FREEPORT - The Freeport/Stephenson County Visitors Center welcomes the River Rats Lawnmower Racing Association for an afternoon of lawnmower racing excitement at 2 p.m. Saturday, July 11. Three classes of lawn mowers will be racing on an oval track just to the west of the Visitors Center. The Visitors Center, located at 4596 U.S. Route 20 east of Freeport, is open daily from 8 a.m. until 8 p.m. For more information, contact the Visitors Center at (815) 233-1357.