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Amid Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October, Rochelle Community Hospital is going above and beyond its year-round efforts this month to raise awareness, offer mammograms, and catch cases of breast cancer as early as possible, RCH Radiology Department Manager Joy Miller said Oct. 8. 
Breast Cancer Awareness Month: RCH raises awareness, offers mammography services
Amid Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October, Rochelle Community Hospital is going above and beyond its year-round efforts this month to raise awareness, offer mammograms, and catch cases of breast cancer as early as possible, RCH Radiology Department Manager Joy Miller said Oct. 8. 
Dr. Graham Isaacson, D.O., is the Rochelle Community Hospital Family Healthcare Clinic’s newest provider. 
Isaacson is new RCH Family Healthcare Clinic provider
Dr. Graham Isaacson, D.O., is the Rochelle Community Hospital Family Healthcare Clinic’s newest provider. 
Mosaic art pieces made by the students in the Rochelle Elementary School District HUB Program are being auctioned off this month to benefit the Danny and Stephanie Williams Fund for the Arts, a donor-advised fund at the Rochelle Area Community Foundation.
Mosaic artworks made by HUB Program students to be auctioned off to benefit Williams Art Fund
Mosaic art pieces made by the students in the Rochelle Elementary School District HUB Program are being auctioned off this month to benefit the Danny and Stephanie Williams Fund for the Arts, a donor-advised fund at the Rochelle Area Community Foundation.
Sports

Northern Illinois Football History: From struggling roots to state championship dominance

A celebration is had after the Leaf River Demons snapped their 27-game losing streak.
Northern Illinois High School football has produced 11 state champions in the last 10 years in Class A, AA, or AAA (Lena 5, Forreston 3, Byron 2, Stillman Valley 1). 

Girls Golf: Byron wins IHSA 1A Pearl City Regional

The Byron High School varsity girls golf team shot a 367 to win the IHSA 1A Regional at Wolf Hollow on Tuesday, Oct. 1.

Girls Golf: Oregon takes third in IHSA 1A Pearl City Regional

The Oregon High School varsity girls golf team placed third with 381 during the IHSA 1A Regional at Wolf Hollow on Tuesday, Oct. 1.
Boys Golf: Campos leads Oregon to seventh at IHSA 1A Eastland Regional
The Oregon High School varsity boys golf team finished seventh with a 370 during the IHSA 1A Eastland Regional at Lake Carroll on Wednesday, Oct. 2.
Softball: Ogle County players lead Midwest Aftershock to first at Midwest Monster Mash
Cheyenna Wilkins (Polo) and Mackenzi Shere (Stillman Valley) helped pitch their travel softball team (with substitute catcher Mylee Hulstedt, also from Stillman Valley), Midwest Aftershock 18U ES, to first place at the Midwest Monster Mash tournament in Elkhorn, Wisconsin.
Cross Country: Byron teams earn trophies at Matt Walter Invitational
The Byron High School varsity cross country team saw its boys finish third and its girls place second during the Matt Walter Invitational at Walcamp Park on Tuesday, Oct. 1.
Swimming & Diving: Byron places first at Freeport Invitational
The Byron High School girls swimming and diving team took first in the Freeport Invitational on Saturday, Sept. 28.
Volleyball: Polo Lady Marcos win home tournament
The Polo High School varsity volleyball team finished first in its home tournament on Saturday, Sept. 28.
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Obituaries
Obituaries
William “Bill” R. Samuel
William ‘Bill’ R. Samuel
William “Bill” R. Samuel, 83, of Polo, passed away Sunday, September 29, 2024, at his home.
Mary Margaret “Lawson” Schultheis
Mary Margaret ‘Lawson’ Schultheis
Mary Margaret “Lawson” Schultheis, 74, went home to her heavenly Father on October 6, 2024. Mary was born in Rockford, IL on May 31, 1950. Mary graduated from Oregon High School in 1969. She married Dan Schultheis on September 8, 1972.
Chad Michael Worman
Chad Michael Worman
Chad Michael Worman, 53, died suddenly in his home in Byron, IL. 
Diane Kay Terviel
Diane Kay Terviel
Diane Kay Terviel, age 76 of rural Chana, joined her Heavenly Father on Friday, September 27, 2024 at the Serenity Hospice and Home, Oregon, Illinois with family at her side after a long battle with diabetes.
Joseph “Dirty” Roth
Joseph ‘Dirty’ Roth
Joseph “Dirty” Roth, age 48, unexpectedly passed away on October 1, 2024.
Opinion

Polo rolls in battle of top-ranked 8-man schools

In a battle between the No. 1 and No. 2 teams in eight-man football, it was Polo over Milledgeville in a great atmosphere at Floyd Daub Field.

2024 is a year of big crops

USDA’s Crop Production Report and August World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates, published in August, confirms that we have very large crops in American fields, with corn, soybeans and other spring wheat projected to have record and above-trend yields in 2024.

Execution and discipline

One day after covering the Byron and Oregon football game, I was in Rice-Eccles Stadium in Salt Lake City for the Arizona and Utah game. In terms of execution, Byron was on par with anything done at the college level.
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