PROPHETSTOWN ECHO
VOLUME 132 • NO. 39
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Prophetstown, Illinois
TEAM SPIRIT Sarah Ford for Shaw Media
Siblings and cousins, from left, Jameson, Mykah, Joseph, Kennedi, Heath, Reese and Olivia Thompson wait for the EP Homecoming parade to roll by on Washington Street on Thursday, Sept. 22. The EP Panthers faced the Orion Chargers at the Homecoming game on Friday night. More photos on page 2.
SPORTS
LOCAL NEWS
LOCAL NEWS
National 4-H Week Clubs to mark event next week Oct. 2-8 / 6
Update
Tough Game
Sand Prairie picked to provide broadband to Whiteside County. / 3
Steamers fall to Lena-Winslow in a big NUIC matchup. / 14
WHAT’S INSIDE Glimpses of the Past......................... 8 Property Transfers............................12 Police Reports.................................... 6 Published every Tuesday 24 pages • One section
Sports.........................................14-15 Church News............................. 16-17 Classifieds .............................19-24
DEATHS
Ruth Deem, Michael William Keegan, Page 4