VOLUME 58 NO. 16 • SERVING WHITESIDE, ROCK ISLAND COUNTIES SINCE 1857
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Erie, Illinois
PRAIRIE BURN Sarah Ford/For Shaw Media
A controlled burn filled Albany Mounds State Historic Site with smoke for about an hour on Saturday, April 17. Members of the Albany Fire Protection District were on standby during the burn. Story on page 3.
LOCAL NEWS
LOCAL NEWS
LOCAL NEWS
Erie Prom Dress Prep
Bark Park Donation
Trafficking Free
Free prom dresses are available. / 4
$500 is given towards the new dog park. / 5
Fulton commits to battling human trafficking. / 7
WHAT’S INSIDE Police Reports.................................... 6 Glimpses of the Past........................12 Property Transfers............................. 9 Published every Tuesday 24 pages • One section
Sports............................................. 20 Church News............................. 16-17 Classifieds ..............................21-24
DEATHS Donald D. Berry, William E. Connelly, Pauline Wiersema, Marian J. Dykema, Page 10