TUESDAY, AUGUST 1, 2023 • $1.00
VOLUME 169 • NO. 31
Fulton, Illinois
REEFING THE SAILS Sarah Ford for Shaw Media
Volunteer millers Bob Newton (left) and Ken Vanderploeg of Fulton reef the sails of de Immigrant windmill on Wednesday, July 26, as Dutch miller Johan van Dijk looks on. Windmill enthusiast van Dijk, of Groningen, returned to Fulton to train millers last week and present at the miller’s monthly program Monday, July 31. See story on page 2.
REGIONAL NEWS
REGIONAL NEWS
Working Farm Show
Economic Development
New Business Open in Erie
Old Fashioned Threshing Bee draws many. / 8
Updates provided on $1 billion in projects. / 3
Sandlin opens its doors on the triangle. / 6
WHAT’S INSIDE Glimpses of the Past......................... 7 Property Transfers............................. 5 Police Reports.................................... 5 Published every Tuesday 20 pages • One section
REGIONAL NEWS
Sports...............................................11 Church News............................. 12-13 Classifieds..............................15-19
DEATHS Phyllis N. Reiling Brondyke, Margaret Marie Hicks, Glenda K. Ingram, Geraldine Cassens, Daniel McMahon, Gary E. Newlon, Page 4