I’m Cody Cutter, and I live in the Twin Cities of Sterling and Rock Falls – a part of “downstate” Illinois north and west of the southern limits of the Chicago metro area. I am a news and sports journalist, retired gas station cashier, local historian, 2005 Sterling High School graduate, 2010 Sauk Valley Community College graduate, Asperger’s Syndrome (Autism) warrior, big brother, little brother, single guy, human GPS system, baseball card collector and, yes, tourist.

Since my sophomore year of high school, I wanted to be a journalist. I’m still doing that. More than 20 years later, I’m still writing. I used to be a clerk at gas stations for 11 years, sometimes on top of the writing career. I have a roof over my head, a car that runs, a family close to me, some money in the bank, and a sense of reality.

I’ve operated personal blogs from time to time, but could never update them often because of a busy work schedule. Likewise, this website keeps changing. In the soon-to-come incarnation, I plan to make it a road trip website to showcase my travels throughout the Midwest – from its outer areas to those close to home. I say “road trip website” because “travel website” technically encompasses much broader travel as opposed to what I do. I like to stay close to the Midwest as possible.

Professionally, I am a features writer for Shaw Media’s magazine publications based in northwest Illinois: [magazines] / [news]. Sports was my main forte for most of my journalism years, but I have branched into doing more news stories and personality features.

I’m hopeful that the stories I post here on this website will give you broader knowledge of what all out there is interesting close to home. It’s nice to stay home, but it’s also good to get away for a while.

-Cody


CONTACT ME

Find me on Facebook: I am accessible via Facebook messenger, and it is the best way to get a hold of me; the links to those accounts are accessible by clicking on the menu square at the top left. You can also email me at shs42886 (at) yahoo (dot) com.

AND JUST SO YOU KNOW …

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