church, 7246 Freeport Road in Forreston, on the third Monday of each month at 7 p.m. Doors open at 6 p.m.
Country Crossroads Quilt Guild will present its Garden of Quilts show April 11-12 at the Jane Addams Community Center, 430 W. Washington St. in Cedarville. Hours for the show are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. Admission is $5. For information about the guild, call program committee chair Kay Walker at 815-275-2904 or guild president Jennifer Newcomer at 708-774-3279..
Historical society to meet Feb. 24
The Ogle County Historical Society will have its monthly meeting at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 24.
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Polo Farm Toy Show is March 1
The 40th annual Polo Farm Toy Show will take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, March 1, at the Polo Centennial Grade School, 308 S. Pleasant Ave.
The show, sponsored by the Polo Lions Club, will have about 100 dealer tables. Food will be available from Polo FFA students. Admission is $3 for adults. Children younger than 12 are free.
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Dixon man accused of attempted murder will remain jailed despite defense’s continued argument for release
By PAYTON FELIX pfelix@shawmedia.com
OREGON – A rural Dixon man charged with the attempted murder of three police officers at his residence in June will remain jailed.
Jonathon Gounaris, 32, is charged with four counts of attempted first-degree murder, three counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm, three counts of aggravated battery and two counts of possession of a firearm without a firearm owner’s identification card – all of which stem from a June 12 standoff with police in the rural Dixon subdivision of Lost Lake.
Gounaris has pleaded not guilty to all charges and is being held in the Winnebago County Jail in Rockford.
On Thursday, Feb. 6, Gounaris appeared for a status hearing before Judge John “Ben” Roe only two weeks after his previous hearing Jan. 23.
Ogle County Assistant Public Defender Michael O’Brien said he “set this aggressively” because “I’ve been asked to aggressively pursue detention issues.”
Usually the court schedules status hearings about a month apart. O’Brien requested an earlier date at the Jan. 23 hearing, when he also made extensive arguments for Gounaris’ release.
That day, O’Brien said one argument was not made at the June 20 detention hearing regarding the circumstances surrounding officers’ entry to the home in the 400 block of Wild Rice Lane in Lost Lake.
At the detention hearing, Gounaris was represented by former Ogle County Public Defender William Gibbs, who has since left that position.
During a news conference June 12, Ogle County Sheriff Brian VanVickle said police were called at 8:39 a.m. that day to the residence with a warning that
mental health concerns” and called the police response a “paradox of a welfare check.”
the person poses an “imminent threat” to the officer, O’Brien said.
it could be a “suicide-by-cop” situation. The officers were informed that Gounaris had made suicidal and homicidal threats.
Shortly after officers arrived, the Ogle County Sheriff’s Office’s Emergency Response Team was called. That team is made up of individuals from different agencies, including the sheriff’s office, Oregon and Byron police departments and SWAT medics from the Rochelle Fire Department.
Police attempted more than 60 phone calls to the residence, Gounaris’ cellphone and a throw phone that was deployed inside the home, VanVickle said.
At 11:53 a.m., police breached the door to the home and immediately were met with gunfire from inside the house, VanVickle said. Three deputies and Gounaris were shot while exchanging gunfire.
To view the body camera footage, visit youtube.com/watch?v=7zEhLBrcn0g.
At the Jan. 23 hearing, O’Brien said “the call [to police] was made because of
Assistant State’s Attorney Heather Kruse disagreed and argued Feb. 6 for Gounaris’ continued detention.
Kruse said that since O’Brien’s Jan. 23 arguments she did some research into case law about change in circumstance and referenced two Illinois court cases that address the issue.
Based on those cases, she argued that the court doesn’t need to continue to consider Gounaris’ release since the court initially deemed detention necessary at the June 20 hearing and nothing has changed in terms of the risk to the public.
“It’s been reviewed to be necessary nine times. Today is the 10th time it’s been argued and nothing has changed,” Kruse said.
O’Brien disagreed. He said he understands the reasoning for bringing these cases, but doesn’t view them as an absolute rule.
On the contrary, “as we’re going over evidence and gathering information it would violate due process rights” to not consider arguments for release, O’Brien said.
O’Brien then reiterated his arguments related to the officers’ use of force saying that the circumstances were not fully addressed at previous hearings.
When police arrived at the residence, they never announced themselves as police over a loud speaker, he said. Instead, they established a perimeter far away from the home and concealed themselves and their vehicles.
Officers received no communication from Gounaris before they forcibly kicked in the door to gain entry into the home, O’Brien said.
He said that according to Illinois law, officers cannot use deadly force on someone who’s a threat to themselves unless the officer has a reasonable belief that
An imminent threat means a person poses an immediate and serious danger of causing death or great bodily harm, according to the Illinois General Assembly website.
Gounaris was by himself in the residence on the day of the incident and Gounaris’ mother said she was concerned Gounaris could harm officers if they approached him, O’Brien said.
“Imminence was created by the officers’ use of force and their entry to the home,” O’Brien said.
Kruse disagreed based on her past arguments.
“The critiques on the officers have already been addressed,” Kruse said.
At the Jan. 23 hearing, Kruse said Gounaris’ mother informed police that he had access to two guns.
She said police made multiple calls to the residence before deploying the throw phone, which was done before entry was made.
When officers did breach the door to the residence, “the defendant fired before anybody entered the home,” she said.
Gounaris was wearing a bulletproof vest and began “shooting multiple rounds not only into but also at officers,” Kruse said. Three of them were struck and injured.
O’Brien disagreed Feb. 6. He asked the court to continue to review detention.
O’Brien argued for Gounaris’ release and said conditions could include things such as GPS tracking and stay-away and no-contact orders.
Kruse disagreed based on past arguments.
In the end, Roe denied the request for release “based on previous court rulings ordering continued detention.”
Gounaris’ next court appearance is scheduled for 3 p.m. March 6.
Oregon teenager pleads not guilty to making threat against Byron High School
By EARLEEN HINTON ehinton@shawmedia.com
OREGON – An Oregon teenager pleaded not guilty Feb. 5 to making a threat against Byron High School in November.
Malakye Swanson, 18, was charged Jan. 15 with the Class 4 felony offense of disorderly conduct (school threat). Court records say Swanson “knowingly transmitted” a threat of destruction of the school by saying he was “going to shoot up” Byron High School
on or about Nov. 15, 2024. Swanson appeared in Ogle County Circuit Court on Feb. 5 with his attorney Cassandra Hirth in front of Judge Anthony Peska. Ogle County Assistant State’s Attorney Allison Huntley represented the state.
Swanson waived his right to a preliminary hearing, pleaded not guilty and requested a jury trial, a common request made by defendants during their initial court appearances. His next court appearance is scheduled for 1 p.m. March 12.
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Jonathon Gounaris enters an Ogle County courtroom Feb. 6 for a pretrial hearing.
Waiting for application approval for Underground Railroad project
Everyone was in a hurry and I also was since the weather person said we were to get ice at 11 a.m. I made several stops and I was anxious to get home before the ice started. People commented as I passed by them in the store. I was relieved when I finally pulled into my garage and unloaded all my bags. I had made it.
I settled in my chair and watched out the window for the storm to start. It never did and I was glad. Earlier in the week when we had ice, the people who deliver my meals from Lifescape had trouble making it up my driveway and my driveway is not a steep one.
I had planned on stopping at the museum but did not because of the ice that was coming. I had wanted to get the file on Harriet Fry for a program to be given in April. Hopefully I can get to the museum later in the week since Christmas decorations need to
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Betty Obendorf
be put away and I can get my material on Fry.
Kevin emailed me later in the day to tell me how busy he was at the museum. He had eight visitors and that kept him busy. Someone wanted to know about Eldorado School and Kevin found the file and made copies for that individual.
Someone from the Ogle County Historical Society then arrived at the museum. She bought the book that Willis Wamsley and I had put together on the Underground Railroad. She took it home and read it right away. She emailed Kevin about the stories in the book about the Underground Railroad
in Ogle County. She is ready to do some writing on the subject.
Right now we are big on the Underground Railroad and waiting to get our application approved at the national level. Zachery already has looked at it and he was impressed with all the information our museum has on the subject. We are looking at a tour of our cemetery during Town and Country Days. We will stop at the graves of the Underground Railroad conductors and tell the stories of those brave people.
Several people stopped by to see the book Linda put together on houses in Polo. They wanted the history of their house. Someone even left a historical document they had found in the house while remodeling it.
So Kevin was busy showing people around, making copies for some people and selling books. We are very lucky to have him at the museum
each Saturday.
Now it’s Valentine’s Day. Some women expect to be treated royally with candy, flowers and gifts. Kenneth and I never did any of that so I was surprised one Valentine’s Day when he gave me this little dog on a doghouse.
He was with John Pazera from Mt. Morris one Valentine’s Day when John said, “I must stop at the florist shop to get Marilyn a gift. I guess Kenneth thought maybe he had better get me something and he came home with this little dog on a doghouse. I kept that gift for years and years and each Valentine’s Day I think of that little dog holding a heart and Kenneth wishing me a happy Valentine’s Day. Memories are important.
• Betty Obendorf is a retired teacher and volunteer for the Polo Historical Society.
Illinois’ second, third and fourth Capitol buildings were in Vandalia
Otto Dick OGLE COUNTY HISTORY
Vandalia served as the location of the second, third and fourth Illinois Capitol buildings from 1820-1837.
The first of three Capitol buildings in Vandalia was a plain two-frame structure. The entire first floor served as a meeting place for the House of Representatives. The second floor was divided into rooms for the Senate and the Council of Revision, which consisted of the governor and justices of the Illinois Supreme Court. Executive offices were located in other buildings.
The state treasurer conducted business at his home. The secretary of state worked in a brick building that housed the state bank.
In 1820, the first Capitol building in Vandalia burned.
In 1824, a new Capitol building was built at a cost of $15,000.
During the third Capitol building in Vandalia,
many citizens of Fayette County and around the state advocated moving the capital to a geographic site nearer to the center of the state.
In 1836, the same year Oregon was founded, a young lawyer named Abraham Lincoln advocated moving the capital to Springfield.
Also in 1836, the old Capitol building from 1824 was demolished in Vandalia.
Local citizens immediately replaced the third Capitol building with a short-lived fourth Illinois Statehouse in an effort to keep the capital located in Vandalia. This did not stop the General Assembly from voting to relocate the state capital to Springfield on Feb. 25, 1837, and a new state Capitol building was built in Springfield.
In the 1930s and 1940s, the state restored the Senate and House chambers in the Vandalia building to its Lincoln-era appearance. Lincoln’s first statewide office of his political career was in Vandalia in 1834.
• Otto Dick is a retired teacher and has researched Ogle County history for several years.
Photo provided by Otto Dick Illinois’ second, third and fourth Capitol buildings were in Vandalia.
Police investigation leads to ‘soft lockdown’ for Oregon schools
By EARLEEN HINTON ehinton@shawmedia.com
OREGON – A domestic disturbance near the Oregon school campus resulted in a brief “soft lockdown” of the district’s three schools on Feb. 6.
About 1:10 p.m., Oregon police officers responded to a residence in the 800 block of Madison Street, east of the school campus, for a reported domestic disturbance in which a weapon allegedly was mentioned, Oregon Police Chief Matt Kalnins said.
“During the incident, a male subject reportedly left the residence and was possibly walking in the area. As a precautionary measure, the Oregon School District was notified and placed on a soft lockdown while officers worked to locate the individual,” he said.
The man later was found at a location north of the Oregon city limits, Kalnins said.
“Following a thorough investigation, officers determined that there was no weapon and that no charges would be filed against either party involved. It was also confirmed that at no time were any citizens, students or staff of the Oregon School District in immediate danger,” Kalnins said.
The school district posted a message on social media shortly after police were called to the area.
“We have been instructed by local law enforcement to place the campus under soft lockdown due to a police issue near campus. At this time, there is zero reason to believe any students or staff are in danger and this is a move taken out of extreme precaution. We will notify parents when the lockdown has been lifted,” the message said.
The district posted an update after the investigation: “The soft lockdown was lifted shortly before 1:40 p.m. at the direction of local law enforcement. We thank everyone for their concern and cooperation,” the post said.
Kalnins thanked other police agencies that responded.
“The Oregon Police Department extends its gratitude to the Ogle County Sheriff’s Department and the Mt. Morris Police Department for their quick response and assistance in this matter,” Kalnins said.
A “soft lockdown” is a precautionary measure in which movement within the building is restricted but not completely halted. A “hard lockdown” occurs when everyone in the school must remain still and out of sight.
Woman to remain jailed after police say they found ballistic dart launcher in car
By EARLEEN HINTON ehinton@shawmedia.com
OREGON – An Ogle County judge denied an Oregon woman’s request to be released from jail Tuesday despite arguments by her defense attorney that possession of a ballistic dart launcher is not considered a dangerous weapon by state law.
Ashley Paddie, 34, was charged with the misdemeanor offense of unlawful use of a weapon after the car she was riding in was stopped at 3:56 p.m. Feb. 7.
According to information from the Ogle County Sheriff’s Office, deputies arrested Paddie and the car’s driver, Deshawn Green, 43, of Rockford, after a traffic stop in the 100 block of East Washington Street, known as Illinois Route 64 outside the city limits.
Green was charged with driving while license revoked and unlawful use of a weapon by a felon – a ballistic dart launcher. Court records say Green previously has been convicted of driving with a revoked or suspended license on “at least three occasions” in Winnebago County in 2016 and twice in Boone
County in 2022. Green appeared in court Feb. 10 and was released when a petition to deny his release was rejected by Judge Russell Crull. Green is scheduled to appear in court again at 10 a.m. Feb. 19 for a pretrial conference on both felony charges.
theft in February 2014 in Winnebago County. Another felony charge of retail theft from October 2024 in Ogle County is pending.
listic dart launcher is not included in weapons language in the state statutes under which Paddie is charged.
“Law enforcement had to research what it was,” said Isley, referring to the dart launcher. “We do not even know if this [dart launcher] is prohibited.”
On Tuesday, Paddie appeared with her attorney, Ogle County public defender Kathleen Isley, in front of Judge Anthony Peska on a petition to revoke her pretrial release for two previous felony retail theft offenses in December 2024.
In those charges, which were filed in January, Paddie is accused of taking merchandise from the Walgreen’s in Rochelle and Oregon Super Valu on two separate occasions. Court records say the amount taken during both alleged incidents did not exceed $300, but Paddie previously had been convicted of retail
A condition of Paddie’s pretrial release in both of the January retail theft cases ordered her not to violate any criminal statutes of any jurisdiction.
Assistant State’s Attorney Allison Huntley argued at Tuesday’s hearing that Paddie’s recent arrest for the misdemeanor weapons charge violated her pretrial release agreement and she should be held in the Ogle County Jail while all her cases proceed through the court system.
“Given the fact that she has three pending felony cases, there are not conditions the court can set,” Huntley said.
Isley disagreed, arguing that police had not provided a legal reason why Green was pulled over and that the bal-
Isley argued that Green and Paddie said the dart launcher was given to them and there was never any intent to use it unlawfully.
“She [Paddie] had no intention to violate the court’s orders,” Isley said. “She does not pose a threat to others.”
Isely also argued that Paddie’s continued detention would be an “undue hardship” on her three children and on her ability to financially provide for them.
Peska said while the ballistic dart launcher might not be listed in the statue as a weapon it still was dangerous and prohibited under Paddie’s conditions for release.
“There was a pretrial release and now there’s a new charge,” Peska said. “Detention is necessary.”
Peska set Paddie’s next court date for 1 p.m. Feb. 19 and remanded her to the Ogle County Jail.
Ashley Paddie
Deshawn Green
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JACQUELYN “JACKIE” J. GAMBREL
Born: November 22, 1925 in Oregon, IL
Died: February 9, 2025 in Rockford, IL
Jacquelyn “Jackie” J. Gambrel, 99, long-time Oregon resident, died Sunday, February 9, 2025 at Wesley Willows, Rockford, following a long illness. Jackie was born November 22, 1925, in Oregon, Illinois at Dr. Warmolt’s first hospital on the east side of Rock River. She was the only child of the late John “Jack” McGuire and Gladys (Claussen) McGuire. She spent her early years growing up on the McGuire farm and attending school in a one-room schoolhouse in Honey Creek east of Oregon before moving to Oregon in 6th grade. She graduated from Oregon High School in 1943. Jackie was the first in her family to attend college. She graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1947 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Physical Education and a minor in Physiology. While at the University,
RONALD WILLIAM ZUMDAHL
Born: August 5, 1934 in Forreston, IL
Died: January 30, 2025 in Byron, IL
Ronald William Zumdahl, 90, of Forreston, Illinois, passed away peacefully on January 30, 2025. Born on August 5, 1934, to Benjamin and Hazel (Gasmund) Zumdahl, on the family farm where he grew up and raised his family.
On November 28, 1957, Ronald married Cynthia (Phillips) Zumdahl, beginning a marriage that would span over 67 years. Together, they raised three children, Michele (Bryan) Edler of Forreston, Brian (Renna) Zumdahl of Forreston and Melinda (Dean) Mohr of Lone Rock, Wisconsin. He enjoyed spending time with his 6 grandchildren: Samantha and Joshua Zumdahl, Markus (Alyssa Turzenski) and Bryan (Kelsey Bollon) Edler and Bryce and Trey Mohr. He was looking forward to the birth of his first
she was initiated into Alpha Gamma Delta and was a member of that Panhellenic organization for over 80 years.During high school and college, Jackie spent her summers as a lifeguard and swimming instructor, first at the Oregon pool by the Oregon Coliseum and then as head lifeguard at Lake Louise in Byron, Illinois during the late 1940’s. It was at Lake Louise in Byron that she met her future husband, Earl Gambrel. On August 5, 1948, she was united in marriage to Earl Junior Gambrel at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Oregon, Illinois. They were happily married for over 59 years until Earl’s passing in 2007. In addition to being a devoted and loving wife, mother and grandmother, Jackie spent many years of her life from 1947 to 1991 as an educator. She started her teaching career in 1947 at Oregon High School where she taught Physical Education from 1947 – 1951. In late 1951, she moved to Lake Charles, Louisiana where Earl was stationed at Lake Charles Air Force Base. While there, she taught PE for two years in the public school system. In 1953, Jackie and Earl were transferred, courtesy of the Air Force, to the Strategic Air Command Base outside London. During Earl’s two-year tour of duty outside London, Jackie taught junior high students in the Air Force Dependents
School. After returning to Oregon in 1955 and following a few years break when her daughter, Judith, was born, Jackie started teaching Physical Education at St. Mary’s Elementary School in the 1960’s. She taught Physical Education and then 5th grade at St. Mary’s from 1964 until the school closed in 1971. She then returned to the Oregon Community Unit School District where she taught junior high students from 1971 until her retirement in 1991. Jackie loved all kinds of sports and continued swimming and playing golf for most of her life. She spent hours before and after retirement at the indoor Oregon pool doing laps early in the morning. Jackie and Earl were members of Oregon Golf Club for many years and they enjoyed playing golf well into their retirement. Jackie was also a dedicated volunteer for St. Mary’s parish where she served on countless committees and in many roles including being Grand Regent of the Catholic Daughters and holding an office on the Parish Council. She was also on the Board of LifeLine Food and Self-Help Project in its earlier years, serving as Secretary. Jackie loved bridge, cooking, working in the yard and traveling to near and far places with Earl. Most of all, she loved the time that she spent with her grandchildren,
John and Laura. They were lucky to have many fun times with her learning to swim, making cookies and creating memories. Jackie is survived by daughter, Judith (Judy) and her husband Todd Flessner of Oak Park, California; two grandchildren, John Flessner of Marina del Rey, California, and Laura (Jeff) Stallman of San Luis Obispo, California; great-granddaughter, Brooke Stallman of San Luis Obispo, CA and numerous nieces and nephews. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 am, February 21, 2025 at Farrell-Holland-Gale Funeral Home, 110 South 7th Street, Oregon, Illinois. A visitation will be held at the funeral home on February 21st from 10:00 am – 11:00 am preceding the funeral service. Burial will be at St. Mary’s Cemetery in Oregon. The family would like to thank the wonderful caregivers at Wesley Willows and Mercyhealth Hospice in Rockford for the professional and loving care that they provided to Jackie during the final years of her life. In lieu of flowers, memorial funds have been established in her name at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Oregon, Wesley Willows Good Samaritan Fund in Rockford and for LifeLine Food and Self-Help Project in Oregon.
great-grandchild in March.
Ronald served in the Army National Guard and Reserves. He was awarded Conservation Family of the Year in 1985. He served on several local boards, including the Pork Producer Board, Forreston Township Board, the Forrestville Valley School District Board and various positions on the church board.
Ronald loved sports, whether playing, umpiring, or simply watching games. He especially enjoyed sharing this love with his grandchildren, attending nearly every event his children and grandchildren participated in. Ronald enjoyed camping with his wife and friends for 15 years.
He is preceded in death by his parents and is survived by his wife, children, and grandchildren.
Memorial services were held at 2:00 pm on Saturday, February 8, at Forreston United Methodist Church. There was a visitation before the service that began at 12:00 pm. Memorials will be given to Forrestville Valley School District and the Forreston United Methodist Church.
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Recycle old electronics on Feb. 28 in Oregon
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OREGON – The Ogle County Solid Waste Management Department will host a residential electronics recycling event from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday, Feb. 28, at 909 Pines Road in Oregon.
The event is for Ogle County residents only and a free permit is required in advance of the event. To obtain a free permit, call 815-732-4020 or email solidwaste@oglecountyil.gov and provide your name, address, phone number and email address by 4 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 27.
Accepted items include all TVs and computer monitors, computers, computer hardware and cables, laptops, tablets, cellphones, printers, FAX machines, scanners, shredders (no tubs), copiers, video gaming equipment, DVD/VCRs, cable/satel -
lite boxes, stereo equipment, radios, digital clocks, cameras, calculators, phone systems, holiday light strands, extension cords, rechargeable batteries, printer ink cartridges, CD/ DVDs and CFL bulbs. Microwave ovens are accepted for $5 per unit. Cash or check will be accepted.
There is a limit of seven large or bulky items per permit and one permit per county household per month.
Business or institutional electronic materials are not accepted at these events, but can be accepted by the OCSWMD via a separate program. Call 815732-4020 for more information and pricing for business electronic recycling and to make an appointment for drop off the materials to be recycled.
For more information about the recycling event, call the OCSWMD at 815-732-4020 or visit oglecountyil.gov.
OGLE COUNTY PROPERTY TRANSFERS
Feb. 3-9
Warranty Deeds
Haywell Llc-Westwood to David R. Cartwright and Elizabeth B. Cartwright, 10315 E. Shagbark Lane, Rochelle, $395,000.
Christopher Head to Marvin Hunter and Marshia Hunter, 1114 W. 2nd St., Byron, $170,500.
Hre Builders LLC to Luis Alejandro Garcia Gracia and Lusi Alejandro Garcia-Garcia, 1246 Springdale Drive, Rochelle, $243,000.
Steven B. Ramsey to Jeremy Day and Erika Day, 5351 S. Brookstone Drive, Rochelle, $291,000.
Dietrich Investment Farm LLC to Dietrich Ranch LLC-Land Series, 4575 N. Leaf River Road, Mt. Morris, $982,468.
Blake Benesh to Christopher Stephenitch and Angela Stephenitch, two parcels in Rockvale Township: 09-28-400-002 and 09-28-400-003, $486,000.
Michael Sherbrook and Lidia Sherbrook to Benjamin C. Johnson and Jacquelyn C. Johnson, 621 N. 8th St., Rochelle, $196,000. Ronnie L. O’sullivan, Deceased By Heirs; and Sharon K. O’sullivan, to Tabitha Quirk, 8543 N. Valley View Drive, Byron, $260,000.
towers were some of the items collected during a recent recycling event by the Ogle County Solid Waste Management Department. The next recycling opportunity for Ogle County residents is Friday, Feb. 28. A free permit is required before the collection day.
Quit Claim Deeds
Dlmj Investments LLC to Matthew J. Merrill, 410 Barbara St., Mt. Morris, $0.
Dean E. Mcmullen and Catherine M. Mcmullen to Dean E. and Catherine M. Mcmullen Rev Tr, 5809 N. Fair Oaks Drive, Davis Junction, and 5809 Fair Oak Drive, Davis Junction, $0.
Neil Ortiz to Neil Ortiz and Charae Ortiz, 834 W. Chinquapin Drive, Orgon, $0.
Rosemaire Karas, Deceased; and Jeffrey Karas to Jeffrey Karas Rev Tr, 6946 S. James Drive, Rochelle, and 6946 James Drive, Rochelle, $0.
Trustees Deeds
Quint Harold Burkhart, trustor; Melinda A. Burkhart, trustor; and Burkhart Family Tr1; to Michael Turner, 632 S. 2nd St., Rochelle, $158,500.
Steven Dietrich, trustee; Gregory Dietrich, trustee; Robert W. Dietrich Lv Tr; Robert W. Dietrich Residuary Tr; Donna J. Dietrich Lv Tr to Dietrich Investment Farm LLC; no parcel information provided; $0.
Richard C. Brantner, trustee; Gerald W. Brantner, trustee; James D. Brantner, trustee;
Brantner Private Trwblb1; Lola Jeanne Brantner Tr; to Daniel John Deuth and Ashley Marie Deuth, 226 N. IL Rte 26, Polo, $682,000.
Richard C. Brantner, trustee; Gerald W. Brantner, trustee; James D. Brantner, trustee; Brantner Private Trwb/lb-1; Lola Jeanne Brantner Tr; to John Elwin Deuth, Jean Deuth, Michael T. Deuth, and Mallory Nell Deuth, 226 N. IL Rte 26, Polo, $1,086,628.
Kristin Oliver Dr Trustee, Kristen Oliver Dr Trustee and Elm Lv Tr to Peter J. Malaker and Matthew C. Malaker, 550 Flagg Road, Rochelle, $0.
John R. Mueller, trustee, Janice L. Kereven, trustee, Rhm Tr1 and Jmm Tr1 to Joel A. Sweeney and Stephanie M. Sweeney, 1997 N. Stillman Road, Oregon, $145,000.
Thomas G. Hawkins, trustee; and Thomas G. Hawkins Tr to Kimberly Lillian Miller, 822 Lakewood Greens Drive, Dixon, $305,000.
Alan Greene, trustee; and Greene Family Tr to Charles J. Ostrander III and Averi G. Ostrander, 502 Trotter Court, Oregon, $245,000.
Sheriff’s Deed
Sheriff Ogle County; Charles O. Schell,
Deceased By Heirs; Helen B. Schell, Deceased By Heirs; Charles O. Schell, Estate Of By Admin; Jackie Hollandsworth; Jacqueline Hollandsworth; Jackie R. Hollandsworth; Debbie Scoles; Deborah Scoles; Michael Schell, Deceased By Heirs; Ashley M. Schell; and Mary Dwyer to Hub Shuttle Inc., 1162 S. Bradley Lane, Oregon, $128,801.
Deeds in Trust
Ronald Bowerman and Hanna Bowerman to Ronald B. Bowerman, trustee, Hanna Ks Bowerman, trustee, and Bowerman Family Tr1, 1241 Springdale Drive, Rochelle, $0.
Donald M. Hopkins, Tracy J. Hopkins and Tracey J. Hopkins to Donald Mark Hopkins, trustee, Tracey J. Hopkins, trustee, and Hopkins Family Tr, 10138 E. Hickory Ridge Drive, Rochelle, $0.
Jennifer L. Folz to Jennifer L. Folz, trustee, and Jennifer L. Folz Rev Tr, 9206 N. Lemke Drive, Byron, $0.
Cristina Alfano and Christina Alfano to Cristina Alfano, Trustee, and Alfano Tr0125, 801 S. 4th St., Oregon, $0.
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POLO – Camrynn Jones scored a career-high 37 points and had 11 rebounds, eight assists, one block and one steal in Polo’s 67-64 overtime win against Hinckley Big Rock on Feb. 8. Her outstanding performance came in front of three former Lady Marcos standouts who returned home to the Polo gym to be honored for their past achievements and welcome Jones into the elite 1,000 point club.
Nicole (Barger) Harrington, Shauntae (Barger) Henkel and Lindee Poper, all 1,000 point scorers at Polo High School, were in attendance for Jones’ 1,000th point celebration.
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Forreston 70, Morrison 49: Mickey Probst led the Cardinals with 28 points and Kendall Erdmann scored 26 in the home win. Erdmann, a junior, eclipsed 1,000 career points. Asher Ernst led Morrison with 23 points.
Polo 55, Orangeville 52 : Gus Mumford scored 29 points and J.T. Stephenson had 12 in the home win. Mumford was 6-of-12 at the free-throw line in the fourth quarter as Polo held on for the victory.
Byron 62, Dixon 59 (OT): The Dukes fell short after Cullen Shaner forced overtime with a late 3-pointer. Darius Harrington led Dixon with 21 points but left the game with an injury.
Oregon 73, Rockford Lutheran 69 : The Hawks bounced back with a road win in Big Northern Conference action.
Eastland 92, Polo 37: The Cougars erupted for 84 points through three quarters in the road win. Peyton Spears led the way with 31 points, Adam Awender scored 25 and Parker Krogman had 11 for Eastland. Mercer Mumford led Polo with 11 points.
Pecatonica 102, Forreston 52: Forreston’s Brendan Greenfield scored a gamehigh 22 points in the setback to the No. 1 team in the Associated Press Class 1A rankings. The Cardinals trailed 53-29 at halftime.
Dixon 62, Oregon 40: Darius Harrington scored 25 points and set Dixon’s school record of 1,781 career points in the BNC contest at Oregon. Dixon opened the game on a 10-2 run and pushed the lead
to 23-13 late in the second quarter. Oregon’s Benny Olalde hit back-to-back 3-pointers to cut the deficit to 23-19. The margin was 25-21 at halftime. Dixon led 51-30 just 1:16 into the fourth quarter.
Harrington added 11 rebounds, three assists and three steals. The Dukes forced 20 Oregon turnovers, scoring 12 points off 13 steals while committing only six turnovers themselves.
Olalde hit four of the Hawks’ seven 3-pointers and finished with 15 points and three rebounds. Jackson Caposey added eight points and five rebounds, Cooper Johnson (five rebounds) and Nole Campos (two 3-pointers) both scored six points and Tucker O’Brien chipped in two points, seven rebounds, five assists and three blocks.
“The turnovers in the third quarter kind of killed us and it didn’t help our case when they had uncontested buckets going the other way. We were just kind of shooting ourselves in the foot at that point,” Oregon coach Jarrett Reynolds said. “I thought our guys played hard, but it’s a tough matchup.”
Polo 60, Earlville 55: Gus Mumford hit five 3-pointers en route to 25 points, Mercer Mumford scored 14 points and Noah Dewey scored 12 in the win. Polo trailed 16-15 after the first quarter before coming back.
Oregon 48, Stillman Valley 41: Benny Olade scored 19 points, connecting on five treys, to lead the Hawks over the Cardinals. Tucker O’Brien added eight points and Jackson Caposey had seven for the Hawks.
See ROUNDUP, page 15
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Nicole (Barger) Harrington, Shauntae (Barger) Henkel and Lindee Poper, all 1,000 point scorers for Polo High School, pose with Camrynn Jones on Feb. 8, honoring Jones’ entry into the 1,000-point club.
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Polo’s Noah Dewey (23) reaches for a rebound against Earlville’s Adam Waite on Feb. 10.
Byron hands Stillman Valley its first loss of season
By ANDY COLBERT
Shaw Local News Network correspondent
BYRON – Trailing 40-38 to Byron in the final seconds, it only seemed appropriate that Stillman Valley turned the ball over without getting off a shot. That was its downfall in a 42-38 loss to the Tigers on Feb. 6 in front of a capacity crowd in Byron.
“Defensively, we did a great job,” Stillman Valley coach Bobby Mellon said. “Holding them to 42 is something. But we struggled with the turnovers.”
Going against a tenacious 1-3-1 zone, the Cardinals had difficulty moving the ball around and finished with 20 turnovers. After grabbing an 11-10 first-quarter lead, Stillman Valley had four turnovers on its first five possessions of the second quarter.
“With the way Byron was disrupting our offense, it got away from us that moment,” Mellon said.
Juniors Macy Groharing and Malia Morton had 18 points each and led the charge for Byron, which took a 26-17 halftime lead.
“They are two of the best in 2A,” Byron coach Eric Yerly said. “But everybody knows what drives us –defense. It’s all about habits.”
The stingy defense held Cardinals All-Stater Taylor Davidson to seven points. That was all part of Yerly’s game plan.
“I have a lot of respect for Taylor.” Yerly said. “To stop her, you have to give up something.”
Stillman Valley sophomore Dailene Wade led all scorers with 19 points, primarily in the paint. With Davidson in an 18-minute scoring drought, Wade responded with 16 points over that time frame.
“This was one of those games when Taylor struggled to have the ball go in,” Mellon said.
Behind 28-17, the Cardinals needed someone to make a play and senior Amelia Dunseth came through with a critical 3-pointer. That started an 11-point run with Davidson capping it with two free throws to tie the game at 28-28 with 2:15 left in the third quarter.
“Time and time again this season, Amelia has come through for us,” Mellon said.
Byron was hurt by a cold spell of 10 straight missed shots in that stretch and finished 12-for-45 shooting.
One advantage for the Tigers was
getting second-chance baskets.
“There’s no way we should have allowed them to outrebound us in the first half,” said Mellon, whose team had an edge in height.
On Byron’s first possession of the fourth quarter, Aubrie Fuller beat everyone for a loose carom and found Groharing for a 3-pointer that put Byron up 32-28. Later in the quarter, Morton drained a 3-pointer on a second-chance opportunity.
Still, Byron could not put the visitors away, coming up short on five possessions while trying to slow down the
game. With 30 seconds left, consecutive baskets by Davidson and Wade cut the lead to 39-38. The Cardinal ended at 37% from the field.
Intentionally fouled, Groharing made one of two free throws, with the Cardinals grabbing the rebound. An opportunity to tie or win the game soon unraveled with the untimely turnover.
Coming into the game as one of the last two unbeaten teams (Huntley is 27-0) in the state, Stillman Valley fell to 27-1.
Byron, whose only losses were 45-40 to Stillman Valley in the championship
game of the Dixon KSB tournament and 47-36 to Dixon in the Big Northern Conference, improved to 25-2.
“What a great atmosphere,” Yerly said. “The last time it was like this was when Montini came here a few years ago. People got their money’s worth tonight.”
Another factor under consideration for both Mellon and Yerly is this probably won’t be the last matchup between the 2A powers. The sectional final in Rock Falls is a definite possibility.
“We hated to lose a game like this, but our goal is the postseason,” Mellon said.
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Stillman Valley’s Lillian Green looks to move the ball up the court during a Dec. 28 game with Byron at the Dixon Girls KSB Holiday Basketball Classic. Byron handed Stillman Valley its first loss of the season on Feb. 6.
Stillman Valley prevails
By ANDY COLBERT
Shaw Local News Network correspondent
STILLMAN VALLEY – With Stillman Valley’s 38-34 win over Dixon on Feb. 8, it’s a three-way tie for first place in the Big Northern Conference for girls basketball. Those two, along with Byron, all finished with one loss in league play.
Stillman Valley (28-1) was in a much more celebratory mood than Dixon (255) after the Saturday, Feb. 8, game, posing for team pictures and the like on its home court.
“Any game with Dixon is a grind-itout affair,” Stillman Valley coach Bobby Mellon said. “Even though we struggled to hit shots, we moved the ball around better than we did against Byron (a 42-38 loss).”
In the tightly officiated game with several offensive fouls, points were at a premium. After six early points by AllStater Taylor Davidson, the Cardinals were shut out on their next seven possessions but still led 6-5 after one quarter.
It remained a one-point differential at the half, 15-14 in favor of the Cardinals, but a diamond-and-one defense on Davidson slowed her down. Coming out after halftime, Dixon grabbed its largest lead of the game at 18-15 on baskets by Reese Dambman and Hallie Williamson.
On the next possession, the 6-foot Williamson was called for her fourth foul and sat for the rest of the third quarter. That is when Stillman Valley made its run.
Freshman Lillian Green grabbed an offensive rebound and scored to give the Cardinals the lead for good at 20-19. Davidson then made an off-balance shot in traffic and followed with a layup off a steal for a 26-19 lead.
Dixon stopped the run with a pair of free throws, but the Duchesses trailed 29-21 going into the fourth quarter.
“We missed Hallie,” Dixon coach Luke Ravlin said. “Losing her was a key point of the game.”
Williamson came back at the start of the fourth quarter and Dixon slowly
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made a comeback. A 3-pointer by Dambman after seven empty possessions pulled Dixon to within 29-24.
Stillman Valley also went scoreless on seven possessions in the same time frame. It was Davidson, though, who got her team untracked with a pair of baskets on trap-breaking layups for a 33-24 lead.
“I was down on myself after Byron,” Davidson said. “I read a book today on self confidence. It was about visualizing and turning negatives into positives.”
She scored a third straight time, but it was wiped out because of an offensive foul, her fourth of the game with 1:45 left.
Seconds later, Williamson sank a 3-pointer to cut the lead to 33-29.
With Stillman Valley effectively moving the ball against the pressure defense and traps, the Duchesses were forced to foul. Green went to the line on three straight possessions and shot 5-for-6 to seal the victory.
“I like how our team played with me out of the mix, especially when I was
Any game with Dixon is a grind-itout affair. Even though we struggled to hit shots, we moved the ball around better than we did against Byron (a 42-38 loss).”
Bobby Mellon, Stillman Valley coach
face-guarded,” Davidson said.
Green finished with 13 points and sophomore Dailene Wade had seven to spark the third-quarter push, all under the basket in Williamson’s absence.
Statistically, both teams shot 35% from the field. Dixon held a 31-19 rebounding edge, but had 12 turnovers compared with only eight for Stillman Valley, which had 20 turnovers against Byron.
The biggest difference was free-throwing shooting. Stillman Valley was 10-for-13. Dixon was 5-for-13.
Polo-Forreston’s Lucas Nelson advances to wrestling sectional
By TY REYNOLDS
Shaw Local News Network correspondent
DIXON – The Rochelle Hubs had three champions and three runners-up Saturday, Feb. 8, at the Class 2A Dixon Regional, while Polo-Forreston’s Lucas Nelson also advanced to the Washington Sectional.
Xavier Villalobos (126 pounds), Roman Villalobos (190) and Kaiden Morris (215) all won titles for the Hubs. Freddie Hernandez (113), Aidan Lopez (120) and Grant Gensler (165) all took second.
Nelson lost a 20-4 technical fall to Sterling’s Zyan Westbrook at 132 pounds. Nelson trailed 3-1 after the opening round, but Westbrook recorded a pair of takedowns with back points to finish off the 20-4 technical fall in 4:58.
Nelson was happy with how he executed in the first period, but knows there’s some things he needs to improve as he moves into the sectional.
“A lot of my focus this year has been extra work on neutral [position], so obviously I’ve still got more work to do. But I’m looking ahead toward section -
what I’ve got next week.”
Xavier Villalobos took control early in his championship match against Geneseo’s Tim Sebastian on his way to winning a 14-4 major decision.
Roman Villalobos and Morris both dominated their title bouts. Villalobos didn’t give up a point in a 16-0 technical fall over Rock Island’s Rowan Stockwell in 2:46. Morris finished his bout in the first period with a pin of Geneseo’s Colten Mooney in 1:59.
Freddie Hernandez trailed the entire bout in an 18-3 technical fall loss to Dixon’s Jack Ragan in 4:49. Lopez lost a 9-4 decision to Rock Island’s Merrick Stockwell. Gensler dropped a 13-3 major decision to Geneseo’s Zachary Montez.
Rochelle’s John Lassiter (144) and Polo-Forreston’s Micah Stringini (165) both finished fourth, falling one win short of advancing to the sectional.
at the Class 2A Dixon Regional.
als already,” he said. “It feels good to have hard work recognized [by making it to the finals], and now that I know
what I need to work on, I definitely have a lot of confidence that I can improve this week and really show everyone
Geneseo won the team title with 225.5 points after taking an insurmountable lead into the final matches. Rochelle (138.5), Dixon (131.5), Galesburg (120.5) and Sterling (109.5) rounded out the top five. Polo-Forreston finished eighth (36 points).
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Polo-Forreston’s Lucas Nelson was recognized at the Polo Wrestling Invitational on Jan. 11 for surpassing 100 wins this season. Nelson advanced to the Class 2A sectional by finishing second at 132 pounds Feb. 8
First regional title for Oregon since 2008
By RANDY HOLLAND
Shaw Local News Network correspondent
BYRON – Oregon put together a solid performance at the Class 1A Byron Regional on Saturday, Feb. 8, to win its first regional championship since 2008, when the Hawks finished third in the state under coach Nate Rogers.
In a regional that includes Byron, Dakota, Lena-Winslow-Stockton and Stillman Valley, Oregon had gone through a long dry spell. The other four teams all had won regional championships in that time span. Dakota, LenaWinslow and Stillman Valley have brought home hardware from state, including a run of four straight top finishes and five total by Dakota and two titles and a second and a third for LenaWinslow. The reputedly “toughest regional in the state” had been just that for Oregon.
Saturday was different. Twelve of the 14 Hawks wrestlers advanced to the sectional, which starts Friday at 4 p.m. and continues Saturday morning at the Blackhawk Center.
The Hawks did an outstanding job in the semifinals of the regional, winning seven matches. The top team score had been bouncing back and forth between Oregon and Lena-Winslow all day before the Hawks took control and won the tournament in the consolation semifinals.
In a powerful run, all six Oregon wrestlers in the wrestleback round won, five by falls and one by a major decision. Those 23 points left the Pantherhawks in the dust.
Lena-Winslow crowned four champions and had four second places. It lost both of its third-place matches.
Byron sent five to the championship mat and won two matches. Byron had three third-place finishers to advance eight to the sectional.
Dakota had two champions and two third-place finishers. West Carroll had two runners-up and will send four to the sectional. Stillman Valley had two champions and a third-place finisher. Galena had one champion and one wrestler who finished third. Winnebago had two second-place finishers. Durand, Genoa Kingston and Rockford Boylan were shut out of the medal mix.
On the first-place mat, the Hawks collected four championships. All but
one Oregon wrestler on the third-place mat won to advance to the sectional.
In the semifinals and finals on both sides of the bracket, the Hawks racked up 16 pins, six of them over LenaWinslow wrestlers.
Oregon finished with 251 points to 210.5 for Lena-Winslow-Stockton. Byron was a distant third with 179 points.
Champions for Oregon were Isaiah Perez at 120, Preston Labay taking his third regional title at 126, Nelson Benesh at 132 and Levi Benton at 138.
Perez and Benton are both freshmen and Benesh is a sophomore.
Finishing second for Oregon were Josiah Perez at 113, Andrew Young at 175 and Seth Rote at 190. All but Rote had first-round byes.
In the all-important third-place matches, Jordan Lowe at 106, Jackson Messenger at 144, Jaydon Berry at 150 and Ethan Mowry at 157 pinned for the medal. Briggs Sellers at 285 won 7-2.
At 215, Landon Elder lost by fall in the third-place match and will be an alternate for the sectional. Leyton Kenney competed for the Hawks at 165.
Isaiah Perez pinned with a butcher in 39 seconds in his opener and scored a reverse with 20 seconds left to get a 6-5 win in the first-place match.
Labay reversed to the back at 4:41 to win in the semifinals and rolled off his back to pin at 1:31 in the title match.
Benesh started with a takedown in a cradle in 36 seconds and pinned at 1:11 with a scrape at the edge of the mat for first place.
Benton went from a butcher to a half nelson at 4:27 in his first match and pinned with the half nelson in a swim move at 1:57 for the championship.
Josiah Perez had a takedown in a half nelson at 2:36 but never got going in an 11-4 loss in the final.
Young ran a wing at 1:45 in his first match and rolled to a 12-0 major decision in the semifinal. He lost a 17-1 technical fall at 2:32 in the first-place match.
Rote got a takedown in a half nelson in 24 seconds to start. He was down 8-3 when he rolled into a half nelson and pinned at 2:52 in the semifinal. In the title match, he was on his back in a cradle before he was pinned in a half nelson at 1:35.
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Oregon’s Isaiah Perez reaches for Byron’s Jackson Norris in the 120-pound championship match at the Class 1A Byron Regional on Feb. 8. Perez won the regional title and advanced to the Oregon Sectional.
Oregon’s Levi Benton (right) battles LenaWinslow’s Mauricio Glassin the 138-pound championship match. Benton won the regional title and advanced to the Oregon Sectional.
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Messenger sucked back with a half nelson at 1:30 in his first match and lost to the eventual champion by a pin in 28 seconds in the semifinal. He pinned with a scrape in the first period in the consolation semifinal and drove his opponent to his back at 1:15 in the third-place match.
Lowe had a pin and a major decision before he pinned with a wing and half nelson at 4:42 in the third-place match.
Berry took a half over the front in his opener, got pinned in a cradle by the eventual champion in the semifinal, pinned on a reverse to the back at 2:09 in the wrestleback semifinal and ran a half nelson at 2:57 in the medal match, defeating a Lena-Winslow wrestler.
Mowry caught a half nelson in 41
seconds in his opener and got pinned in a cradle by the eventual champion in the semifinal. In the consolation semifinal, Mowry got a takedown in a half nelson in 33 seconds and he pinned with a wing over the front in 47 seconds in the medal match.
Sellers put in a half nelson at 1:28 in his first match, lost a chicken wing at 1:33 in the semifinal, scored a takedown in a half nelson in the consolation semifinal and had an escape and two takedowns in a 7-2 win for the medal.
Elder got a takedown to the back in 40 seconds in his opener. He lost a 20-2 technical fall to the eventual champion in the semifinal. In the consolation semifinal, he was down 13-1 when he reversed off his back to pin at 3:47. He got pulled back and pinned at 1:27 in the medal match.
Kenney lost both of his matches by falls.
Photos by Earleen Hinton
Oregon’s Nelson Benesh (top) handles Lena-Winslow’s Sam Sikora in the 132-pound title match at the Class 1A Byron Regional on Feb. 8.
Oregon’s Jayden Berry (top) looks toward the scorer’s table as he wins his match against Byron’s Cael O’Horo at 150 pounds at the Class 1A Byron Regional on Feb. 8.
Oregon wrestling coach Justin Lahman cheers on Levi Benton in the 138-pound title match at the Class 1A Byron Regional on Feb. 8. Benton won the title and advanced to the Oregon Sectional.
Glorious finish to BNC girls basketball season
It was a smorgasbord of basketball for me last weekend with two girls games sandwiched around the boys championship game of the Little Ten conference. To cap it off, a trip was made to Steward on Monday to watch grade school girls.
My only regret was missing Oregon’s first regional title in wrestling since 2008. We’ll catch up with them at the sectional this weekend at the Blackhawk Center.
It was a glorious finish to the Big Northern Conference girls basketball season with Byron, Dixon and Stillman Valley all sharing the league title with 8-1 records. All finished the year state-ranked and worthy of the honor of being at the top of the BNC.
Bottom line is Byron and Stillman Valley are as good in 2A as what possibly can be found a few scant miles apart. That proximity helped contribute to a jam-packed gym in Byron for the Feb. 6 game between the two teams. It was more crowded for that game than the Byron-Pecatonica boys game the week before.
I remember in 2017 watching the highly regarded Lombard Montini girls come to Byron for what turned out to be a very close game in which the underdog Tigers almost pulled off the upset. That game had a similar vibe and crowd size. FYI: the Tigers went on to win a state title, destroying every team in its wake.
It was a good crowd at Stillman Valley for the Dixon game, but nowhere near the intensity found between Byron and Stillman. What was similar
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at both places were low-scoring, fourpoint differentials and tenacity on defense. It didn’t matter if you were Taylor Davidson or Macy Groharing. Everyone had to grind for points.
Walking to the parking lot after the Dixon game, I struck up a conversation with one of the Stillman fans and learned he was there to watch his granddaughter play. To me, that is special.
First, not everyone has grandchildren. Second, although we still love them, sometimes the grandkids don’t turn out the way we hoped. Finally, it’s a rare occurrence that your grandchildren happen to be on a team with a real shot to make it downstate.
A few years ago, I never would have given this much thought. But as someone with granddaughters playing sports, my perspective has changed.
To all the moms, dads, aunts, uncles, grandparents and siblings of Byron and Stillman players, enjoy this ride to the postseason and be thankful for the journey more than the final destination because, unfortunately, only one team will be advancing past the sectional.
On to Somonauk, site of the oldest-running basketball tournament in the state of Illinois at 106 years – the Little Ten conference tourney. That’s 106 straight years.
As someone who appreciates smalltown Americana, that seemed the place for me to be on Friday night, although I didn’t have any rooting interest in title game contestants Shabbona-Waterman and Hinckley-Big Rock.
Like the Byron-Stillman Valley girls game, it was a packed gym. A sign on the wall indicated capacity of 1,226. It wasn’t just fans from Shabbona-Waterman and Hinckley-Big Rock, but fans from all over the conference in attendance.
These little towns such as Leland, Newark, Serena and Earlville know and support one another. There were three games played at Somonauk that night and I learned that each head coach from those schools all played in the championship game of the Little Ten tournament.
It’s family down there in the farmland south of DeKalb. With conferences all over Illinois in a state of flux, it’s neat to see the Little Ten still holding its own more than 100 years later.
I’m glad I made the 60-mile trip because once I arrived, I felt like I had more than 1,000 mutual friends. Besides, it wasn’t too far from Hinckley, where the Harlem Globetrotters played their very first game in 1927, seven years after the Little Ten was formed.
Another tidbit from Hinckley-Big Rock is that former boys coach Bob Barnett of Oregon fame has taken on coaching the girls this year. Barnett led the Hawks to the supersectional in 1979, the furthest Oregon ever went in
the postseason.
My final jaunt was Monday to watch the Kings and Steward girls play basketball. These grade schools feed into Rochelle High School and a part of a long-standing conference (Meridian) with other feeder schools such as Creston, Eswood and St. Paul’s.
Having never seen a game played in the Meridian Conference, I had to do it at least once before I died to satisfy my curiosity of what these rural grade school games are like.
Another reason for going was for my mom and me to see family friend Don Romes coach his great-granddaughter, something rarely ever done. Don was coaching football and basketball at Rochelle when I was there in the 1970s and is still going at it at age 86.
In fact, his first coaching gig out of college was in 1960 at Belle Plaine, Iowa, and he has been at many other schools in Iowa and Illinois since then. Tell me one other person with that kind of longevity.
It was another familiar face leading the Kings Comets in Jason Hickman, a former basketball player at Oregon. Romes had Steward clicking on all cylinders and overwhelmed the visitors.
Nonetheless, it was a joyful experience for both winning and losing teams and isn’t that how it should be?
• Andy Colbert, an avid runner, is a sports writer for Shaw Local covering high school sports in Ogle County.
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Continued from page 8
Girls basketball
Oregon 58, Durand 31: Aniyah Sarver led Oregon with 18 points in three quarters of playing time in the win. Sarver scored eight of the Hawks’ 16 points in the first quarter.
Polo 44, Fulton 33: Camrynn Jones scored a game-high 26 points, hitting all 10 of her free throws, and had five rebounds in the Marcos’ win. Jones scored 15 points in the fourth quarter, when Polo outscored Fulton 23-7. Katelyn Rockwood added six points and 15 rebounds and Elsa Monaco and Laynie Mandrell had five points each. Mandrell contributed nine rebounds.
Oregon 54, Rock Falls 20: Sarah Eckhardt, Noelle Girton and Aniyah Sarver each scored 10 points for the Hawks in the win. Miley Bickett led the Rockets with 11 points.
Polo 67, Hinckley-Big Rock 64 (OT): Camrynn Jones had a career-high 37 points to go with 11 rebounds and eight assists on the day she was recognized for surpassing 1,000
career points this season. She had all five of the Marcos’ points in overtime.
Polo 60, Stockton 47: Camrynn Jones led the Marcos with 33 points, draining three treys and hitting all eight of her free throws. Leah Tobin had 11 points and 10 rebounds for Polo and Carlee Grobe had nine points. Katelyn Rockwood had seven rebounds for the Marcos.
Oregon 43, North Boone 29: Sarah Eckhardt and Aniyah Sarver each scored 12 points for the Hawks in the home win. Oregon led 21-8 at halftime.
Rockford Lutheran 54, Oregon 25 : Aniyah Sarver scored nine points for Oregon and Sarah Eckhardt added five.
Girls bowling
Oregon’s Bailey advances: Sterling took second at the Dixon Regional at Plum Hollow to advance to Saturday’s Oregon Sectional. The Golden Warriors rolled a 5,260 and were runner-up to La Salle-Peru’s 5,648. Freeport (5,240) and Moline (5,123) also advanced. Oregon, which took eighth, was led by Carli Bailey (1,109) who finished 13th.
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"THIS IS AN ATTE MPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE US ED FOR THAT PURPO SE" IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 15TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OG LE COUNT Y, ILLINOIS
Mortgage Research Center, LLC d/b/a Veteran s United Home Loans, a Missouri Limited Liability Corporation; Plaintiff, vs. Eric Burke a/ k/a E. Burke; Nat alie Burke a/k/a N. Burke; Defendants
Case No. 23 FC 35
Judge Presiding Court room TBA
NOTICE OF JUDICIAL SAL E OF REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE FO RE CL OSURE
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that pursuant to a judgment heretofore entered by the said court occurred in the above entitled cause, Sheriff of Ogle, Illinois, will on March 7, 2025, at the hour of 10:00 AM at Sheriff of Olge County, 103 Jefferson Street, Oregon, IL 61061, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, all and singular, the following described real estate in the said judgment mentioned, situated in the County of Ogle, State of Illinois, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy such judgment to wit:
C/K/A: 153 Perene Avenue, Byron, IL 61010
PIN: 05-31-326-005
The person to contact regarding information regardi ng this property is: Sales Dept., The Wirbicki Law Group, 33 W. Monroe St , Suite 1540, Chicago, IL 60603. Any questions regarding this sale should refer to file number W23-0157. The terms of the sale are Cash 10% at time of sale, with the balance due within 24 hours. The property is improved by: single family home. The Property is not open for inspection prior to sale.
The real estate, together with all buildings and improvements thereon, and tenements, hereditament and appurtenances thereunto belonging shall be sold under such terms
Russell C. Wirbicki (6186310) Christopher J. Irk (6300084) Cory J. Harris (6319221) Tracey M. Coons (6311050) The Wirbicki Law Group LLC Attorney for Plaintiff 33 W Monroe St., Suite 1540 Chicago, IL 60603
Phone: 312-360-9455
W23-0157
pleadings.il@wi rbickilaw.co#@wi rbickilaw.co
I3259945
February 7, 14, 21, 2025
$175/wk. 815-626-8790
Publication Notice of Court Date for Request for Name Change (Adult) In The State of Illinois, Circuit Court, Ogle County 2025 MR 1
Request of: Samantha Rose Johnson
My current name is: Samantha Rose Johnson
I wis h my n ame to be changed to: Samantha Rose Hilliard
The court date for the Request is scheduled on:
March 19, 2025 at 9:00 A.M at 106 S. 5th St., Oregon, IL Courtroom: 304 /s/ Samantha Johnson
February 7, 14, 21, 2025
STATE OF IL LINOIS
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF OGLE
I n re the E state of:
MICHAEL A. THOMAS, Deceased 2025 PR 3 CL AIM NOTICE
Notice is given of the death of MICHAEL A THOMAS. Letters of Office were issued on January 27, 2025, to BRENT M THOMAS, as Independent Executor
Claims against the estate may be filed within six (6) months from the date of first publication, or within three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to creditors, if mailing ordelivery is required by Section 5/18-3 of the Illinois Probate Act, 1975, as amended, whichever dateis later
Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated above shall be barred.
Claims against the estate may be filed in the Office of the Circuit Clerk, Ogle County JudicialCenter, 106 South 5th Street, Oregon, IL 61061- or with the estate legal representative or
by the requisite date stated above shall be barred. Claims against the estate may be filed in the Office of the Circuit Clerk, Ogle County JudicialCenter, 106 South 5th Street, Oregon, IL 61061- or with the estate legal representative, or both
Copies of a claim filed with the clerk must be mailed or delivered to the representative and to the attorney within 10 days after it has been filed.
By: MICHAEL A THOMAS Independent Executor Law Office s of M. THOMAS SUITS, P.C. 114 W. Mason St. Polo, IL 61064 (815) 946-2276 tom@suitslegal com
February 7, 14, 21, 2025
LORRETTA A.J SIGLER, Deceased
No. 2025-PR-4
CL AIM NOTICE Notice is given of the death of LORRETTA A.J. SIGLER of Oregon, Illinois. Letters of Office were issued on January 21, 2025 to GWENDOLYN ZIMMERMAN, as Independent Executor whose attorneys are WILLIAMS McCARTHY LLP, 120 W. State St., P.O Box 219, Rockford, IL 61105.
resentative, or both, on or before Augu st 7, 2025, or within 3 months from the date of mailing or delivery of notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by Section 18-3 of the Probate Act, whichever date is later Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated above is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the representative and to the attorney within 10 days after it has been filed.
Assessment of (Municipality) and Special Assessment Number : N/A
Warrant No.: N/A
Installmen t No.: N/A
THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD FOR DELINQUENT
TAXES
Property Located at: 107 West Center Street, Unit 3, Mount Morris, IL 61054
Legal Description or Property Index No.:
08-27-435-001
redeem the property from subsequent forfeitures or tax sales. Check with the County Clerk as to the exact amount you owe before redeeming.
This notice is also to advise you that a petition has been filed for a tax deed which will transfer title and the right to possession of this prope rty if redemption is not made on or before July 9, 2025.
TO REDEEM
IMMEDIAT ELY TO PREVENT LOSS OF PROPERTY
Redemption can be made at any time on or before
July 9, 2025 by applying to the County Clerk of Ogle County, Illinois at the Office of the Count y Clerk in Oregon, Illinois FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
Occupant
James P. O'Connor
James P. O'Connor
Laura J. Cook, County Clerk of Ogle County, Illinois
Certificate No.: 2021-00068
Sold for General Taxes of (Year): 2021
Sold for Special Assessment of (Municipality) and Special Assessment
LEG AL NOTICES
Number : N/A
Warrant No.: N/A
Installmen t No.: N/A
CONTACT THE COUNTY CLERK 105 South 5th Street Suite 104
GWENDOLYN ZIMMERMAN Independent Executor
February 7, 14, 21, 2025
TAX DEED NO.: 2025TX4
FILED: 1/13/2025
TAKE NOTICE
County of Ogle
Date Premises
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 15th JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OGLE COUNTY, IL LINOIS In the Matter of L ORRETTA A.J SIGLER, Deceased No. 2025-PR-4 CL AIM NOTICE Notice is given of the death of LORRETTA A.J. SIGLER of Oregon, Illinois. Letters of Office were issued on January 21, 2025 to GWENDOLYN ZIMMERMAN, as Independent Executor whose attorneys are WILLIAMS McCARTHY LLP, 120 W. State St., P.O. Box 219, Rockford, IL 61105.
Sold: November 2, 2022
Certificate No.: 2021-00060
Sold for General Taxes of (Year): 2021 Sold for Special Assessment of (Municipality) and Special Assessment Number : N/A
Warrant No.: N/A
Installmen t No.: N/A
This notice is to advise you that the above property has been sold for delinquent taxes and that the period of redemption from the sale will expire on July 9, 2025.
The amount to redeem is subject to increase at 6 month intervals from the date of sale and may be further increased if the purchaser at the tax sale or his or her assignee pays any subsequently accruing taxes or special assessments to redeem the property from subsequent forfeitures or tax sales. Check with the County Clerk as to the exact amount you owe before redeeming.
This matter is set for hear ing in the Circuit Court of Ogle County in 106 S. 5th St., Oregon, IL 61061, Via Zoom, on July 24, 2025 at 9:00 AM. You may be presen t at this hearing, but your right to redeem will already have expired at that time
YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM
IMMEDIAT ELY TO PREVENT LOSS OF PROPERTY
Oregon, IL 61061 (815) 732-1110
Claimants, Judgment Creditors, and Decree Creditors, if any of the above described as "Unknown Owners" "Unknown owners or parties interested in said land or lots" 10686-949587
THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD FOR DELINQUENT TAXES
Property Located at: 404 East North Park Drive, Byron, IL 61010
Myriad Capital LLC
Purchaser or Assignee
January 16, 2025
J. Christian T. Grogan
J. Christian T.
Grogan
Occupant
Ivan N. Grogan
Elizabeth Gonzales
Occupant
Occupant
Occupant
James P. O'Connor
January 31, 2025
February 7, 14, 2025 949587
TAX DEED NO.: 2025TX5
FILED: 1/13/2025
TAKE NOTICE
County of Ogle
Date Premises Sold:
November 2, 2022
Certificate No.: 2021-00068
Legal Description or Property Index No.: 09-11-176-019
The amount redeem is subje to increase at month intervals from the date sale and may further increa if the purchas at the tax or his or assignee pays subsequently accruing taxes special assessments redeem property f subsequent forfeitures or sales. Check the County Cle as to the exac amount you before redeeming.
THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD FOR DELINQUENT TAXES
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF OGLE, STATE OF ILLINOIS
Property Located at: 107 West Center Street, Unit 3, Mount Morris, IL 61054
OLD NATIONAL BANK, successor by merger with FIRST MID WEST BANK, successor by merger with THE NATIONAL BANK & TRUST COMPANY, Plaintiff, v. JEFFREY A. BRUE; UNITED LOST LAKE PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION; "UNKNOWN OWNERS" and "NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS," Defendants
No.2025FC4
Legal Description or Property Index No.:
08-27-435-001
This notice is also to advise you that a petition has been filed for a tax deed which will transfer title and the right to possession of this prope rty if redemption is not made on or before July 9, 2025.
PROPERTY ADDRE SS: 706 Woodland Drive Dix on, Illinois 61021 NOTICE OF PUBLICATION
The estate will be administered without court supervision, unless under Section 28-4 of the Probate Act (755 ILCS 5/28-4) any interested person terminate s independent administration at any time by mailing or delivering a petition to terminate to the Clerk. Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court, Ogle County Courthouse, 106 S 5th Street # 300, Oregon, IL 61061 or with the representative, or both, on or before Augu st 7, 2025, or within 3 months from the date of mailing or delivery of notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by Section 18-3 of the Probate Act, whichever date is later Any claim not filed by the requisite date stated above is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the representative and to the attorney within 10 days after it has been filed.
GWENDOLYN ZIMMERMAN Independent Executor
Redemption can be made at any time on or before July 9, 2025 by applying to the County Clerk of Ogle County, Illinois at the Office of the Count y Clerk in Oregon, Illinois FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
James P. O'Connor
Laura J. Cook, County Clerk of Ogle County, Illinois
Sold for General Taxes of (Year): 2021 Sold for Special Assessment of (Municipality) and Special Assessment Number : N/A
Warrant No.: N/A
Installmen t No.: N/A
"THIS IS AN ATTE MPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE US ED FOR THAT PURPO SE" IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 15TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OG LE COUNT Y, ILLINOIS
CONTACT THE COUNTY CLERK 105 South 5th Street Suite 104 Oregon, IL 61061 (815) 732-1110
Myriad Capital LLC
Purchaser or Assignee
January 16, 2025
J. Christian T. Grogan
J. Christian T.
Claimants, Judgment Creditors, and Decree Creditors, if any of the above described as "Unknown Owners" "Unknown owners or parties interested in said land or lots" 10686-949587
THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD FOR DELINQUENT TAXES
Mortgage Research Center, LLC d/b/a Veteran s United Home Loans, a Missouri Limited Liability Corporation; Plaintiff, vs.
Eric Burke a/ k/a E. Burke; Nat alie Burke a/k/a N. Burke; Defendants
Property Located at: 404 East North Park Drive, Byron, IL 61010
January 31, 2025
Case No. 23 FC 35 Judge Presiding Court room TBA
February 7, 14, 2025 949587
Grogan
Occupant
NOTICE OF JUDICIAL SAL E OF REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE FO RE CL OSURE
Legal Description or Property Index No.: 09-11-176-019
This notice is to advise you a petition has b filed for a tax d which will transfer title and the right to possession this prope rty redemption is made on or be July 9, 2025. This matter is for hear ing in Circuit Court Ogle County in S. 5th St., Oreg IL 61061, Zoom, on July 2025 at 9:00 AM. You may presen t at hearing, but right to rede will already have expired at time YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM IMME DIAT ELY PREVENT LOSS OF PROPERTY
Redemption be made at time on or bef
This matter is set for hear ing in the Circuit Court of Ogle County in 106 S. 5th St., Oregon, IL 61061, Via Zoom, on July 24, 2025 at 9:00 AM.
Ivan N. Grogan
The requisite Affidavit for Publication having been filed, notice is hereby given to JEFFREY A. BRUE; UNITED LOST LAKE PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION; "UNKNOWN OWNERS" and "NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS," Defendants in the above-entitled suit, that said suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court of Ogle County, Illinois, by Plaintiff, OLD NATIONAL BANK, successor by merger with FIRST MIDWEST BANK, successor by merger with THE NATIONAL BANK & TRUST COMPANY, against you and other defendants praying for foreclosure of a Mortgage covering the premises described as follows to wit:
February 7, 14, 21, 2025
The estate will be administered without court supervision, unless under Section 28-4 of the Probate Act (755 ILCS 5/28-4) any interested person terminate s independent administration at any time by mailing or delivering a petition to terminate to the Clerk.
You may be presen t at this hearing, but your right to redeem will already have expired at that time
YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM
LOT ONE (1) IN LOST NATION WOODLAN D HOMESTEADS NO 6, LOCATED IN PART OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION 9, AND THE NORTHEAST QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION 5, BEING TOWNSHIP 22 NORTH, RANGE 10 EAST OF THE FOURTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN; SITUATED IN THE TOWNSHIP OF TAYLOR, THE COUNTY OF OGLE AND THE STATE OF ILLINOIS
Common Address: 706 Woodland Drive Dixon, Illinois 61021
IMMEDIAT ELY TO PREVENT LOSS OF PROPERTY
Permanent Index No: 22-09-126-002 which Mortgage was made by Jeffrey A Brue, as Mortgagor, in favor of The National Bank & Trust Company, predecessor in interest to Old National Bank, as Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Ogle County, Illinois, on June 21, 2010, as Document No. 202101004621. NOW THEREFORE, unless you, the above-named Defendants, file your answer to the Complaint in said suit, or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Ogle County, Illinois, on or before March 17, 2025, default may be entered against you at any time after that day and a judgment entered in accordance with the prayer of said Complaint
Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court, Ogle County Courthouse, 106 S 5th Street # 300, Oregon, IL 61061 or with the representative, or both, on or before Augu st 7, 2025, or within 3 months from the date of mailing or delivery of notice to creditors, if mailing or delivery is required by Section 18-3 of the Probate Act, whichever date is later Any claim not
February 14, 21, 28, 2025
This notice is to advise you that the above property has been sold for delinquent taxes and that the period of redemption from the sale will expire on July 9, 2025. The amount to redeem is subject to increase at 6 month intervals from the date of sale and may be further increased if the purchaser at the tax sale or his or her assignee pays any subsequently accruing taxes or special assessments to redeem the property from subsequent forfeitures or tax sales. Check with the County Clerk as to the exact amount you owe before redeeming. This notice is also to advise you that a petition has been filed for a tax deed
Redemption can be made at any time on or before July 9, 2025 by applying to the County Clerk of Ogle County, Illinois at the Office of the Count y Clerk in Oregon, Illinois FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
Tina M Jacobs, Esq. - ARDC 6190255 Joy Pinta, Esq. - ARDC 6278250 JACOBS & PINTA 77 West Washington Street, Suite 1005 Chicago, Illinois 60602 (312) 263-1005 officeadmin@jacobsandpinta.com I3260703
CONTACT THE COUNTY CLERK 105 South 5th Street Suite 104 Oregon, IL 61061 (815) 732-1110
Myriad
Elizabeth Gonzales
Occupant
Occupant
Occupant
James P.
O'Connor
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that pursuant to a judgment heretofore entered by the said court occurred in the above entitled cause, Sheriff of Ogle, Illinois, will on March 7, 2025, at the hour of 10:00 AM at Sheriff of Olge County, 103 Jefferson Street, Oregon, IL 61061, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, all and singular, the following described real estate in the said judgment mentioned, situated in the County of Ogle, State of Illinois, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy such judgment to wit:
LOT TWENTY-NINE (29) IN THE PLAT OF EDGE-A-TOWN SUBDI VISION NO. 5, LOCATED IN THE NORTH HALF (1/2) OF SECTION 31 IN TOWNSHIP 25 NORTH, RANGE 11 EAST OF THE FOURTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN THE CITY OF BYRON ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN FILE A OF PLATS, PAGE 1 AS DOCUMENT NO. 431583; SITUATED IN THE TOWNSHIP OF BYRON, COUNTY OF OGLE AND STATE OF ILLINOIS
C/K/A: 153 Perene Avenue, Byron, IL 61010
James P. O'Connor
PIN: 05-31-326-005
Laura J. Cook, County Clerk of Ogle County, Illinois
The person to contact regarding information regardi ng this property is: Sales Dept., The Wirbicki Law Group, 33 W. Monroe St , Suite 1540, Chicago, IL 60603. Any questions regarding this sale should refer to file number W23-0157. The terms of the sale are Cash 10% at time of sale, with the balance due within 24 hours. The property is improved by: single family home. The Property is not open for inspection prior to sale.
The real estate, together with all buildings and improvements thereon, and tenements, hereditament and appurtenan ces thereunto belonging shall be sold under such terms
Russell C. Wirbicki (6186310)
Christopher J. Irk (6300084)
Cory J. Harris (6319221)
Tracey M. Coons (6311050)
The Wirbicki Law Group LLC
Attorney for Plaintiff
33 W Monroe St., Suite 1540
Claimants, Judgment Creditors, and Decree Creditors, if any of the above described as "Unknown Owners" "Unknown owners or parties interested in said land or lots" 10686-949587
Chicago, IL 60603
January 31, 2025
Phone: 312-360-9455 W23-0157
pleadings.il@wi rbickilaw.co#@wi rbickilaw.co I3259945
February 7, 14, 2025 949587
February 7, 14, 21, 2025
This notice is to advise you that the above property has been sold for delinquent taxes and that the period of redemption from the sale will expire on July 9, 2025. The amount to redeem is subject to increase at 6 month intervals from the date of sale and may be further increased if the purchas er at the tax sale or his or her assignee pays any subsequently accruing taxes or special assessments to redeem the property from subsequent forfeitures or tax sales. Check with the County Clerk as to the exact amount you owe before redeeming. This notice is also to advise you that a petition has been filed for a tax deed which will transfer title and the right to possession of this prope rty if redemption is not
This notice is to advise you that the above property has been sold for delinquent taxes and that the period of redemption from the sale will expire on July 9, 2025. The amount to redeem is subject to increase at 6 month intervals from the date of sale and may be further increased if the purchas er at the tax sale or his or her assignee pays any subsequently accruing taxes or special assessments to redeem the property from subsequent forfeitures or tax sales. Check with the County Clerk as to the exact amount you owe before redeeming. This notice is also to advise you that a petition has been filed for a tax deed which will transfer title and the right to possession of this prope rty if redemption is not made on or before July 9, 2025. This matter is set for hear ing in the Circuit Court of Ogle County in 106 S. 5th St., Oregon, IL 61061, Via Zoom, on July 24, 2025 at 9:00 AM. You may be presen t at this hearing, but your right to redeem will already have expired at that time YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM IMME DIAT ELY TO PREVENT LOSS OF PROPERTY Redemption can be made at any time on or before July 9, 2025 by applying to the County Clerk of Ogle County, Illinois at the Office of the Count y Clerk in Oregon, Illinois FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT THE COUNTY
July 9, 2025 applying to County Clerk Ogle Count Illinois at the Of of the Count y Clerk in Oregon, Illino FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT THE COUNTY CLERK 105 South 5th Street Suite 104 Oregon, IL 61061 (815) 732-1110
Myriad Capital Purchaser or Assignee
January 16, 202
Raymond Beardi
Raymond Beardi
Occupant
Mandi L. Arbuc Central Bank Illinois Central Bank Illinois
Laura J. Cook, County Clerk of Ogle County, Illinois Claimants, Judgment Creditors, and Decree Creditors, any of the abov described as “Unknown Owners” “Unknown own or parties interested in said land or lots” 10716-949591
January 31, 2025 February
rtificate No.:
2021-00068 for General
xes of (Year):
AL NOTICES
2021 for Special ssessment of unicipality) and ecial ssessment Number : N/A
rrant No.: N/A nstallmen t No.: IS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD FOR DELINQUENT TAXES
operty Located 404 East North Drive, Byron, 61010
gal Description Property Index
09-11-176-019
AL NOTICES
ATION
OF PROPERTY
The amount to redeem is subject to increase at 6 month intervals from the date of sale and may be further increased if the purchas er at the tax sale or his or her assignee pays any subsequently accruing taxes or special assessments to redeem the property from subsequent forfeitures or tax sales. Check with the County Clerk as to the exact amount you owe before redeeming. This notice is also to advise you that a petition has been filed for a tax deed which will transfer title and the right to possession of this prope rty if redemption is not made on or before July 9, 2025.
Creditors, and Decree Creditors, if any of the above described as “Unknown Owners”
“Unknown owners or parties interested in said land or lots” 10716-949591
January 31, 2025
February 7, 14, 2025
949591
TAX DEED NO.: 2025TX7 FILED: 1/13/2025
TAKE NOTICE
County of Ogle
Date Premises
Sold:
November 2, 2022
Certificate No.: 2021-00014
this prope rty if redemption is not made on or before July 9, 2025. This matter is set for hear ing in the Circuit Court of Ogle County in 106 S. 5th St., Oregon, IL 61061, Via Zoom, on July 24, 2025 at 9:00 AM.
You may be presen t at this hearing, but your right to redeem will already have expired at that time YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIAT ELY TO PREVENT LOSS OF PROPERTY
Sold: November 2, 2022
Certificate No.: 2021-00105
Sold for General Taxes of (Year): 2021
Sold for Special Assessment of (Municipality) and Special Assessment Number : N/A
Warrant No.: N/A
Installmen t No.: N/A
THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD FOR DELINQUENT TAXES
Redemption can be made at any time on or before July 9, 2025 by applying to the County Clerk of Ogle County, Illinois at the Office of the Count y Clerk in Oregon, Illinois FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT THE COUNTY CLERK 105 South 5th Street Suite 104 Oregon, IL 61061 (815) 732-1110
Private Equity Group, LLC
Purchaser or Assignee
Sold for General Taxes of (Year): 2021
Sold for Special Assessment of (Municipality) and Special Assessment Number : N/A
This matter is set for hear ing in the Circuit Court of Ogle County in 106 S. 5th St., Oregon, IL 61061, Via Zoom, on July 24, 2025 at 9:00 AM.
You may be presen t at this hearing, but your right to redeem will already have expired at that time
CUIT ns, a Missouri
entered by the llinois, will on 103 Jefferson der for cash, all ent mentioned, thereof as shall be
VISION NO. 5, HIP 25 NORTH, THE CITY OF A OF PLATS, P OF BYRON,
notice is to vise you that the ove property has een sold for linquent taxes that the period edemption from sale will expire July 9, 2025. amount to em is subject increase at 6 nth intervals the date of and may be further increased he purchas er the tax sale his or her assignee pays any sequently ccruing taxes or ecial ssessments to em the operty from sequent rfeitures or tax sales. Check with County Clerk to the exact ount you owe re redeeming. notice is also dvise you that etition has been for a tax deed ich will transfer and the right possession of prope rty if mption is not de on or before 9, 2025. matter is set hear ing in the Circuit Court of le County in 106 th St., Oregon, 61061, Via om, on July 24, 2025 at 9:00 AM. may be esen t at this hearing, but your to redeem already have pired at that
perty is: Sales hicago, IL 60603. W23-0157. The terms ithin 24 hours. not open for thereon, and shall be sold
YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM ME DIAT ELY TO PREVENT LOSS OF PROPERTY demption can made at any on or before 9, 2025 by pplying to the County Clerk of le County, Illinois at the Office the Count y Clerk regon, Illinois FURTHER FORMATION
CONTACT THE COUNTY CLERK
S th 5th
YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM IMME DIAT ELY TO PREVENT LOSS OF PROPERTY Redemption can be made at any time on or before July 9, 2025 by applying to the County Clerk of Ogle County, Illinois at the Office of the Count y Clerk in Oregon, Illinois FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT THE COUNTY CLERK 105 South 5th Street Suite 104 Oregon, IL 61061 (815) 732-1110
Myriad Capital LLC
Purchaser or Assignee
January 16, 2025
Raymond Beardin
Raymond Beardin
Occupant
Mandi L. Arbuckle
Central Bank
Illinois Central Bank
Illinois
Laura J. Cook, County Clerk of Ogle County, Illinois
Claimants, Judgment
Creditors, and Decree Creditors, if any of the above described as “Unknown Owners”
“Unknown owners or parties interested in said land or lots” 10716-949591
January 31, 2025
February
Warrant No.: N/A
Installmen t No.:
N/A
THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD
FOR DELINQUENT TAXES
Property Located at: 6913 West Wagner Road, German Valley, IL 61039
Legal Description or Property Index No.: 03-09-100-001
This notice is to advise you that the above property has been sold for delinquent taxes and that the period of redemption from the sale will expire on July 9, 2025. The amount to redeem is subject to increase at 6 month intervals from the date of sale and may be further increased if the purchas er at the tax sale or his or her assignee pays any subsequently accruing taxes or special assessments to redeem the property from subsequent forfeitures or tax sales. Check with the County Clerk as to the exact amount you owe before redeeming. This notice is also to advise you that a petition has been filed for a tax deed which will transfer title and the right to possession of this prope rty if redemption is not made on or before July 9, 2025. This matter is set for hear ing in the Circuit Court of Ogle County in 106 S. 5th St., Oregon, IL 61061, Via Zoom, on July 24, 2025 at 9:00 AM. You may be
Redemption can be made at any time on or before July 9, 2025 by applying to the County Clerk of Ogle County, Illinois at the Office of the Count y Clerk in Oregon, Illinois FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT THE COUNTY CLERK 105 South 5th Street Suite 104 Oregon, IL 61061 (815) 732-1110
Private Equity Group, LLC Purchaser or Assignee
January 16, 2025 Erik Pet erson a/k/a
Erik E. Peterson Erik Pet erson a/k/a Erik E. Peterson Occupant
Ashley L. Lower Jamie Marie Armstrong First Mid Bank & Trust, N.A. as Successor to Blackhawk Bank First Mid Bank & Trust, N.A. as Successor to Blackhawk Bank Laura J. Cook, County Clerk of Ogle County, Illinois Claimants, Judgment Creditors, and Decree Creditors, if any of the above described as "Unknown Owners" "Unknown owners or parties interested in said land or lots" 10716-949590
January 31, 2025
February 7, 14, 2025
949590
TAX DEED NO.: 2025TX8 FILED: 1/13/2025
TAKE NOTICE
County of Ogle
Date Premises Sold:
November 2, 2022
Certificate No.: 2021-00105
Sold for General Taxes of (Year): 2021
Sold for Special Assessment of (Municipality) and Special Assessment Number : N/A
Property Located at: 501 South Green Avenue, Polo, IL 61064
Legal Description or Property Index No.: 14-16-265-005
This notice is to advise you that the above property has been sold for delinquent taxes and that the period of redemption from the sale will expire on July 9, 2025. The amount to redeem is subject to increase at 6 month intervals from the date of sale and may be further increased if the purchaser at the tax sale or his or her assignee pays any subsequently accruing taxes or special assessments to redeem the property from subsequent forfeitures or tax sales. Check with the County Clerk as to the exact amount you owe before redeeming. This notice is also to advise you that a petition has been filed for a tax deed which will transfer title and the right to possession of this prope rty if redemption is not made on or before July 9, 2025. This matter is set for hear ing in the Circuit Court of Ogle County in 106 S. 5th St., Oregon, IL 61061, Via Zoom, on July 24, 2025 at 9:00 AM. You may be presen t at this hearing, but your right to redeem will already have expired at that time
YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIAT ELY TO PREVENT LOSS OF PROPERTY
Redemption can be made at any time on or before July 9, 2025 by applying to the County Clerk of Ogle County, Illinois at the Office of the Count y Clerk in Oregon, Illinois FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
January 16, 2025
Charles William Jones
Occupant
Jorge Percival Newberry as R/A for AHP Capital Management, LLC AHP Capital Management, LLC as Administ rator of American
Homeowner
Preservation Trust Series 2015A + and American Homeowner
Preservation Trust Series AHP
Servicing Jorge Percival Newberry as R/A for AHP Capital Management, LLC AHP Capital Management, LLC as Administrator o f American Homeowner
Preservation Trust Series 2015A + and American Homeowner Preservation Trust Series AHP
Servicing Miller Berger, LLC as Attorneys in 24-CV-276 Oak Harbor Capital LLC
Erostylis, LLC
Land Home Financial Services, Inc.
Magerick, LLC
Illinois Corporation Service Company as R/A for Magerick, LLC
Magerick, LLC
Laura J. Cook, County Clerk of Ogle County, Illinois
Claimants, Judgment
Creditors, and Decree Creditors, if any of the above described as "Unknown Owners" "Unknown owners or parties interested in said land or lots" 10716-949588
January 31, 2025
February 7, 14, 2025 949588
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