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PROPHETSTOWN ECHO

VOLUME 135 • NO. 37

Prophetstown, Illinois

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 2024 • $1.00

BATTLE ON THE LINE Steve Siefken

Erie-Prophetstown’s Jeffrey Chastain (right) and Newman’s Jacob Newberry (66) battle Sept. 13. The Panthers fell to the Comets 41-13, suffering their first loss of the season.

REGIONAL NEWS

REGIONAL NEWS

REGIONAL SPORTS

Big Boy steams through area

Morrison man pleads guilty

High school sports roundup

Crowd estimated at 61,000 as Union Pacific’s steam engine parks for day in Rochelle / 3

Former Boy Scout camp director pleads guilty to sexually abusing teenager in 2004 / 5

Find out how area teams fared in football, girls volleyball and boys and girls golf / 14, 18

WHAT’S INSIDE Glimpses of the Past.........................6 Sports..............................................14-18 Property Transfers.................................. 7 Churches...........................................32-33 Your Health .........................................11 Classifieds.......................................34-39 Published every Tuesday 40 pages • One section

DEATHS Larry Tessendorf / 4


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