The Ogle County Sheriff’s Department responded to the following incidents and made the following arrests Dec. 31-Jan. 8. Suspects are considered innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. D.U.I On Jan. 8 at 10:05 p.m., Ogle County Sheriff’s Deputies conducted a traffic stop on Rte. 251 / Rte.64 […]
A Freeport, Ill. man was indicted Jan. 13 by a federal grand jury on charges of travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor and committing felony sex offenses while he was required to register as a sex offender. Erich M. Brinkmeier, 25, of Freeport, Ill., […]
Thousands of farmers across the country gathered virtually Sunday to Thursday for the 102nd Annual Convention of the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF). Three-hundred and forty-six voting delegates, including 20 delegates from Illinois addressed Illinois Farm Bureau’s (IFB) submittals, including renewable fuels, dairy policy, FIFRA and farm policy. The event, […]
By Anne Eickstadt Editor “It breaks our hearts,” said Chief Al Hyser, “when we have put out a fire in an apartment and the residents look at us and say, ‘What do we do now? Where do we go?’ They have just lost everything and had no insurance to protect […]