Tampico News

Employees from the JCPenney store at Northland Mall are shown helping prepare items for the Let's Feed Our Children free summer lunch program sponsored by the United Way of Whiteside County.

Remarks from House Speaker Dennis Hastert, R-Ill., on Wednesday at the state funeral of Ronald Reagan in the Capitol Rotunda: Mrs.

Whiteside County deputies are investigating a two-vehicle accident that occurred Wednesday afternoon in rural Prophetstown.

In recognition of her 80th birthday, the children of Joyce Jacobson will host a reception from 2 to 4 p.m. June 27 at the New Bedford Church hall.

Whiteside County Sheriff Vehicle crash, 9:30 p.m. Thursday on state Route 40; a farm tractor with a trailer, operated by a 14-year-old Tampico boy, was southbound on state Route 40 when the trailer inadvertently sideswiped a northbound vehicle driven by Shirley M. Turnbaugh, 56, of Mount Carroll.

Survivors release balloons on Saturday evening at the Relay for Life held at the Westwood Sports Center.

The program provides one sack lunch to anyone who shows up, every Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday throughout the 11 weeks of summer vacation.

An incredible thing happened Saturday in the Sauk Valley. In the midst of a recession, local residents actually increased their giving to the National Association of Letter Carriers' annual food drive.

TAMPICO – Country Financial representative Larry Ebersohl of Tampico will retire after serving 45 years with the company.

Lucille Sawyers, 78, of 304 W. Third St., Tampico, died Thursday, May 7, 2009, at CGH Medical Center in Sterling.

There are many Reagans buried in the Irish section of Fulton's cemetery, as the Irish were instrumental in that city's early formation.

The Tampico First United Methodist Church, located two blocks west of Casey's General Store, is sponsoring the gospel group “Joyful Noyz” at 7 p.m. May 2. There will be a free-will offering, and refreshments will be provided after the concert.

Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Jensen of Prophetstown will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on Saturday.

The Tampico Area Historical Society will sponsor a murder mystery dinner, “The Last Train From Paris,” as a fundraiser at 6 p.m. April 24 at the Tampico Community Building.

"Dinky" is not a technical architecture term. Maybe it should be. If instead of saying, "Make no little plans," Daniel Burnham had said, "Make no dinky plans," well, the line might carry a little extra oomph.

He was an 11-year-old boy who loved animals, poetry and art. But Brandon Spears' life was cut short one year ago today when he died in a house fire at his Tampico, Ill., home.

Little bit o' history - A free presentation on the history of the Dixon Assembly Building will be offered from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday at the Dixon Historic Center, 205 W. Fifth St.

ROCK FALLS – Less than a week before the countywide referendum on a 1 percent sales tax for school infrastructure, the Rock Falls Chamber of Commerce membership is in favor of the issue – barely.

STERLING – The United Way of Whiteside County will have an informational meeting at 10 a.m. Tuesday to organize the Let's Feed Our Children summer lunch program.

Remember that "shining city on a hill" that President Ronald Reagan alluded to in his farewell address to the nation in 1989? Perhaps it should be changed to the "shining porkopolis on a hill" now that the ...