PROPHETSTOWN ECHO
VOLUME 135 • NO. 35
Prophetstown, Illinois
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 2024 • $1.00
CRANING FOR FOOD Earleen Hinton
Two sandhill cranes graze Sept. 1 in a field east of Prophetstown.
REGIONAL NEWS
SPORTS
REGIONAL NEWS
Friday night football returns
Paint the Town in Morrison
Scholarship winners
Fulton Steamers and Morrison Mustangs among area football teams opening the season / 3
Rent squares on the streets of Morrison and color them in with paint / 5
CGH Health Foundation announces 13 individuals are scholarship winners / 7
WHAT’S INSIDE Glimpses of the Past............................6 Ancestor Project ...............................14 Your Health.........................................6 Churches...........................................18-19 Sports.......................................9-12, 16-17 Classifieds........................................21-23 Published every Tuesday 24 pages • One section
DEATHS Vance Houzenga, Judith Kay Johnson, Donna D. Smith, Daniel Henry Vroman / 4