Ogle County Educational Cooperative and Chana Education Center recently announced that Lynn Kalnins has been chosen as the Illinois Principal Association Northwest Region Middle School Principal of the Year.

Rochelle Township High School will host its eighth-grade curriculum night on Wednesday, Dec. 3, for eighth-grade students and parents from 6:30-8 p.m. in the RTHS Auditorium

The exhibit runs through Wednesday, Dec. 17, at the Flagg-Rochelle Public Library. The display is free and open to the public at any time the library is open. The pop-up exhibition connects audiences with the people and places that shaped the nation's birth.

The Rochelle Township High School Board of Education on Monday, Nov. 17, 2025, heard a report from RTHS Principal Chris Lewis on the school’s Every Student Succeeds Act designation for the past year.

Focus House celebrated its 50-year anniversary Friday, Nov. 14, 2025, to honor the half century it has provided residential, counseling, education and alternative programming to at-risk youths.

Oregon Junior/Senior High School musicians just finished wrapping up their first round of the ILMEA season with the district music festival on Nov. 15, 2025.

Polo Schools will present their fall musical, Disney’s Moana Jr., at 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 22, and Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025. Show dates have changed because of the state football championship scheduled for Friday, Nov. 21.

Centennial Elementary School in Polo has been ranked among the 2026 Best Elementary Schools by U.S. News & World Report.

The University of Illinois Extension serving Ogle and Carroll counties has received a $1,000 donation from CHS Rochelle to support the Ag in the Classroom program.