VOLUME 61 NO. 4 • SERVING WHITESIDE, ROCK ISLAND COUNTIES SINCE 1857
T U E S D A Y , JA N U A R Y 23 , 20 24 • $ 1 .0 0
CHILLIN’ OUT Earleen Hinton
Snowmobile riders leave the parking lot near Bushy’s in Erie on Friday, Jan. 19. One of the riders said they were from the Quad Cities area and were enjoying the snow brought by last week’s winter storm.
LOCAL NEWS
REGIONAL NEWS
Covered in Snow
Fire destroys Moore Tires
Sports Roundup
Local areas hit by winter storm, subzero temps. / 5
Longtime Rock Falls business destroyed by fire. / 3
Find out how high school teams fared. / 13
WHAT’S INSIDE Glimpses of the Past.........................8 Your Health.........................................8 Property Transfers.............................9 Published every Tuesday 20 pages • One section
SPORTS
Sports ....................................... 13, 16 Church News............................ 14, 15 Classifieds............................. 18-20
DEATHS Douglas D. Amman, Timothy J. Aggen, Myrtle Charlotte Schroeder-Willis, Richard Dale Boelkins, Pages 4, 5