Fall is upon us and the Ogle County Solid Waste Management Department offers these tips and reminders as we move into this new season.

At its monthly meeting Monday, Sept. 15, 2025, the Rochelle Township High School District Board of Education held a public hearing for and unanimously approved its fiscal 2026 budget.

Rochelle Township High School recently named its 2025 Homecoming Court candidates. Winners will be crowned at the pep rally and coronation on Sept. 25, 2025.

The featured speaker for this month’s Oregon Depot Museum “Those Were The Days” program on Saturday, Sept. 27, will be Jim Owens of Pecatonica.

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La Fiesta Hispana de Rochelle was held Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025, in downtown Rochelle to mark the start of Hispanic Heritage Month. The event included music, dancing, food, a craft and vendor fair, bounce houses and more.

Rochelle Township High School hosted a ribboncutting for its recently remodeled library media center Monday, Sept. 15, 2025.

Sixto Xavier Valdivieso of Rochelle graduated from Lee University during the 194th commencement exercises Aug. 2, 2025.

The Ogle County Historical Society will have its monthly meeting Monday, Sept. 29, in Oregon.

City officials said the site is already part of Oregon's riverfront district.