VOLUME 57 NO. 40 • SERVING WHITESIDE, ROCK ISLAND COUNTIES SINCE 1857
Erie, Illinois
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Marcia and Mattea Wuest, Mary Beth Eggers, Logan Smiddy, Jim Bull, and Kirsten Melaas-Swanson show their “muscle” at the River Cities Rotary clean-up in Port Byron on Saturday. Page 2.
REGIONAL NEWS
LOCAL NEWS
Hillsdale Halloween
COVID-19 Testing
Havencrest Castle
Go-ahead with Halloween with guidelines. / 2
WCCHC expands testing days. / 4
Open for tours in October. / 5
WHAT’S INSIDE Social News................................... 3 Property Transfers............................. 9 Churches...................................... 14-15 Published every Tuesday 20 pages • One section
LOCAL NEWS
Police Reports ............................... 12 Glimpses......................................... 13 Classifieds .............................. 17-18-19
DEATHS Loren K. Finnicum II, Randy C. Kline, Ronald K. “Ron” Kuehl, Lawrence E. Mohns, Georgia “Jeannie” Moore, Gene Olson, Kenneth Prestley, Duane A. VanOosten, Pages 6-7