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Barge work on the Mississippi
ABOVE: The towboat Neil N Diehl pushes barges up the Mississippi River on July 6 after passing through Lock & Dam 13 near Fulton.
LEFT: A worker wrangles a guide rope on barges as they pass through the lock at Lock & Dam 13 headed north on the Mississippi River.
BELOW: The gates open July 6 for towboat Neil N Diehl as it pushes barges up the Mississippi River through the lock at Lock & Dam 13 near Fulton.
Photos by Earleen Hinton
Fourth of July celebration in Prophetstown
TOP LEFT: Five-year-old Lucas Williams was declared the winner of the Kerplunk Rock Tossing contest July 4 at Prophetstown State Park. The contest was part of the annual Fourth of July festivities in the town. Lucas won by throwing his rock into the Rock River and making the best “kerplunk” sound. He received a score of 10 (out of 10). TOP RIGHT: Prophetstown native Brantley Paarman put his young entrepreneurial skills to good use July 4 as he helped people beat the heat by selling his lemon shake ups during Prophetstown’s Fourth of July celebration. ABOVE: Mason Jackson and Jackson Klendworth pause while another player ties his shoes during their 3 on 3 basketball game July 4 in Prophetstown. The basketball tournament kicked off the Fourth of July celebration. LEFT: Vicky Everly dumps 200 rubber ducks into the Rock River on July 4 for the duck race during the Fourth of July celebration at the Prophetstown State Park. Each duck was numbered and people “bought” a duck before the race. The duck that crossed the finish line first took home the $250 prize. This year’s winner was Jamie Kingdon.
Photos by Jessie Otten
Morrison’s new Jumping Pillow ready for action
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MORRISON – Things are really hopping at the Morrison Sports Complex as long as you follow the rules for the new Jumping Pillow.
“The Jumping Pillow at the Morrison Sports Complex is now open,” City Administrator Brian Melton said on the city’s website. “A huge THANK YOU! to the Morrison On The Move organization and all those that supported this project! The city appreciates your patience while we prepared this location for all to enjoy!”
Before venturing out on the Jumping Pillow users are reminded of these rules:
• No footwear, loose/sharp objects
LOCAL NEWS BRIEFS
Learn how corn developed in the Midwest at July 22 program in Fulton FULTON – Author
Cynthia Clampitt, an Illinois Humanities Road Scholar speaker, will present a program about the history of common agricultural crops and foods at 6 p.m. Tuesday, July 22, at the Windmill Cultural Center. Clampitt will present “How Corn Changed Itself and then Changed Everything Else,” tracing how corn evolved from a weedy grass to the cash crop of the modern world.
The Volunteer Millers of de Immigrant Windmill are the host for the free event at the Windmill Cultural Center, 111 10th Ave. in Fulton.
The center is accessible to people with disabilities.
Light refreshments will be served after
or jumping on a wet surface
• No smoking or alcohol
• No more than 20 people at a time
• No jumping on surface unless fully inflated
• No somersaults or inverted maneuvers
• No bicycles, skateboards, sporting equipment, etc.
Users should not have any physical ailments or conditions that would restrict physical activity.
Participants must be kind and considerate to others, observe safety for others, be 12 or older unless supervised by an adult/parent, use only during regular park hours and use at their own risk. The city of Morrison is not responsible or liable for any injuries or loss of property.
PROPHETSTOWN LIBRARY EVENTS
Stranger Things Science Fridays
When science and our attention meet, what happens? Attention kids! Crazy science experiments and weird unknown facts are our focus for this science-based crafting. We are going to be testing out some strange science-based experiments that have been going viral. Our first meeting will be at 1 p.m. Friday, July 18. Prophetstown is Proud to Read Summer Reading Promotion
Henry C. Adams Memorial Library, in coordination with Prophetstown Proud and local businesses, has an incentive program for area children in kindergarten through eighth grade. Much like the nationwide Book It program, the Prophetstown is Proud to Read program rewards area youth who are reading this summer. Be sure to stop in the Prophetstown
OBITUARIES
LINDA L. NORTH
Born: December 11, 1945 in Clinton, IA Died: July 2, 2025 in Fulton, IL
the program.
For more information, call 563-2496115.
‘After Five’ to meet July 15
“After Five” will meet at 6 p.m. Tuesday, July 15, at the United Methodist Church, 502 First Ave., Albany. Cost of the dinner is $14.
“After Five” is part of Stonecroft Ministries (stonecroft.org), a nondenominational Christian organization that reaches women with the gospel of Jesus.
The special feature and inspirational speaker will be Lee Ann Terry of Peru. She will present “You Are Invited to a Surprise Party!”
Terry will talk about how to handle the unexpected surprises in life with hope. She is a sign language interpreter and will sign beautiful songs with music.
Call Carolene Sterenberg at 563-2125528 for reservations and cancellations by Friday, July 11.
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LINDA L. NORTH, 79, of Fulton, IL, died Wednesday, July 2, 2025, at her home.
A visitation will be held from 4:00 to 6:00 PM on Tuesday, July 15, 2025, at the Fulton Chapel of the Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home. A private family graveside service will be held, with interment at Fulton Township Cemetery. A memorial has been established to the WaTan-Ye Club of Clinton.
Linda was born December 11, 1945, in Clinton, IA, to Virtus and Elizabeth (Kellerman) Dohse. She attended Clinton grade schools and later graduated from Clinton High School in 1958. On November 5, 1966, she married Robert L. North in Morrison, IL. They shared over 54 years of marriage before his passing on December 19, 2020. Throughout her life, Linda was known for her strong work ethic and community involvement. She began her career at Healless Drug Store in Clinton, where she first met Robert, then worked at Nielsen’s Clearing
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Bonnie L. Guilliams, 76, of Fulton, IL, passed on Wednesday, July 2, 2025. Arrangements entrusted to Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home, Fulton, IL. Additional information: www.bosmarenkes.com.
library to have us start a reading tracker card. Once the card is filled up, you can redeem it at local businesses.
The reading program runs until Aug. 1. Kids will have until Oct. 1 to claim their rewards. We hope to see you often this summer checking out books in hopes of meeting your reading goals.
Lego Club to Meet July 26
Lego Club will meet at 10 a.m. Saturday, July 26. All ages are invited. Snacks will be provided.
Book Club to Meet on July 15
The next library book club meeting will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday, July 15. The book will be “Code Name Hélène” by Ariel Lawhon.
If you would like to join the book club, please email or phone the library and we will order the book for you. Call 309-7142699 or email hcadams1@yahoo.com.
House. She later served in various roles with the Fulton Township Cemetery, providing both maintenance and record-keeping. Linda also worked as a substitute rural mail carrier for the Fulton Post Office and was the dedicated caretaker of North Apartments. Linda was a long-standing and committed member of the Wa-Tan-Ye Women’s Service Club, serving in numerous roles including president. When the Fulton club disbanded, she continued her involvement with the Clinton, IA, chapter. She also served on the Zoning Board for the City of Fulton and was active in the Order of the Eastern Star, where she held the title of Worthy Matron. Linda could often be found enjoying her grandson’s many sporting events or as a frequent attendee at the ballpark for a LumberKings ballgame.
Survivors include one son, Michael North of Fulton, IL; three grandchildren, Kegan North, Erik North and Jakob North; one niece Laurie (Rob) Straubhaar of Auburn, WI; one nephew Dennis (Kim) Dohse of Clinton, IA; cousin VerdaMae Glahn.
She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Robert; one brother, Don (Edna) Dohse.
To send online condolences go to www. bosmarenkes.com
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String of police pursuits ends in Savanna with officer-involved shooting
By CHARLENE BIELEMA cbielema@shawmedia.com
MOUNT CARROLL – The Illinois State Police are investigating a series of multi-agency police pursuits overnight June 25 into June 26 that led to three reports of shots fired, several injured officers and a driver of a suspected stolen vehicle being flown to a regional hospital for treatment after the vehicle crashed into a squad car in Savanna.
According to a Carroll County Sheriff’s Office news release, Freeport police responded to a report of a sus-
pected stolen vehicle about 10:30 p.m. June 25. When officers located the vehicle and attempted a traffic stop, the driver fled and almost struck a squad car and another passing vehicle in the process, according to the release. Officers lost sight of the vehicle and terminated the pursuit.
Later in the evening, a Jo Daviess County sheriff’s deputy found the vehicle near Hanover, according to the release. A short pursuit ensued but also was terminated.
The vehicle again was found about 3:40 a.m. June 26, this time near Savanna, and there was another police
LOCAL NEWS BRIEF
Construction to start on Illinois Route 40 and U.S. 30
Construction on Illinois Route 40 in Carroll County was expected to begin July 7, the Illinois Department of Transportation announced.
The 7.5-mile work zone is from Marion Avenue in Chadwick to Illinois Route 78. Work will consist of pavement patching
and resurfacing. There will be daily lane closures during the $4.4 million project, which is expected to be completed in October.
Work on U.S. Route 30 west of Morrison also was scheduled to begin July 7.
The half-mile work zone will be from Garden Plain Road to the west Illinois 78 junction.
pursuit, during which the vehicle being pursued struck a squad car and disabled it, according to the release.
About five minutes into the pursuit, a report of shots fired was transmitted, with a second report of shots fired relayed about three minutes later.
By this time, officers and deputies from the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office, Savanna Police Department and Mount Carroll Police Department were chasing the vehicle.
Moments later, the wanted vehicle crashed at the intersection of Chicago and Park streets in Savanna and struck a Mount Carroll Police Department
squad car, according to the release.
Officers were able to make physical contact with the driver at 3:49 a.m.; shortly thereafter, additional shots were fired and emergency medical services were requested, according to the release.
The driver, whose name has not been released, was flown to a regional hospital for treatment. Multiple officers from the Savanna Police Department, Mount Carroll Police Department and Carroll County Sheriff’s Office were injured and taken to area hospitals for treatment of injuries that were not life-threatening.
Workers will mill and resurface the road. There will be daytime lane closures controlled by flaggers during the project, which is expected to be completed by the end of July.
Drivers are urged to pay close attention to changed conditions and signs in the work zone areas, obey the posted speed limits, refrain from using mobile devices
and be alert for workers and equipment. Over the next six years, IDOT is planning to improve more than 3,000 miles of highway and nearly 10 million square feet of bridge deck as part of the Rebuild Illinois capital program, which is investing $33.2 billion into all modes of transportation.
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Morrison students help University of Michigan researchers with NASA solar disturbance study
By BRANDON CLARK bclark@shawmedia.com
MORRISON – High school students across the U.S., including 10 from Morrison High School, have been part of a project that has detected radio waves associated with solar disturbances using $500 antenna kits, contributing real scientific data to NASA.
The data helps scientists understand these disturbances and could help create early warnings to protect satellites and power grids on Earth, as well as astronauts and their equipment from dangerous solar storms.
Morrison High School got involved in the program in October 2023, when 10 MHS students from now-retired teacher Gregg Dolan’s physics class helped University of Michigan research professor and MHS graduate Ward “Chip” Manchester assemble and install an antenna on the school’s roof. Those students were Zayden Boonstra, Blake Adams, Caden Bielema, Lisa Hardesty, Cameron McDonnell, Madison Banks, Alyvia Behrens, Cooper Bush, Chase Newman and Gigi Connelly.
“The students thoroughly enjoyed helping set up the antenna and learning what’s going on and figuring stuff out in space because they just don’t get a lot of it in school,” said Dolan, who for the past 18 years of his career devoted the third quarter of the physics class to astronomy.
“I also gave a presentation about the mission, coronal mass ejections, solar eruptions and how they propagate through space and how the radio emission occurs,” Manchester said. “One student who had gone to Morrison was a freshman in the College of Engineering at Michigan and was also there helping out.”
The antenna they put up is part of the SunRISE Ground Radio Lab, a science program inviting people to use a multifrequency radio telescope to listen to radio signals from space.
The SunRISE GRL is a collaborative effort between UM and NASA’s Sun Radio Interferometer Space Experiment mission.
UM associate research scientist and SunRISE GRL lead researcher Moj -
taba Akhavan-Tafti said SunRISE is a group of six small satellites that will work together to study the sun’s low-frequency radio emissions. It will help scientists better understand how solar storms form.
Akhavan-Tafti said the SunRISE mission began in 2018, when NASA selected a collaborative proposal from UM and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to move forward with development. By 2020, the college had launched a multidisciplinary design program, bringing together undergraduate and graduate students to design, build and test ground-based antenna arrays in support of the SunRISE satellite mission.
“After that program successfully launched, NASA came back to us and said, ‘Hey, given the success of the program, do you think you could get high school students involved in the project?’ ” Akhavan-Tafti said. “We accepted the challenge.”
The SunRISE GRL now works with 18 high schools nationwide, building antennas that detect radio waves from solar phenomena. The dual dipole antennas are designed to detect a specific range of low radio frequencies –between 8 and 24 megahertz – that are linked to solar events such as coronal mass ejections, which emit radio waves as they form and travel through space.
“Instead of making the antennas that were costing us around $25,000 a unit, we took it to our team and we redesigned the antenna to be only $500,” Akhavan-Tafti said. “It’s a different type of antenna, different type of frequency; however, it observes the same phenomena in space.”
That data helps in understanding space weather and its effects on technology and human life, providing early warnings of CMEs that can affect Earth.
“We can look at these solar radio bursts to tell us many days in advance that there is a storm potentially coming so that you can prepare for those types of big solar events, and so that your assets and astronauts are operating in safe environments,” Akhavan-Tafti said.
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An antenna on the roof of Morrison High School is tracking data to detect radio waves associated with solar disturbances.
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Although scientists still are figuring out exactly when during a CME’s journey these radio signals are produced, Akhavan-Tafti said the waves themselves travel at the speed of light –reaching Earth in just minutes or hours, far faster than the CMEs, which can take days to arrive.
According to the National Weather Service’s Space Weather Prediction Center, a CME is a massive burst of solar plasma and magnetic field released from the sun’s outer atmosphere, or corona. These eruptions can trigger geomagnetic storms that may disrupt satellites, power grids and communications on Earth.
Akhavan-Tafti said the latest results from the SunRISE GLR program focus on validating the new instruments by confirming they can detect patterns seen in past studies.
“When you come up with a new instrument, you want to first make sure that it replicates previous data,” Akhavan-Tafti said. “Not every surprise is a good surprise.”
A study, which Akhavan-Tafti said was released recently, links solar radio
bursts – specifically Type II radio bursts – to CMEs, as previous high-resolution space- and ground-based observations have done.
What sets SunRISE apart is its use of interferometry, a method where signals from multiple antennas with unknown exact positions are combined to pinpoint the source of radio emissions. Akhavan-Tafti said this is the first time such a technique has been applied to this kind of solar observation.
“One of the open science questions after all this time is: Exactly where are these signals coming from?” Akhavan-Tafti said.
Together, the students and researchers are seeking to answer that and other research questions such as: What are the mechanisms behind solar flares and CMEs? How do they manifest in radio emissions? What are the mechanisms behind various types of radio bursts observed on the sun and how do they relate to space weather phenomena?
Akhavan-Tafti said the SunRISE GRL aims to inspire the next generation of science, technology, engineering, arts and math students through hands-on citizen-science activities.
“It would be great if they’re exposed to STEAM and those types of activities to get a sense of what it’s like to be a sci-
entist or an engineer or an entrepreneur in the sciences,” Akhavan-Tafti said. “That requires students to be trained to understand that these careers exist and to take courses that are going to prepare them for those types of future careers and that’s what NASA wanted us to do.”
One of the key scientific advantages of the SunRISE mission is its ability to detect very low-frequency radio waves – right down to what is called the plasma cutoff frequencies, which Manchester said are the “lowest frequencies available to the antenna.” On Earth, the ionosphere acts as a filter, blocking radio waves below a certain frequency.
“The ionosphere can only allow radio waves of certain frequencies to pass through. High frequencies go through OK, but if a frequency gets too low, the ionosphere absorbs it,” Manchester said. “It almost becomes what’s called the plasma frequency ... and it will just absorb it, almost like a DC current.”
Manchester said this makes the space-based SunRISE array especially powerful.
“We have this cutoff frequency that we have to deal with where we can’t see radio waves below that frequency on Earth’s surface because the ionosphere absorbs it,” Manchester said. “The
space mission doesn’t have that issue … so it can go to much, much lower frequencies.”
He said that access to lower frequencies in space is what makes the mission so compelling.
“That allows us to track features much further out into the solar wind. The further out they go, the lower the natural frequency,” Manchester said. “On Earth, those get cut off pretty quickly. But in space, we’re gonna be able to track them much, much farther out.”
For Akhavan-Tafti, the impact of the program goes beyond research.
“These types of programs are allowing us to use federal funding to educate the next generation of entrepreneurs, policymakers, scientists and engineers of our nation,” Akhavan-Tafti said.
He hopes more schools will take advantage of the opportunity.
“This is an open call – if any other high schools in the area think that they could benefit from this, everything is free of charge to the schools,” Akhavan-Tafti said. “If they’re interested in getting involved, they’re welcome to contact us.”
For more information or to contact Akhavan-Tafti, visit the project’s website at sunrise.umich.edu.
Morrison’s Bella Duncan named First-Team All-State in Class 2A
By DRAKE LANSMAN dlansman@shawmedia.com
The Illinois Coaches Association recently released its AllState softball teams in each class and many Sauk Valley area players were recognized.
In Class 2A, Morrison senior Bella Duncan’s First-Team AllState selection led the area. Duncan, a pitcher and Western Michigan commit, earned the recognition after helping lead the Fillies to the Sweet 16 and a 10-0 record in the NUIC South.
Erie-Prophetstown senior Jaylynn Hamilton, Morrison junior Allie Anderson and Oregon senior Ella Dannhorn were named Second-Team All-State in 2A.
Erie-Prophetstown junior Alyssah Padia and Morrison sophomore Elle Milnes earned Third-Team All-State recognition in 2A.
In Class 1A, Fulton sophomore Zoe Kunau and Amboy senior Tyrah Vaessen were Second-Team All-State selections.
Fulton seniors Resse Germann and Kira Wilson and junior Belle Curley were Third-Team All-State selections.
Newman freshman pitcher Gianna Vance and junior infielder Lucy Oetting also were Third-Team All-State picks.
In Class 3A, Dixon’s Bailey Tegeler and Sterling’s Mya Lira were named Third-Team All-State. Tegeler, a senior outfielder, will continue her softball career at Indian Hills Community College. Lira, a junior, led off as the team’s top hitter and played shortstop for the Golden Warriors.
Earleen Hinton file photo Morrison’s Bella Duncan was named a First-Team All-State selection in Class 2A.
Polo pushing for national Underground Railroad site designation
By PAYTON FELIX pfelix@shawmedia.com
POLO – The Polo Historical Society is applying to become a designated Network to Freedom site with the National Park Service after uncovering local ties to the Underground Railroad.
The NPS program works in collaboration with individuals and organizations along with local, state and federal agencies to create a network of sites, facilities and programs that have a verifiable connection to the Underground Railroad. So far, the network has more than 800 listings in 39 states, including the Lucius Read House in Byron that was designated in 2002 and the Owen Lovejoy House in Princeton that was designated in 2001, according to the NPS website.
Applications are accepted twice a year – on Jan. 15 and July 15, according to the NPS website.
In Polo, Historical Society members Beth Weigmann and Betty Obendorf have been interested in researching the area’s ties to the Railroad movement since the early 2000s, Weigmann said.
“It’s been very hard to research in Polo because if you didn’t write anything down there wasn’t anything to find,” she said. “Participation in the Railroad was not revealed until after death. It was often through a simple sentence or allusion toward the effort in an obituary or through the family’s oral history.”
The Underground Railroad was a network of secret routes and safe houses used by 19th-century enslaved people to escape to free states and Canada. It was not an actual railway, but was used as a metaphor for the operations of abolitionists – those who opposed slavery – and allies who helped the freedom-seekers escape slavery, according to the NPS website.
After the Fugitive Slave Act was approved by Congress in 1850, the Railroad became more deliberate, organized and secretive as the act required that slaves be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state, according to the NPS website.
In Polo, the former slaves were traveling from Kentucky and Missouri and
their freedom destination was Canada, Weigmann said.
Obendorf put together all the research found about Polo’s involvement – mostly composed of newspapers, obituaries and other historical records – which Weigmann presented Saturday, June 28, during the Historical Society’s trolley tour of Fairmount Cemetery.
“We have no count of how many people passed through this area receiving help on their journey to freedom, but through multiple historical records we do know there were no freedom-seekers arrested in Ogle County. A tribute to doing the work and keeping it quiet,” Weigmann said.
Polo’s participation in the Underground Railroad
The cemetery at 1533 Route 26 in Polo is the burial site for 31 people found to have documented involvement or association with those involved in the Railroad.
One of the largest families was the Waterburys, with 15 family members buried at Fairmount.
One Waterbury couple, Samuel and Elizabeth, built a home in the 1850s on the northeast corner of Division Avenue and West Oregon Street across from Haldane Custom. As it was torn down, the house was found to have a tunnel that ran from the house to the
Visitors ride through Fairmount Cemetery on a trolley June 28 during a historical tour of Polo’s part in the Underground Railroad.
barn and the basement had served as a refuge for those seeking freedom.
In 1938, the Dixon Telegraph wrote that slaves found “refuge in the Waterbury home,” Weigmann said.
One of Samuel and Elizabeth’s daughters, Maria Waterbury, became a teacher with the Freedman’s Bureau
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Polo Historical Society member Beth Wiegmann tells the story June 28 of how Polo was a major player in the Underground Railroad.
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after the Civil War ended and during one of her trips to teach she met former slave Elizabeth Hamlin, Weigmann said, citing the historical society’s research.
Maria brought Hamlin back to Polo with her. Hamlin worked for several families in the area and was eventually able to buy her own house, Weigmann said.
Hamlin is buried at Fairmount next to Samuel and Elizabeth. Her gravestone is inscribed with the words “Once a slave.”
Also at the cemetery are Samuel and Elizabeth’s three children – Annistine, Daniel and Maria.
Another Waterbury couple, John and Phoebe, opened their home, which stood in what’s now known as Eagle Point Township, to the Railroad as well. Across the street was the home of Solomon and Hannah Shafer, another Railroad stop. Records show Phoebe and Hannah mended socks, shirts and coats for the slaves, Weigmann said.
John and Phoebe are buried at the cemetery along with their four chil -
dren – John Jr., Daniel, Ezra B. and Fordyce and one grandchild, Charles Weldon Noble.
In the Shafer house, records show that Hannah was known to tend to former slaves, who were too sick to continue traveling, until they were well enough to go on. That was the case for two former slaves, Harriet and Caroline, who the Shafers took in as their adopted children.
Harriet died in 1848 at 4 years old. Caroline died in 1849 at the age of 11. Their birthdates are unknown. They are buried with the Shafers at Fairmount. Their names are inscribed on the family tombstone and they are listed as adopted daughters.
Others buried at the cemetery with documented involvement or association with the Railroad are Ezra Cyrus Waterbury; William Wamsley; Judge Virgil Bogue; Schuylar Lunt; David Stevens Waterbury and wife Emaline Huntley Waterbury; James Bennet Gardner, wife Mary Ann Waterbury Gardner and child Charles Waterbury Gardener; Timothy Perkins and his two children, Dr. Edgar Edwin Perkins and Rufus Perkins; and Dr. Amos Maltby and wife Marietta Huntley Maltby.
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Polo Historical Society member Beth Wiegmann tells the story June 28 of how Polo was a major player in the Underground Railroad.
1965: Permanent Flood Control Committee formed
60 years
July 7, 1965
All interested citizens are invited to attend an adjourned meeting of the City Council in which Mayor Wiersema will appoint a permanent Flood Control Committee. The meeting was authorized at the regular July meeting of the council after discussion of the problem of working for a permanent flood control plan for Fulton.
Several tavern operators appeared at the City Council meeting with a request that taverns be permitted to stay open until 2 a.m. on weekdays and from noon until midnight on Sundays in line with the hours observed by taverns in neighboring communities. The council voted to table the request for further study.
50 years
July 9, 1975
In a photo, Dr. and Mrs. Glenn Waterloo presented a bicentennial flag to Postmaster Maurice Wiersema and Mrs. William Mask and Mrs. Peter Trichardt, who are the co-chairmen of the Fulton Bicentennial Commission. Dr. and Mrs. Waterloo donated the bicentennial flag to the city of Fulton, where it will fly with the American flag at the post office through 1976, the bicentennial year.
The sale ad from Buikema-Blass in Morrison advertised trousers on sale for half price from $4.50 to $12, neckwear from $2 to $3.25, sports coats for $27 and $35.99, suits from $79.99 to $127.99 and boys knit and dress shirts from $2.25 to $6.
40 years
July 10, 1985
City Administrator Steven VanDyke is trying to find a solution to the problem created by the receipt of city of Chicago traffic tickets by several Fulton people, most of whom maintain they were nowhere near Chicago on the dates the tickets were issued. Mr. VanDyke talked by phone to the deputy director of the Department of Revenue of the city of Chicago and was promised an explanation of the manner in which improperly issued tickets are handled. It’s been a week and no explanation has been received.
A ribbon-cutting began a weekend of festivities at Fulton’s River City Mall. The ceremony was the first event of the grand opening that will run through Saturday. Mayor Ven Huizen cut the ribbon to officially open the new mall.
30
years
July 5, 1995
The Words of Wisdom Christian Book Store has come under new ownership. The new owners are Shelley Baker and Bethany Jordan, both of Albany, and they took over ownership July 1. The new owners will continue to provide the same quality service and products that have been offered at the store.
The Lydia Circle of the Presbyterian Church of Fulton has worked with the Riddle Manufacturing Company of Burlington, North Carolina, to design an afghan especially for Fulton. The Lydia Circle is selling the afghans as a money-making project toward the church’s goal of building a new church
on the north end of Fulton.
20 years
July 6, 2005
A severe thunderstorm with heavy rain, hail and high winds struck Fulton and surrounding areas about 3:30 a.m. Thursday morning. The storm followed two weeks of high temperatures that neared the 100-degree mark. The high winds broke limbs and uprooted trees, destroying trees both large and small. Not one yard in the city didn’t have debris to clean up. At the Scott Schipper home on Diamond Road, one of the largest trees on the property fell on part of his 4½ car garage.
All customers of Alliant Energy Corporation will have a new owner and customers of Alliant will have their services changed to the new owners. Jo-Carroll Energy signed a definitive agreement with Alliant Energy Corporation to buy the electric and
natural gas distribution assets of Interstate Power and Light Company in the state of Illinois. The sale price is about $27 million.
10 years
July 8, 2015
Fulton EMS would like to thank FACE and the Flikkema Foundation for a recent grant for new helmets.
At the meeting of the Fulton City Council, Mapping Group One, the retail and industrial development group, addressed the council with recommendations for improving parking and aesthetics in downtown Fulton. One member of the group said they want to make the entire downtown retail area more attractive, from painting the lampposts and benches to hanging flower baskets and maybe pocket parks. They also want to make Fourth Street from 13th to 10th avenues into a one-way going north.
Athlete paralyzed at track meet files lawsuit against schools, park district
By CHARLENE BIELEMA cbielema@shawmedia.com
MORRISON – A Rock Falls student athlete who suffered a broken neck that left him partially paralyzed during a March 15 track meet has filed a lawsuit against Sterling’s park district, the Sterling School District and Rock Falls High School District in connection with the injury.
pit, where they would collide with a Porter Athletic wall pad at high speeds and use their hands, feet and other parts of their bodies to come to an abrupt stop. Wescott alleges the athletes had a false sense of security that the padding would prevent injuries.
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Dylan Wescott, 18, was participating at the meet as a member of the Rock Falls High School track team when he tripped in the pit’s sand, collided head first with a wall and damaged his spinal cord while completing a practice run at the triple long jump pit inside the park district’s Westwood Fitness and Sports Center. The indoor track meet was hosted by the Sterling School District, which had rented the complex’s field house for the March 15 event.
Wescott is alleging willful and wanton misconduct on the part of all three defendants in regard to athletes being directed to use the triple long jump pit, which he said is too short, too close to a concrete wall and too unsafe for athletes to use.
According to the lawsuit filed June 17, the field house features an ovalshaped track at the center of the facility and previously included two separate sand pits for use in the long jump and triple jump track and field events.
The lawsuit contends that following a major renovation in 2015, the Sterling Park District chose to remove one of the pits located in the southeast section of the building, citing safety concerns and track meet event management considerations as the basis for its removal. But despite eliminating the southeast pit during the 2015 renovation for safety and meet management issues, the lone triple jump pit that remained at the field house after the 2015 renovation had safety issues of its own, including the back of the pit being dangerously positioned on the outside of the oval track less than 5 feet away from the concrete wall, the lawsuit states.
Wescott alleges that countless high school track athletes were routinely directed to practice the triple jump by sprinting down the runway and into the
Wescott also claims repeated use caused significant wear and damage to the padding, including multiple punctures and tears at the bottom from track spikes, noticeable discoloration of the vinyl covering from repeated contact, and the need for Sterling Park District personnel to resecure the pad to the wall on several occasions to prevent it from detaching or falling off the wall.
He said the athletes were not aware of the dangers and that the park district could have “easily eliminated any patent or latent risks arising from the southwest pit’s proximity with the concrete south wall by simply relocating the southwest pit a few feet north and away from the concrete wall.”
The lawuit also states that the Sterling Park District, Sterling High School and Rock Falls High School had knowledge that the design of the pit was unsafe in regard to the length. Wescott maintains the pit was 21 feet long but should have been extended to 23 feet after National Federation of State High School Association track and field rules were amended in 2020 to require triple jump pits to be at least 23 feet in length to ensure the pit measurements were within industry standards for safety.
Wescott claims that Sterling Park District, Sterling High School and Rock Falls High School knew the 2020 NFHS amendment also was adopted by the Illinois High School Association, which is the governing body that oversees the organization, rules and state championships for both boys and girls track and field, as well as other high school sports and activities throughout the state of Illinois.
Wescott also claims the pit was not uniform in depth, with certain sections of the pit being less than 12 inches deep, which he said is in violation of applicable NFHS and IHSA rules.
He also claims uneven depth in the sandpit created a tripping hazard that might cause a participant to lose their balance, particularly when the surface is not raked before use. Wescott took his practice run after several other athletes had done so, according to the lawsuit.
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Warranty deeds
Mackenna Munson, now known as Mackenna Collins, Dustin A Collins and Danielle L Munson to Matthew D Munson, 110 N. 10th St., Fulton, $155,000.
Donald R Prestley and Jenny Lynn Riffle Prestley to Donald R Prestley and Jenny Lynn Riffle Prestley, 8230 Garden Plain Road, Morrison, and 8330 Garden Plain Road, Morrison, $0.
Shannon M Smith and Sarah J Quincer to James Kikulski, 1404 Sinnissippi Park Road, Sterling, $240,000.
Barbara J Sumption to Larry A Sumption and Sue A Sumption, 18513 Spring Valley Road, Morrison, $543,124.
Jessica Ball, formerly known as Jessica Thoms, and Andrew Ball to Steven A Turkal and Leoncia Theresa P Turkal, 1613 Milnes Drive, Fulton, $225,000.
Gregory T Sippel and Joan M Rosengren to Harold Hendry and Jennifer Lareau, 702 E. 21st St., Sterling, $302,000.
Madason A Mcfadden and James M Mcfadden to Nathaniel Bates and Hannah Bates, 411 4th Ave., Rock Falls, $128,000.
Rodney G Kleckler and Karen S Kleckler to Joanna Glenn, 1911 Shinkle Ave., Sterling, $120,000.
Jeff S Rugh to Leroy Hughes 808 E. 6th St., Sterling, $96,000.
Aidan Michael Long and Evelyn Alivia Ebersohl to Bje Future LLC, 1708 3rd Ave., Rock Falls, $59,000.
Dustin Manon to James Todd, 701 W. 8th St., Sterling, $20,000.
Cheri L Blair and Andrew Nyberg to Dustin Manon, 701 W. 8th St., Sterling, $17,000.
Justin R Stevenson and Jennifer L Stevenson to Connor Leffelman and Katie Leffelman, 403 W. 13th St., Sterling, $237,500.
Casey Hnatiuk to Nicholas Devers and Julie Devers, 208 E. Miller Road, Sterling, $185,000.
Phillip E Hubbard to Timothy M Johnson and Kathryn M Johnson, 2210 Maddens Drive, Sterling, $280,000.
Casey Hnatiuk to Eric Thueson, two parcels on East Miller Road, Sterling: 11-16-453-032 and 11-16-453-033, $16,000.
Floyd L Wellman and Vicky L Wellman to Frias Investments LLC, 809 2nd Ave., Sterling,
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He said the park district and school staff members’ failure to rake the uneven sand caused by each athlete’s abrupt deceleration to avoid hitting the wall created a dangerous trip hazard. Wescott is demanding a jury trial, and is asking for compensation for damages
$137,000.
James A Schaefer and Amber L Schaefer to Jarrett M Ruchotzke and Carissa K Ruchotzke, 16085 Greenland Drive, $230,000.
Dustin T Dahlstrom to Dustin T Dahlstrom and Nathan K Dahlstrom, 910 Wiker Drive, Rock Falls, $0.
Deed
Ross D Thuente to Ross D Thuente Trust, 1210 Wilson St., Sterling; 2405 Hubbard Road, Sterling; 1723 North St., Sterling; 1705 Eastwood Drive, Sterling; and 1310 4th St., Sterling, $0. Sheriff Of Whiteside County, Maxwell Lundy, and Whiteside County Sheriff to The Huntington National Bank, 2102 E. French St., Rock Falls, $72,666.66.
Jerry L Bellini and Patricia S Bellini to Jerry L Bellini Trust and Patricia S Bellini Trust, two parcels in Sterling Township: 11-15-302-016 and 11-15-302-017, $0.
Donald E Robinson and Debra J Robinson to Donald E Robinson, trustee; Debra J Robinson, trustee; and Robinson Family Trust, 516 Rita Court, Prophetstown, $0.
Susan K Phillips to Susan K Phillips Trust, 14971 Vans Road, Fulton, and 5215 Holly Road, Fulton, $0.
Guardian’s deed
Patricia Hodge, guardian; and Sue E Colberg Estate to Joseph P Mcdonald, 1303 W. 10th St., Rock Falls, $85,900.
Quit claim deeds
Mark A Scuffham and Carlee R Kelly to Carlee R Kelly, 109 W. Market St., Tampico, $0.
Justin S Williams to Haley K Williams, 1907 20th Ave., Sterling, $0.
Ryan P Neumann and Cheryl L Neumann to Cheryl L Neumann, 518 E. Main St., Morrison, $0. Samantha Sawyer to Amber Patz and Justin Jentz, 308 W. 4th Ave., Lyndon, $0.
Trustee’s deeds
Dustin A Manon Trust to James Todd, 215 6th Ave., Rock Falls, $30,000.
Shareen Pratt, trustee; Thomas Sheldon, trustee; and Linda K Sheldon Trust to Shareen Pratt and Thomas Sheldon, 611 Marsha Lane, Rock Falls, $0.
Source:WhitesideCountyRecorder’sOffice
that include great pain, discomfort, disfigurement and physical impairment; future pain and suffering; future financial loss; and large sums of money already spent for hospital, medical and surgical services, nursing care and endeavoring to become healed and cured of his injuries, among other damages.
A case management conference is set for 9 a.m. Sept. 15 at the Whiteside County Courthouse.
The Ancestor Project: Thomas Lee Calvert
By CARTER CALVERT
Did you know my grandpa rarely drinks anything besides Mountain Dew?
First of all, as a child my grandfather had many responsibilities and was a big outdoors guy. When my grandpa became an adult, he started a car repair shop and a family. Now as a retired man with two kids, he spends his free time writing books.
Lastly, Thomas Lee Calvert is a remarkable man because as a child he was active and had many responsibilities. As an adult, my grandpa worked hard supporting grandma and raising kids, and currently he loves writing books while being retired.
Thomas Lee Calvert is my paternal grandfather. He was born on July 19, 1957, in Moline, Illinois. His parents were Hampton and Viola Calvert. My grandpa had two brothers Dave and Wade Calvert.
My grandpa’s favorite memory as a child was going to his cabin in Jim Falls, Wisconsin. My grandpa did a lot of other things as a child. For example, he played baseball as a shortstop. He also went to Riverdale public school from elementary through high school.
My grandpa lived his early life in Port Byron, Illinois. Furthermore, he lived in the same house until he was five. Then he moved into a house his father built on Cherry Street in Port Byron.
My grandpa had a few chores such as mowing the lawn, taking care of the garbage and shoveling the driveway. He got his first job at 13 in a gas station, which he kept until he was 17.
My grandpa told me the story about when he met my grandma. It was on Halloween night, when he was out with friends to go and toilet paper houses. They are still together today. Soon after, he graduated high
school in 1975.
After high school, my grandpa went off to the U.S. Navy. While he was there, he worked as a P-3 flight engineer. He served in the Navy from 1975 to 1989. Although he was in the Navy, he managed to get time to go to Black Hawk College.
My grandfather married my grandma Lori Marie Calvert (Bull) in 1978 during his time in the Navy. My grandpa was 20 and my grandma was 18. My grandpa only has been married once and has two kids Justin and Jesse Calvert.
He had a few jobs after high school. He’s worked as an electrical engineer, a mechanic and at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.
He also owned an automotive high performance and repair shop in Port Byron.
He loves tacos and Mountain Dew. In fact, my grandpa loves Mountain Dew so much he hardly drinks anything else.
When it comes to vacations, now that they’re both retired, they’ve been going on many vacations. For example, my grandpa and grandma went to the Grand Canyon a week ago. They also come to visit us in Erie once a year every year since they live far away.
My grandfather is an R.C.D.D certified engineer. In fact, he’s aced the test known to be very hard. He’s actually one in 7,500 globally to have a R.C.D.D certificate as an engineer.
My grandpa has told me many lessons I value. My grandpa told me tons, but I only have room for a few. First, he told me to be patient and don’t drink alcohol. He’s also told me to cherish the human body and protect it like it’s glass.
Following that, he’s always told me to be compassionate and to always try your best. Out of all that, the thing he emphasized most is
always to listen to my gut.
Due to my grandpa being in the Navy, he’s lived in a lot of places. Just to list a few, he’s lived in Lexington Park, Harland, Livermore, California and Tennessee.
My grandpa told me his two best achievements were being a father and a grandfather. My grandpa has lots of lifelong friends, but told me about three. The three are Gerry King, Mike Griffin and Dan Lawrence.
Fun fact: Mike Griffin is the guy who set up a date for my grandpa and grandma.
My grandfather also told me that he hasn’t really faced any hardships in his life.
He spends his free time writing books. He’s written books on the Battle of Bunker Hill and our family history.
My grandfather retired in 2024 at the ripe old age of 67.
He told me to learn everything you can and I’ll try to do that the rest of my life.
Me and my grandpa both bonded over a shared love of the movie “Monty Python and the Holy Grail.”
I have many stories to tell about my grandfather. I remember us playing hide and seek behind a stop sign. I remember we were at Ruby Falls, a cave in Tennessee, and I told the guide that he served in the Civil War. I also remember when we went to Lookout Mountain down in Tennessee.
My personal favorite memory I have with my grandfather is when we were playing soccer at my old house and he ripped his pants down the middle going for the ball.
My grandpa also has stories from before I was born that he told me. First, he told me that he went to Adak Island (in Alaska) during his time in the Navy and was able to feed the bald eagles. He also told me about how he
used to take my dad and his brother down to car swap meets. The last but probably most important story he told me was he actually proposed to my grandma in their car. I know, a great spot, right.
In conclusion, Thomas Lee Calvert is a remarkable man because as a child he had an active childhood and responsibilities and as an adult my grandpa was dedicated to his family and work. Currently, my grandfather is an author and enjoys retirement. His childhood was filled with many memories. In later years, he spent time as an engineer. My grandpa now enjoys his retirement spending time with his loving wife. I’m so thankful for my grandfather for giving his time to me so I could learn about him.
What is “The Ancestor Project?”
As one of the final projects of the year, seventh graders at Erie Middle School were challenged to pick an ancestor or someone else they could research and learn more about in order to write a story telling about their life.
Students conducted interviews with family members and some were able to gather additional resources and pictures to help tell their story.While there were many great stories written, not all will be published.
The project was a collaborative effort between students’ history classes with Mrs. Kruthoff and Mr. Armstrong, English class with Ms. Shabani and their families. It was inspired by the original project that longtime English teacher Mrs. Wiersema made a tradition in her eighth grade class.
Students enjoyed getting to know more about their families and many were surprised to learn how interesting their families were. We hope you all will enjoy their stories, too.
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE FOURTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WHITESIDE COUNTY, ILLINOIS ASCENTRA CREDIT UNION, Plaintiff, vs. RACHEAL BERGERON; PETER HERCH; and UNKNOWN OWNERS and NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants.
No. 2025 FC 16 NOTICE OF SALE PURSUANT TO JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE UNDER ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FOR ECLOSURE ACT
PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered by the court in the above - entitled cause on June 2, 2025, the propert y hereinafter described or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy said judgment, will be sold to the highest bidder
(a) The name, address and telephone number of the person to contact for information regarding the real estate is: Allison E Walsh, Attorneys for Plaintiff, 3725 Blackhawk Road, Suite 200, Rock Island, IL 61201, (309) 786-4900
(b) The common address and other common description, if any, of the real estate is: 12465 Frog Pond Road, Fulton, IL 61252 (c) The legal description of the real estate is: PART OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 35, TOWNSHIP 21 NORTH, RANGE 3 EAST OF THE 4TH P.M., WHITESIDE COUNTY, ILLINOIS, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 35, TOWNSHIP 21 NORTH, RANGE 3 EAST OF THE 4TH P.M.; THENCE SOUTH 291 FEET ON THE EAST LINE OF SAID SECTION 35; THENCE WEST 531 FEET ON A LINE PARALLEL WITH THE NORTH LINE OF SAID QUARTER SECTION; THENCE NORTH 34 FEET ON A LINE PARALLEL WITH THE EAST LINE OF SAID SECTION SECTION 35; THENCE WEST 327 FEET ON A LINE PARALLEL WITH THE NORTH LINE OF SAID QUARTER SECTION; THENCE NORTH 257 FEET ON A LINE PARALLEL WITH THE EAST LINE OF SAID SECTION 35, TO THE NORTH LINE OF SAID QUARTER SECTION; THENCE EAST 858 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING
(d) A description of the improvements on the real estate is: a single family home
(e) The time and place of the sale are: August 7, 2025, at 10:00 a.m., Whiteside County Courthouse, Morrison, Illinois.
(f) The terms of the sale are: Bidders must present, at the time of sale, a cashier's or certified check for 10% of the successful bid amount. The balance of the successful bid shall be paid within 24 hours, by similar funds. The subject property is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition The sale is further subject to confirmation by the Court. The property will NOT be open for inspection
If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than the mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by the Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).
(g) The case title, case number and the court in which the foreclosure was filed are:
This information is shown above The case number is 2025 FC 16. The Court is the Circuit Court of the 14th Judicial Circuit, Whiteside County, Illinois.
(h) Other information ordered by the Court: None. ASCENTRA CREDIT UNION, Plaintiff By: Allison E. Walsh BROOKS LAW FIRM, P.C. Its Attorneys
Allison E. Walsh Brooks Law Firm, P.C. 3725 Blackhawk Road, Suite 200 Rock Island, IL 61201 Telephone: (309) 786-4900 Facsimile: (309) 786-4940 aew@brookslawfirmpc.com
July 8, 15, 22, 2025
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE FOURTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WHITESIDE COUNTY, ILLINOIS
ASCENTRA CREDIT UNION, Plaintiff, vs. RACHEAL BERGERON; PETER HERCH; and UNKNOWN OWNERS and NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants.
No. 2025 FC 16 NOTICE OF SALE
PURSUANT TO JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE UNDER ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FOR ECLOSURE ACT
PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered by the court in the above - entitled cause on June 2, 2025, the propert y hereinafter described or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy said judgment, will be sold to the highest bidder
(a) The name, address and telephone number of the person to contact for information regarding the real estate is: Allison E Walsh, Attorneys for Plaintiff, 3725 Blackhawk Road, Suite 200, Rock Island, IL 61201, (309) 786-4900
(b) The common address and other common description, if any, of the real estate is: 12465 Frog Pond Road, Fulton, IL 61252
(c) The legal description of the real estate is:
PART OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 35, TOWNSHIP 21 NORTH, RANGE 3 EAST OF THE 4TH P.M., WHITESIDE COUNTY, ILLINOIS, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 35, TOWNSHIP 21 NORTH, RANGE 3 EAST OF THE 4TH P.M.; THENCE SOUTH 291 FEET ON THE EAST LINE OF SAID SECTION 35; THENCE WEST 531 FEET ON A LINE PARALLEL WITH THE NORTH LINE OF SAID QUARTER SECTION; THENCE NORTH 34 FEET ON A LINE PARALLEL WITH THE EAST LINE OF SAID SECTION SECTION 35; THENCE WEST 327 FEET ON A LINE PARALLEL WITH THE NORTH LINE OF SAID QUARTER SECTION; THENCE NORTH 257 FEET ON A LINE PARALLEL WITH THE EAST LINE OF SAID SECTION 35, TO THE NORTH LINE OF SAID QUARTER SECTION; THENCE EAST 858 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING (d) A description of the improvements on the real estate is: a single family home
(e) The time and place of the sale are: August 7, 2025, at 10:00 a.m., Whiteside County Courthouse, Morrison, Illinois.
(f) The terms of the sale are: Bidders must present, at the time of sale, a cashier's or certified check for 10% of the successful bid amount. The balance of the successful bid shall be paid within 24 hours, by similar funds. The subject property is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in “AS IS” condition The sale is further subject to confirmation by the Court. The property will NOT be open for inspection
If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than the mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by the Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).
(g) The case title, case number and the court in which the foreclosure was filed are:
This information is shown above The case number is 2025 FC 16. The Court is the Circuit Court of the 14th Judicial Circuit, Whiteside County, Illinois. (h) Other information ordered by the Court: None. ASCENTRA CREDIT UNION, Plaintiff By: Allison E. Walsh BROOKS LAW FIRM, P.C. Its Attorneys
Allison E. Walsh Brooks Law Firm, P.C. 3725 Blackhawk Road, Suite 200 Rock Island, IL 61201 Telephone: (309) 786-4900 Facsimile: (309) 786-4940 aew@brookslawfirmpc.com
July 8, 15, 22, 2025
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FOURTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WHITESIDE COUNTY, ILLINOIS
ESTATE OF SANDRA J. FRIEDRICHSEN, Deceased
Case No. 2025 PR 55 CLAIM NOTICE
Notice is given to creditors of the death of Sandra J. Friedrichsen, Letters of Office were issued to Diana Jo Johnson, whose address is 6573 Cordova Rd, Erie, IL 61250, as Independent Representative, whose attorney of record is Lester S. Weinstine, of the Law Offices of Lester S. Weinstine, P.C., 1024 Hilltop Drive, P.O. Box 409, Morrison, IL 612700409.
Claims against the estate may be filed in the Office of the Circuit Clerk of Whiteside County, 200 East Knox Street, Morrison, Illinois, 61270, or with the representative, or both, on or before the 8th day of January, 2026 or, if mailing or delivery of a notice from the representative is required by Section 18-3 of the Probate Act (755 ILCS 5/18-3), the date stated in that notice Any claim not filed on or before that date is barred
Copies of a claim filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered by the claimant to the representative and to the representative's attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed.
Diana Jo Johnson, Independent Representative for the Estate of Sandra J. Friedrichsen, Deceased
LESTER S. WEINSTINE ARDC #02968592 Attorney for said Estate LAW OFFICES OF LESTER S. WEINSTINE, P.C. 1024 Hilltop Dr. P.O. Box 409
Morrison, IL 61270
Tel: 815-772-7211
Fax: 815-772-8599
Cell: 224-623-4624
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July 8, 15, 22, 2025
LAW OFFICES OF LESTER S. WEINSTINE, P.C.
1024 Hilltop Dr. P.O. Box 409
Morrison, IL 61270
Tel: 815-772-7211
Fax: 815-772-8599
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July 8, 15, 22, 2025 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FOURTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WHITESIDE COUNTY, ILLINOIS ESTATE OF CAROL J. BUTZER, Deceased Case No 2025 PR 56 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given to creditors of the death of Carol J Butzer, Letters of Office were issued to Lisa A Butler, whose address is 22424 157th Ave N, Cordova, IL 61242, as Independent Representative, whose attorney of record is Lester S. Weinstine, of the Law Offices of Lester S. Weinstine, P.C., 1024 Hilltop Drive, P.O Box 409, Morrison, IL 61270-0409. Claims against the estate may be filed in the Office of the Circuit Clerk of Whiteside County, 200 East Knox Street, Morrison, Illinois, 61270, or with the representative, or both, on or before the 8th day of January, 2026 or, if mailing or delivery of a notice from the representative is required by Section 18-3 of the Probate Act (755 ILCS 5/18-3), the date stated in that notice Any claim not filed on or before that date is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered by the claimant to the representative and to the representative's attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed.
Lisa A. Butler, Independent Representative for the Estate of Carol J. Butzer, Deceased LESTER S. WEINSTINE ARDC #02968592
Attorney for said Estate LAW OFFICES OF LESTER S. WEINSTINE, P.C. 1024 Hilltop Dr. P.O. Box 409 Morrison, IL 61270
Attorney for said Estate LAW OFFICES OF LESTER S. WEINSTINE, P.C. 1024 Hilltop Dr. P.O. Box 409 Morrison, IL 61270 Tel: 815-772-7211
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July 8, 15, 22, 2025
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FOURTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WHITESIDE COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN THE INTEREST OF: JAZI EL A LOYOLA, A Minor No. 24 JA 23 NOTICE OF PUBLICATION
To: FRANCISCO REYNA-PLATA and to All Whom It May Concern: Take notice that on June 30, 2025, a Juvenile Petition for Termination of Parental Rights and for the Appointment of Guardian with the Power to Consent to Adoption was filed under the Juvenile Court Act by State's Attorney Colleen Buckwalter in the Circuit Court of Whiteside County, Illinois, entitled "In the Interest of JAZIEL A. LOYOLA" and that in COURT ROOM 108 at the EASTERN BRANCH COURT FACILITY, 101 EAST THIRD STREET, STERLING, IL, on JULY 22, 2025 at 10:15 A.M. or as soon thereafter as this cause may be heard, an adjudicatory hearing will be held upon the petition to have the child declared to be a ward of the Court under that Act. THE COURT HAS AUTHORITY IN THIS PROCEEDING TO TAKE FROM YOU THE CUSTODY AND GUARDIANSHIP OF THE MINOR, TO TERMINATE YOUR PARENTAL RIGHTS, AND TO APPOINT A GUARDIAN WITH POWER TO CONSENT TO ADOPTION YOU MAY LOSE ALL PARENTAL RIGHTS TO YOUR CHILD. IF THE PETITION REQUESTS THE TERMINATION OF YOUR PARENTAL RIGHTS AND THE APPOINTMENT OF A GUARDIAN WITH POWER TO CONSENT TO ADOPTION, YOU
PARENTAL RIGHTS TO YOUR CHILD. IF THE PETITION REQUESTS THE TERMINATION OF YOUR PARENTAL RIGHTS AND THE APPOINTMENT OF A GUARDIAN WITH POWER TO CONSENT TO ADOPTION, YOU MAY LOSE ALL PARENTAL RIGHTS TO THE CHILD Unless you appear you will not be entitled to further written notices or publication notices of the proceedings in this case, including the filing of an amended petition or a motion to terminate parental rights.
Now, unless you appear at the hearing and show cause against the Petition, the allegations of the petition may stand admitted as against you and each of you, and an order or judgment entered.
Dated: June 30th, 2025
/s/Sue Scott
Sue Scott Clerk of Court SEAL COLLEEN BUCKWALTER WHITESIDE COUNTY STATE'S ATTORNEY'S OFFICE WHITESIDE COUNTY COURTHOUSE STERLING, IL 61081
July 8, 2025
STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FOURTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT ROCK ISLAND COUNTY, IL-JUVENILE DIVISION
In the interest of M.L. A Minor 25 JA 39 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION
Notice is given to NAOMI CAMPBELL Address: unknown and to any and all unknown fathers it may concern, that on 5/5/25 a petition was filed under the Juvenile Court Act by Deanna Curl in this Court. You are required to file an answer in this case, or otherw ise file your appearance in the office of the Circuit Clerk within 30 days of this publication. A hearing will be set before the Judge Presiding in Juvenile Center, 525 18th Street, Rock Island, Illinois. A hearing will be held upon the Petition to have the minor declared to be a Ward of Court and
within 30 days of this publication. A hearing will be set before the Judge Presiding in Juvenile Center, 525 18th Street, Rock Island, Illinois. A hearing will be held upon the Petition to have the minor declared to be a Ward of Court and for other relief unthat Act on Friday, July 18, 2025 @ 11 am THE COURT HAS AUTHORITY IN THIS PROCEEDING TO TAKE FROM YOU THE CUSTODY AND GUARDIANSHIP OF THE MINOR, TO TERMINATE YOUR PARENTAL RIGHTS, AND TO APPOINT A GUARDIAN WITH POWER TO CONSENT TO ADOPTION. YOU MAY LOSE ALL PARENTAL RIGHTS TO YOUR CHILD. IF THE PETITION REQUES TS THE TERMINATION OF YOUR PARENTAL RIGHTS AND THE APPOINTMENT OF A GUARDIAN WITH P OWER TO CONSENT TO ADOPTION, YOU MAY LOSE ALL PARENTAL RIGHTS TO THE CHILD. Unless you appear you will not be entitled to further written notices or publication notices of the proceedings in this case, including the filing of an amended Petition or a Motion to Terminate Parental Rights Now, unless you appear at the hearing and show cause against the Petition, the allegations of the Petition may stand admitted as against you and each of you, and an order or Jud gment entered.
Dated: 6/30/2025
Tammy R Weikert Circuit Clerk By: ALB
July 8, 2025
Request for Proposal (RFP)
Design-Build
Project
Project Title : Grove Hill Cemetery Building
Date Issued: Monday, June 23, 2025
Proposal Due
Date: Friday, July 25, 2025
The City of Morrison, Illinois is soliciting proposals from qualified contractors to provide complete services for the design and construction of a new building for Grove Hill Ceme-
Proposal Due
Date: Friday, July 25, 2025
The City of Morrison, Illinois is soliciting proposals from qualified contractors to provide complete services for the design and construction of a new building for Grove Hill Cemetery. Grove Hill Cemetery is a property of and a public service by the City of Morrison This building will provide a facility for city staff to administer services to the public and to operate and maintain such cemetery. The new building will be replacing another building at a different site within the cemetery.
The Request for Proposal, including specifications and informati on are available at: City of MorrisonCity Hall 200 West Main Street Morrison IL 61270 Online at: https://www.morri sonil.org/page/pub lic-notice s Online at: https://localpublic notice s.org Search Public Notices for City of Morrison Contac t: Brian Melton, City Administrator 815-772-7657 or bmelton@morri sonil.org
The City of Morrison reserves the right to reject any or all proposals. All work must comply with local regulations and building codes. A formal contract upon selection will be executed/signed by the awarded contractor
July 1, 8, 15, 22, 2025
Assumed Name Publication Notice Public Notice is hereby given that on Friday, June 20, 2025, a certificate was filed in the Office of the County Clerk of Whiteside County, Illinois, setting forth the names and postoffice addresses of all of the persons owning, conducting and transacting the business known as: TATER REPAIRS located at 9565 Fenton Rd Fenton, IL 61251
Dated this 20th day of June, 2025. No. DBA5406
Karen J Stralow County Clerk
June 24, July 1, 8, 2025
known as:
TATER REPAIRS located at 9565 Fenton Rd Fenton, IL 61251
Dated this 20th day of June, 2025. No. DBA5406
Karen J Stralow County Clerk
June 24, July 1, 8, 2025
NOTICE OF PUBLI C HEARING ON APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF PROPHETSTOWN, WHITESIDE COUNTY, ILLINOIS
Notice is hereby given that the City of Prophetstown has prepared a tentative preliminary form of appropriation ordinance, and adopted the same on July 8, 2025, at the hour of 6:45 p.m. at City Hall, 339 Washington St., Prophetstown, Illinois. Copie s of the tentative appropriation ordinance are available for public inspection between the hours of 7 a.m. to noon and 12:30 p.m to 3:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, at City Hall. Dated this 20th day of June, 2025. CITY OF PROPHETSTOWN Bruce Franks, Mayor Constance Jensen City Clerk/ Deputy Clerk
June 25, July 1, 8, 2025
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING AND AVAILABILITY OF TENTATIVE BUDGET
NOTICE is given that on August 11, 2025 at 6:00 PM, the Board of Trustee s of the Albany Fire Protection District of Whiteside County, Illinois will hold a public hearing at the Fire Station, 409 S. Church St, Albany, IL, concerning the proposed Annual Budget and Appropriation Ordinance of said District for the fiscal year 20252026. Copies of the tentative Annual Budget and Appropriation Ordinance are available for public inspection prior to said hearing at Heid Law Offices, LLC, 19670 Waller Rd., Fulton, Illinois, or at the District Fire Station Office. Dated this 3rd day of July, 2025. President, Board of Trustees of said District
tion prior to said hearing at Heid Law Offices, LLC, 19670 Waller Rd., Fulton, Illinois, or at the District Fire Station Office. Dated this 3rd day of July, 2025. President, Board of Trustees of said District
July 8, 2025 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 14TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT ROCK ISLAND COUNTY-ROCK ISLAND, ILLI NOIS ROCKET MORTGAGE, LLC F/K/A QUICKEN LOANS, LLC, PLAINTIFF vs. UNKNOWN HEIRS AT LAW AND LEGATEES OF MARK H. POSTON; ALLISON WALSH AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIV E FOR MARK H. POSTON, DECEASED; KELLY GRAY; BRIAN M. POSTON; ERIN POSTON; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, DEFENDANT NO. 2025FC10 PUBLICATION NOTICE
POSTON; ALLISON WALSH AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIV E FOR MARK H. POSTON, DECEASED; KELLY GRAY; BRIAN M. POSTON; ERIN POSTON; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, DEFENDANT NO. 2025FC10 PUBLICATION NOTICE
ALBANY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT TREASURER'S ANNUAL REPORT
The undersigned, Janet Price, does hereby state that she is the Treasurer of the Albany Fire Protection District of Whiteside County, Illinois, and that the following is a report of all items of receipt and disbursement by the said District for the fiscal year ending May 31, 2025.
Total Revenues: $574,008.40, Ambulance Coverage Cordova $163,000.00, EMS Run Fees -Insurance $53,292.74, EMS Run Fees -Medicare/Medicaid $6,847.11, EMS Run Fees - Private Pay $8,998.51, Foreign Fire Insurance $3,810.06, Interest Income $1,311.22, Personal Property Replacement Tax
The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given to you, UNKNOWN HEIRS AT LAW AND LEGATEES OF MARK H POSTON; and UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendant in the above entitled suit, that the said suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court of the 14th Judicial Circuit, Rock Island County, Illinois by the plaintiff against you and other defendant, praying for the foreclosure of a certain mortgage conveying the premises described as follows to wit: THAT PART OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION NUMBER FOUR (4) IN TOWNSHIP NUMBER SEVENTEEN (17) NORTH, RANGE NUMBER ONE (1) WEST OF THE FOURTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF
The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given to you, UNKNOWN HEIRS AT LAW AND LEGATEES OF MARK H POSTON; and UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendant in the above entitled suit, that the said suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court of the 14th Judicial Circuit, Rock Island County, Illinois by the plaintiff against you and other defendant, praying for the foreclosure of a certain mortgage conveying the premises described as follows to wit: THAT PART OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION NUMBER FOUR (4) IN TOWNSHIP NUMBER SEVENTEEN (17) NORTH, RANGE NUMBER ONE (1) WEST OF THE FOURTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF BLOCK NUMBER TWO (2) IN WHITE'S ADDITION TO MOLINE HEIGHTS IN THE CITY OF MOLINE; RUNNING THENCE EAST ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF THIRTEENTH AVENUE EXTENDED 420 FEET TO A STARTING POINT; RUNNING THENCE NORTH 135 FEET TO AN ALLEY; THENCE EAST 40 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 135 FEET TO THE NORTH LINE OF SAID THIRTEENTH AVENUE EXTENDED; THENCE WEST 40 FEET TO SAID STARTING POINT; (KNOWN AS LOT NUMBER
TWENTY-FIVE (25)
CLAIMANTS, Defendant in the above entitled suit, that the said suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court of the 14th Judicial Circuit, Rock Island County, Illinois by the plaintiff against you and other defendant, praying for the foreclosure of a certain mortgage conveying the premises described as follows to wit: THAT PART OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION NUMBER FOUR (4) IN TOWNSHIP NUMBER SEVENTEEN (17) NORTH, RANGE NUMBER ONE (1) WEST OF THE FOURTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF BLOCK NUMBER TWO (2) IN WHITE'S ADDITION TO MOLINE HEIGHTS IN THE CITY OF MOLINE; RUNNING THENCE EAST ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF THIRTEENTH AVENUE EXTENDED 420 FEET TO A STARTING POINT; RUNNING THENCE NORTH 135 FEET TO AN ALLEY; THENCE EAST 40 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 135 FEET TO THE NORTH LINE OF SAID THIRTEENTH AVENUE EXTENDED; THENCE WEST 40 FEET TO SAID STARTING POINT; (KNOWN AS LOT NUMBER TWENTY-FIVE (25) IN BLOCK NUMBER TWO (2) ON AN UNRECORDED PLAT OF WOODBURN'S TWENTY-NINTH (29TH) STREET ADDITION TO MOLINE); SITUATED IN THE CITY OF MOLINE, COUNTY OF ROCK ISLAND AND STATE OF ILLINOIS COMMON ADDRESS: 2927 13th Avenue, Moline, IL 61265 P.I.N.: 17-04-203-021 and which said mortgage was signed by MARK H. POSTON (DECEASED), Mortgagor, to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC.,
AVENUE EXTENDED; THENCE WEST 40 FEET TO SAID STARTING POINT; (KNOWN AS LOT NUMBER TWENTY-FIVE (25) IN BLOCK NUMBER TWO (2) ON AN UNRECORDED PLAT OF WOODBURN'S TWENTY-NINTH (29TH) STREET ADDITION TO MOLINE); SITUATED IN THE CITY OF MOLINE, COUNTY OF ROCK ISLAND AND STATE OF ILLINOIS COMMON ADDRESS: 2927 13th Avenue, Moline, IL 61265 P.I.N.: 17-04-203-021 and which said mortgage was signed by MARK H. POSTON (DECEASED), Mortgagor, to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR QUICKEN LOANS, LLC, as Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Rock Island County as Document No. 2020-13976; and for such other relief prayed; that summons was duly issued out of the Circuit Court of Rock Island County against you as provided by law, and that the said suit is now pending.
Compensation Summary: UNDER $25,000.00. Bell, Emma S, Ducey, Brandon J, Dunmore, Daniel E, Garza, Alexander F, Garza, Kristine L., Geerts, Leonard P, Geerts, Wayne R, Handley, Tiffany K, Hannabarger, Kylee A, Morgan, Jacob T, Moser, Mallory R, Nimmick, Cindy L, Pessman, Jeffrey J, Posateri, Brooke A, Posateri, Daniel M, Price, Janet E, Price, Shelly J, Proulx, Wesley Z, Prunty Jr., Russell W, Roman, Christin J, Rowland, Anthony B, Thomas, Ashley E, Wagoner, Maryann J, Wall, Phillip W, Watson, Samantha L, Welch, Edwin E
Total Vendor Payments: $389,737.01, Albany Fire Dept. $1,000.00, AmGUARD Insurance Co $41,833.00, Bearsley, Steven $2,115.00, Bound Tree Medical, LLC $7,436.76, Breathing Air Systems $1,009.18, Clark Baird Smith LLP $5,128.75, Clover Hills Appliances $2,000.00, Dinges Fire Company $14,496.00, EFTPS $27,072.79, Fire TextResponse, LLC $1,000.00, Forest Inn $2,745.71, Frontier $1,675.95, Getz Fire Equipment $689.89, Haigh Solutions LLC $843.75, Handford Insurance $22,266.00, Harry's Farm Tire $1,865.50, Heid Law Offices, LLC $2,000.00, Heid Law Trust Account (1003 S. Bluff, Albany, IL) $167,030.69, Jefferson Fire n Safety $7,988.00, Jo-Carroll Energy $3,050.32, Leaf $2,184.33, Lectronics, Inc $10,603.81, Linde Gas and Equipment INC $3,068.91, LOCiS $4,260.50, MacQueen Equipment $855.00, Mediacom Business $3,971.71, Meridian $653.91, National Government Service, INC $709.00, PCC $6,374.35, Peterson Plumbing, Inc $1,757.72, Plunkett's Pest Control $779.50, Preventative Maintenance Service Inc. $2,923.73, Sandry Fire Supply LLC $2,465.39, Shaw Media $1,416.50, St Patrick $1,040.00, Stryker Sales, LLC $2,194.20, TCS $7,200.00, The Home Depot $2,047.70, Thompson Truck and Trailer $1,233.97, Verizon Wireless $1,089.11, Village of Albany $10,011.81, Whiteside County Collector $2,229.48, Whiteside County Sheriff's Office $600.00, All other Disbursements Less Than $600.00 $6,819.09
Janet Price, being first duly sworn on oath deposes and states that as such acting Treasurer of said Albany Fire Protection District, she has examined the foregoing Annual Report of said District of the fiscal year ending May 31, 2025, and states that the same is true and correct to the best of her knowledge and belief.
NOW THEREFORE, UNLESS YOU, the said above defendant, file your answer to the Complaint in said suit or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the Office of the Clerk of this Court in Rock Island County in Room Suite 101 at 1317 3rd Ave., Rock Island, IL 61201 on or before July 31, 2025, default may be entered against you at any time after that day and a judgment entered in accordance with the prayer of said complaint. E-Filing is now mandatory for documents in civil cases with limited exemptions To efile, you must first create an account with an e-filing service provider Visit http://efile.illinoisco urts.gov/serviceproviders.htm to learn more and to select a service
WEST OF THE FOURTH PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF BLOCK NUMBER TWO (2) IN WHITE'S ADDITION TO MOLINE HEIGHTS IN THE CITY OF MOLINE; RUNNING THENCE EAST ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF THIRTEENTH AVENUE EXTENDED 420 FEET TO A STARTING POINT; RUNNING THENCE NORTH 135 FEET TO AN ALLEY; THENCE EAST 40 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 135 FEET TO THE NORTH LINE OF SAID THIRTEENTH AVENUE EXTENDED; THENCE WEST 40 FEET TO SAID STARTING POINT; (KNOWN AS LOT NUMBER TWENTY-FIVE (25) IN BLOCK NUMBER TWO (2) ON AN UNRECORDED PLAT OF WOODBURN'S TWENTY-NINTH (29TH) STREET ADDITION TO MOLINE); SITUATED IN THE CITY OF MOLINE, COUNTY OF ROCK ISLAND AND STATE OF ILLINOIS COMMON ADDRESS: 2927 13th Avenue, Moline, IL 61265 P.I.N.: 17-04-203-021 and which said mortgage was signed by MARK H. POSTON (DECEASED), Mortgagor, to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR QUICKEN LOANS, LLC, as Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Rock Island County as Document No. 2020-13976; and for such other relief prayed; that summons was duly issued out of the Circuit Court of Rock Island County against you as provided by law, and that the said suit is now pending. NOW THEREFORE, UNLESS YOU, the said above defendant, file your answer to the Complaint in said suit or otherwise make your appearance NORTH LINE OF
and which said mortgage was signed by MARK H. POSTON (DECEASED), Mortgagor, to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR QUICKEN LOANS, LLC, as Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Rock Island County as Document No. 2020-13976; and for such other relief prayed; that summons was duly issued out of the Circuit Court of Rock Island County against you as provided by law, and that the said suit is now pending.
NOW THEREFORE, UNLESS YOU, the said above defendant, file your answer to the Complaint in said suit or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the Office of the Clerk of this Court in Rock Island County in Room Suite 101 at 1317 3rd Ave., Rock Island, IL 61201 on or before July 31, 2025, default may be entered against you at any time after that day and a judgment entered in accordance with the prayer of said complaint.
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suit or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the Office of the Clerk of this Court in Rock Island County in Room Suite 101 at 1317 3rd Ave., Rock Island, IL 61201 on or before July 31, 2025, default may be entered against you at any time after that day and a judgment entered in accordance with the prayer of said complaint.
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 14TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT ROCK ISLAND COUNTY, ROCK ISLAND, ILLI NOIS
U.S. Bank Trust National Association as Trustee for Chase Home Lending Mortgage Trust 2024-RPL3 Mortgage Certificates, Series 2024-RPL3 PLAINTIFF Vs Arletha Jackson; Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants
DEFENDANTS No. 2025FC103 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU: Arletha Jackson
Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants
That this case has been commenced in this Court against you and other defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to-wit: COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 501 7th Ave Rock Island, IL 61201 and which said Mortgage was made by: Albert Jackson Arletha Jackson the Mortgagor(s), to Chase Bank USA, N.A., as Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Rock Island County, Illinois, as Document No. 2005-12641; and for other relief; that summons was duly issued out of said Court against you as provided by law and that the said suit is now pending.
Vs Arletha Jackson; Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants
DEFENDANTS No. 2025FC103
NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU:
Arletha Jackson Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants
That this case has been commenced in this Court against you and other defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to-wit: COMMONLY KNOWN AS:
501 7th Ave
Rock Island, IL 61201 and which said Mortgage was made by:
Albert Jackson
Arletha Jackson the Mortgagor(s), to Chase Bank USA, N.A., as Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Rock Island County, Illinois, as Document No. 2005-12641; and for other relief; that summons was duly issued out of said Court against you as provided by law and that the said suit is now pending. NOW, THEREFORE, UNLESS YOU file your answer or otherwise file your appearance in this case in the Office of the Clerk of this Court, Tammy R Weikert
Rock Island County Courthouse 1317 3rd Avenue, Suite 101 Rock Island, IL 61201 on or before July 31, 2025, A DEFAULT MAY BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU AT ANY TIME AFTER THAT DAY AND A JUDGMENT MAY BE ENTERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRAYER OF SAID COMPLAINT. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C.
USA, N.A., as Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Rock Island County, Illinois, as Document No. 2005-12641; and for other relief; that summons was duly issued out of said Court against you as provided by law and that the said suit is now pending. NOW, THEREFORE, UNLESS YOU file your answer or otherwise file your appearance in this case in the Office of the Clerk of this Court, Tammy R Weikert Rock Island County Courthouse 1317 3rd Avenue, Suite 101 Rock Island, IL 61201
on or before July 31, 2025, A DEFAULT MAY BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU AT ANY TIME AFTER THAT DAY AND A JUDGMENT MAY BE ENTERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRAYER OF SAID COMPLAINT.
CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff 15W030 North Frontage Road, Suite 100 Burr Ridge, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300
THAT DAY AND A JUDGMENT MAY BE ENTERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRAYER OF SAID COMPLAINT.
CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C.
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SERVICING, Plaintiff, v. BONNIE SMITH; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants Case No. 2025FC74
Korb's Addition to Pleasant Valley, situated in the City of East Moline, Rock Island County, Illinois. 815 21st Street, East Moline, IL 61244
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NOW, THEREFORE, UNLESS YOU file your answer or otherwise file your appearance in this case in the Office of the Clerk of this Court, Tammy R Weikert Rock Island
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The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given you, Bonnie Smith, Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants, that the said suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court of the Fourteenth Judicial Circuit, Rock Island County, Illinois by the said plaintiff against you and other defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to-wit:
Lot Number Four (4) in Block Number Two (2) in Korb's Addition to Pleasant Valley, situated in the City of East Moline, Rock Island County, Illinois. 815 21st Street, East Moline, IL 61244
Now, therefore, unless you, Bonnie Smith, Unknown Owners and NonRecord Claimants, and the said above named defendants, file your answer to the complaint in said suit or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the office of the Clerk of the Fourteenth Judicial Circuit, Rock Island County, Illinois, on or before August 17, 2025, default may be entered against you at any time after that day and a Judgment entered in accordance with the prayer of said Complaint. E-filing is now mandatory for documents in civil cases with limited exemptions To efile, you must first create an account with an e-filing service provider
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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FOURTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, ROCK ISLAND COUNTY, ILLINOIS NEWREZ LLC D/B/A SHELLPOINT MORTGAGE SERVICING, Plaintiff, v. BONNIE SMITH; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants Case No. 2025FC74
09-30-402-009
The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given you, Bonnie Smith, Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants, that the said suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court of the Fourteenth Judicial Circuit, Rock Island County, Illinois by the said plaintiff against you and other defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to-wit: Lot Number Four (4) in Block Number Two (2) in Korb's Addition to Pleasant Valley, situated in the City of East Moline, Rock Island County, Illinois. 815 21st Street, East Moline, IL 61244
Winnebago # 531
Our File No. 14-25-02406
NOTE: This law firm is a debt collector.
I3268968 July 1, 8, 15, 2025
09-30-402-009 Now, therefore, unless you, Bonnie Smith, Unknown Owners and NonRecord Claimants, and the said above named defendants, file your answer to the complaint in said suit or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the office of the Clerk of the Fourteenth Judicial Circuit, Rock Island County, Illinois
Now, therefore, unless you, Bonnie Smith, Unknown Owners and NonRecord Claimants, and the said above named defendants, file your answer to the complaint in said suit or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the office of the Clerk of the Fourteenth Judicial Circuit, Rock Island County, Illinois, on or before August 17, 2025, default may be entered against you at any time after that day and a Judgment entered in accordance with the prayer of said Complaint. E-filing is now mandatory for documents in civil cases with limited exemptions To efile, you must first create an account with an e-filing service provider Visit http://efile.illinoisco urts.gov/serviceproviders.htm to learn more and to select a service provider If you need additional help or have trouble e-filing, visit http://www.illinoisc ourts.gov/faq/geth elp.asp or contact the Clerk of this Court.
Visit http://efile.illinoisco urts.gov/serviceproviders.htm to learn more and to select a service provider If you need additional help or have trouble e-filing, visit http://www.illinoisc ourts.gov/faq/geth elp.asp or contact the Clerk of this Court.
Andrew K Weiss (6284233) MDK LEGAL
Attorneys for Plaintiff One East Wacker, Suite 1250, Chicago, IL 60601 Phone: 312-651-6700; Fax: 614-220-5613 Email: sef-AKWeiss @mdklegal.com
One of Plaintiff's Attorneys 25-007730 I3268875 Jul. 1, 8, 15, 2025
