Athletico Physical Therapy of Oregon recently welcomed Dr. Pam Plachno back to Oregon to provide patient care.

Tom Wadsworth of Dixon will premiere his new historical presentation on the rivalry between John Dixon and John Phelps. These two pioneer leaders often clashed as they battled for the prominence of Dixon and Oregon, the towns they created.

Shining Star Children’s Advocacy Center will be opening an expanded office in Oregon, Executive Director Jessica Cash said.

Shining Star Children’s Advocacy Center serves about 300 potential victims of child abuse in Ogle and Lee counties each year. The nonprofit organization has been in operation since 2002 and has worked with over 3,500 children.

Here's a list of Ogle County property transfers for March 23-27, 2026.

Members of the civic group, Hands on Oregon, pitched in to help prepare for the annual Oregon Woman’s Club Antique Fair held recently at the Blackhawk Center on the Oregon Junior/Senior High School Campus in Oregon.

Eagle’s Nest Art Group will hold its annual spring membership show at its Conover Square gallery in Oregon.

Rock River Center is a resource center in Oregon.

An estimated crowd of 650 people turned out Saturday, March 28, 2026, to show displeasure with President Donald J. Trump and his administration and policies at a No Kings rally in downtown Oregon, Illinois.

Signs and words against the war with Iran coupled with ongoing fears of eroding democratic principles were just some of the expressions of protest on Saturday, March 28.

Ogle County residents have an opportunity to improve water conservation and protect local waterways through a rain barrel program offered by the Ogle County Soil and Water Conservation District.

HOPE of Ogle County and Shining Star Children’s Advocacy Center will host a Shining Hope luncheon Thursday, May 21.

The No Kings protest movement is expected to be in full swing Saturday, March 28, with more than 3,100 events in communities large and small across all 50 states and more than 9 million people expected to participate, according to organizers

The Prairie Preservation Society of Ogle County will be hosting its annual spring banquet on Sunday, April 19 at Stronghold Center, Oregon.

Dixon, Freeport and Sterling also currently have Main Street programs.

Oregon music students competed on March 7 at the IHSA solo and ensemble contest in Mount Carroll.

Oregon Junior Senior High School is a 2026 Casey’s Cash for Classrooms grant recipient.

The First Fridays Open Mic presents its monthly show at the Oregon VFW on Friday, April 3. The show starts at 6:30 p.m. Admission is free, although a jar is available for donations.

Public comments will be accepted throughout the review period and up until June 5.

Here's a list of Ogle County property transfers for March 16-20, 2026.

Rock River Center is a resource center in Oregon.

University of Illinois Extension is offering free viewing sessions, plus time for questions, at various locations in Ogle County through the fall.

Duane “DC” Meyer, 43, was found guilty Jan. 29 of murdering Maggie (Rosko) Meyer, 31, and the couple’s 3-year-old son, Amos, in their Byron home Sept. 19, 2016.

Once an aging farm, an Oregon wedding venue is now a lovingly restored getaway where a mother-and-daughter team shape wedding weekends through antiques, photo nooks, heartfelt management and a devotion to making magic happen.

Here's a list of Ogle County property transfers for March 9-13, 2026.

A Stillman Valley man was sentenced to 48 months of probation after pleading guilty to possessing and intending to deliver 1 to 15 grams of a substance containing fentanyl in March 2024.

Amy Anthenat received the sentence Friday from Ogle County Judge Clayton Lindsey after pleading guilty in October to the Class 4 felony of aggravated driving under the influence, with cocaine detected in her urine.

March 21 and 22 are the dates for the 74th annual Antique Fair and Vintage Market sponsored by the Oregon chapter of the GFWC Woman’s Club.

The “Those Were the Days” presenter at the Oregon Depot on Saturday, March 28, will be Riley Jacobsen, known to radio listeners as Riley O’Neil.

The Ogle County Solid Waste Management Department will be hosting a paint/aerosol can recycling and document shredding event April 11.

There are countless ways that people deal with pain, trauma, mental illness, and the challenges of life. One way that people, especially adolescents and young adults, try to regain control and find release is through physical self-harm.

Newt Wright of Oregon High School was recently selected as the District FFA Proficiency Winner in forest management and products.

Here's a list of Ogle County property transfers for March 2-6, 2026.

The event will take place from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday at The River’s Edge Experience — a riverfront wedding and event venue nestled along the Rock River in downtown Oregon.

The following students have been named to the dean’s list for the fall 2025 semester at Marquette University in Milwaukee.

The Ogle County Solid Waste Management Department will host a residential electronics recycling event Friday, March 27.

In the March 5 Sauk Valley news article, “Animal cruelty charges in McHenry County could change how backyard rodeos operate across northern Illinois,” several Illinois state’s attorneys suggested that prosecuting acts associated with steer tailing is difficult.

A Monroe Center man was sentenced to prison Friday after pleading guilty to identity theft and aggravated fleeing.

A rural residence in Mount Morris that sold for $749,000 tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in Ogle County over the past week.

Oregon recently received a state Tourism Marketing Partnership Grant for $32,788 that will be used for a multi-year project to strategically market and promote Oregon’s destinations, tourism attractions and community events.

Ceczar Spann, 31, of Rochelle, was found guilty of two counts of domestic battery for striking a member of his household during a Sept. 12, 2025, incident.

The Merry Martha Club, a Leaf River service organization, is once again sponsoring a quilt raffle this spring.

The Vintage Shop Hop, featuring vintage, thrift and antique stores across northern Illinois and Wisconsin, is March 6 and 7.

Oregon High School Theater will present “The Sound of Music!” this month.

An 80-year-old ag equipment company in Oregon is still shaping land and lives. At Woods Equipment, the machines matter, but the people who use them matter more.

Oregon Community Unit School District 220 announced that Ryan Huels, principal of Oregon Elementary School, has recently been recognized at both the national and state levels for his leadership in education.

Here's a list of Ogle County property transfers for Feb. 23-27, 2026.

Abigail Rogers of Oregon was named to the dean’s list of Loyola University College of Arts and Sciences.

A single-family home in Oregon that sold for $290,000 tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in Ogle County during the past week.

"Agriculture education is big." That was not the theme but it was the message Friday at the fourth Cultivating Connections in Agriculture, which celebrates agriculture education and FFA in the Sauk Valley and the larger northern Illinois region.