PROPHETSTOWN ECHO
VOLUME 132 • NO. 26
T U E S D A Y , J U N E 2 8 , 2 0 2 2 • $ 1 .0 0
Prophetstown, Illinois
CUSTOMER APPRECIATION
Sarah Ford for Shaw Media
A free customer appreciation cookout was held at Hometown Hardware, 317 Washington St. on Friday, June 24, during the Prophetstown Proud Fourth Friday festivities. Keith Crady, who purchased the business three years ago, said the cookout was the first of its kind since he took ownership. Shaw’s MarketPlace of Prophetstown supplied the grill and the meats, with Ryan Hatheway, left,his dad Bob Hatheway and his wife Abby Hatheway pictured with Crady on Friday evening.
REGIONAL NEWS
LOCAL NEWS
COUNTY NEWS
ARPA Relief Funds
Fourth Friday
Rods on the River
59 entities to receive COVID relief funds. / 4
Prophetstown Proud has Shop Small event. / 2
Cars, trucks and bikes line streets of Port Byron. / 13
WHAT’S INSIDE Published every Tuesday 24 pages • One section
Social News........................................ 3 Glimpses of the Past........................12 Property Transfers............................14
Police Reports................................ 14 Church News.............................18-19 Classifieds .............................20-23
DEATHS Dorothy Siefken, Darlene Sikkema, Donald “Pood” King, Page 8