VOLUME 170 • NO. 40
Fulton, Illinois
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2024 • $1.00
FLAG-BURNING CEREMONY Charlene Bielema
Dennis VanZuiden salutes as 525 flags are set on fire during a disposal ceremony Sept. 29 at Morrison’s Grove Hill Cemetery. Morrison American Legion Post 328 annually hosts the flag-burning ceremony. More photos on page 2.
REGIONAL NEWS
REGIONAL NEWS
REGIONAL SPORTS
Growing ag education trend
Taft Field Campus closing
High school sports roundup
Morrison High School adds teacher, greenhouse; new programs also in Sterling, Dixon / 3
Northern Illinois University to close Lorado Taft Field Campus in December / 4
Find out how area teams fared in football, girls volleyball and boys and girls golf / 12-13
WHAT’S INSIDE Glimpses of the Past............................6 Property Transfers ..............................11 Your Health..............................................9 Churches...........................................14-15 High School Sports..............10, 12-13 Classifieds.........................................17-19 Published every Tuesday by Sauk Valley Media, a division of Shaw Media Illinois
DEATHS Christopher Alan Geerts, Elaine Marr / 4
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