The Oregon High School boys and girls golf teams are holding their ninth annual Playday fundraiser on Sunday, Sept. 21, 2025, at the Silver Ridge Golf Course.

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Eastland-Pearl City hosted Oregon in a Week 0 practice game in Lanark on Friday, Aug. 22, 2025. The Catz host Fulton in their 2025 season opener on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025, while the Hawks travel to Genoa-Kingston.

2,200 turn out for free Friday night concert.

Jonathon Hodges of Byron made the dean's list at Missouri State University. Hodges was among more than 1,200 students named to the summer 2025 dean’s list.

A Cook County judge on Friday announced an indictment against an Ogle County man who authorities say fatally shot his daughter-in-law last month outside a Schaumburg hotel.

Shaw Media is set to buy four northern Illinois newspapers after their publisher abruptly shut down operations earlier this month, including The Rochelle News-Leader, Ogle County Life, The Mendota Reporter, and The Amboy News

The Ogle County Economic Development Corporation recently hired longtime resident Liz Hiemstra as its new director.

Alexander Kurtz, 19, was remanded to the Ogle County Jail on Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025, after Ogle County Associate Judge Anthony Peska denied Kurtz’s request to be released pending his Aug. 27 court date.

Five departments battled the late afternoon blaze southeast of Oregon.