PROPHETSTOWN ECHO TUES DAY, AP R IL 9 , 2024 • $ 1 .00
VOLUME 135 • NO. 15
Prophetstown, Illinois
REGIONAL NEWS
Great outdoors Explore the state parks of northwest Illinois. / 12
REGIONAL NEWS
LONG JUMP
Fulton festival Celebrate Fulton’s heritage at Dutch Days May 3-5. / 7
Sports Roundup Find out how high school teams fared. / 14
Earleen Hinton
Erie-Prophetstown’s Ellie Johnson competes in the long jump at the 44th annual Gebhardt-Worley Invitational on Saturday, April 6, at Landers-Loomis Field in Oregon. See page 13.
WHAT’S INSIDE Glimpses of the Past.........................8 Your Health.........................................6 Property Transfers.............................8 Published every Tuesday 20 pages • One section
Sports ........................................13-14 Church News.............................16-17 Classifieds............................. 18-20
DEATHS Delores Kay Rus, Irma Ruth Hoogheem , Page 4