Antique Tractor Buffs will Have a “Hay-day” at the Fair

  The Annual Whiteside County Fair runs Tuesday, August 12, through Saturday, August 16, 2025.  Display your Antique Tractor at the Whiteside County Fair.  Pre-registration is recommended and can be done by contacting Ron Shank at 815-772-7157. Each participant...

Sorensen Bill to Ensure Farmers are Rewarded for Improving Soil

  Congressmen Eric Sorensen and Mike Lawler introduced their bipartisan Advancing Research on Agricultural Soil Health Act, to ensure farmers who improve their soil health (through capturing carbon) are rewarded.  The bipartisan and bicameral bill is a companion...

Volunteer Millers to Host Conservationists

  Editor’s note:  The photograph is by Jay Dirks; his Nature-themed artwork is available at The Loft on Main. Volunteer Millers at de Immigrant Windmill will host a Conservationist Duo on Tuesday, June 17, 2025, at the Windmill Cultural Center, 111 Tenth...

Eager “Cornlets” Sprang Forth

  In anticipation of a new season of crop production, on Thursday, May 15, 2025, the Editor photographed these well-groomed acres.  They lay between Norrish and Hazel Roads.  Not a speck of green indicated what would soon emerge. It was clear, however, that...