2022 scholarship applications available Jan. 4
The Ogle County Farm Bureau is pleased to announce that applications for their 2022 scholarship program will be available beginning Jan. 4 to graduating high school seniors, or those enrolled at an accredited university.... more
Navigating the holiday season
Thanksgiving has come and gone and now Christmas looms. Three weeks to get the tree up, lights hung, presents bought and wrapped……and that time will fly past.... more
Artifacts of another era
I was digging around in a barn loft a while back collecting things that had been stored away for half a century.... more
Hickory Grove, small businesses and the holiday season
I hope this column finds everything good with everyone following the Thanksgiving holiday.... more
Nutrient loss reduction strategy report announced
The Directors of the Illinois Department of Agriculture and Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are announcing the release of Illinois' third Nutrient Loss Reduction Strategy (NLRS) Biennial Report.... more
Thanksgiving snuck up on me
Thanksgiving really snuck up on me this year. Before I knew it, I was searching for the electric knife to prepare it for the annual turkey carving.... more
Thanksgiving is about family
There is no place more miserable to be on Thanksgiving Day than in a buffet line in a Las Vegas casino.... more
The right to pursue happiness
During all of my travels over the past month, I’ve listened to a lot of talk radio.... more
The generosity of the people
I stopped out at Prescott Brothers Ford Thursday for the Coyote’s 2 Ton Food Drive.... more
The democratic party and rural voters
Just when it looked like things couldn’t get any worse for democrats in rural areas, Virginia voters proved them wrong.... more
The story of Blackhawk
About 10,000 years before the French and Spanish traders made their way into Ogle County, indigenous peoples populated the area.... more
