Clinton Community College, Clinton, IA, has announced the Summer 2022 President’s and Deans’ Lists of area Illinois scholars. President’s List students must earn a minimum of six credit hours and 4.0 GPA during the term. Fenton: Carter Jepson Fulton: Cailyn Piercy and Ethan Rash Lyndon: Heather Allison Morrison: Tammy Hoffman […]
Assistant Editor Jerry Lindsey wrote this report. Mayor pro tempore Mick Welding opened the Monday, September 12, 2022, Morrison City Council meeting in Mayor Scott Vandermyde’s absence. Acting City Administrator Brain Melton updated those attending with a progress report, on the repairs and improvements currently being made on the Sports […]
Morrison, IL, is home to Paula Rodriguez and Linda Temple, long-time friends who are dedicated to their Christian missionary travels, together or with students, in North America or across the Pacific Ocean. They have scheduled three fundraising events this fall, in September, October, and November. Rodriguez wrote, “We are serving […]
Once a month, The Loft on Main opens its doors early for two hours, to those who enjoy home baked goods, beverages, and communal conversation. Stop in at the gallery on 112 E. Main Street between 8:00 and 10:00 a.m., on Thursday, September 15, 2022. This time is perfect for […]
Elwood Watson is a Professor of History, Black Studies, and Gender and Sexuality Studies at East Tennessee State University. He is also an Author and Public Speaker. Predictably, many Republicans melted into volcanic spasms and hissy fits, after President Joe Biden delivered his speech in Philadelphia, PA, [Thursday, September 1, […]
Jerry Brearton submitted the article and two visuals. On the last Sunday of September of every year, American Legion Post 328 conducts our Flag Retirement Ceremony, at the Veterans Memorial Park, W. High Street, Morrison, IL. Flags that have been deposited into our Flag Drop Box throughout the year are […]
Tom Purcell, creator of the infotainment site ThurbersTail.com, is a Pittsburgh Tribune-Review humor columnist. Email him at Tom@TomPurcell.com. “No problem.” That is how I used to reply to people who thanked me, for holding the door open for them or for offering some other small gesture. I don’t know where […]
Editor’s note: Whiteside County Soil & Water Conservation District has 17 varieties of trees for fall planting. They are for sale through Friday, September 16, 2022. Call 815-772-2124. Wednesday, September 7, 2022, was the day four shade producers were planted at the City of Morrison Bark Park, on N. Genesee […]
Christine Flowers is an Attorney and a Columnist for the Delaware County Daily Times, and can be reached at cflowers1961@gmail.com. I expected the Irish schadendfruede. Although I generally identify as Italian (primarily, because of the food, family, and temper); my father had red hair, freckles, and some relatives in County […]
Columnist Greg Sargent wrote this editorial/interview on Monday, September 12, 2022. In mid-March, [2022,] less than a month after Russia invaded Ukraine, Political Scientist Francis Fukuyama offered a striking prediction: Ukraine will win. Six months later, Ukraine is on the offensive and is recapturing key territory, amid signs of weakening […]
Patricia Ann Appel, 83, of Morrison, IL, died on Friday, September 9, 2022, at Pleasant View Care & Rehabilitation in Morrison. Patricia was born on April 21, 1939, in Savanna, IL, the daughter of Charles and Katherine (Kauffman) Cravatta. She married Kenneth Appel on March 22, 1958, in Savanna. He […]
Rick L. Venhuizen, 68, of Morrison, IL, died Saturday, September 10, 2022, with his family by his side, after a long, courageous battle with cancer. Rick was born August 7, 1954, in Morrison, to Theodore and Marjorie (Buikema) Venhuizen. He was educated in the Morrison Grade Schools and was a […]
This year’s annual Gold Star 500 ride, from Tuesday, September 20, through Saturday, September 24, 2022, will include 12 riders and 12 volunteers from Poland. They include members of the Polish military and members of Polish families, who have lost their loved ones in Iraq or Afghanistan. The ride strives […]
Assistant Editor Jerry Lindsey submitted the report and photos. High school football owns a certain predictability with each assigned game, but the Morrison vs Monmouth-Roseville Titans game, on Saturday, September 10, 2022, may have ignored most of those normalities. First, the game was played on a Saturday due to the […]
Assistant Editor Jerry Lindsey wrote the event report and took the photos. Captions were supplied by Karla Burn. The Whiteside County Fairgrounds, in Morrison, IL, was the site on Saturday, September 9, 2022, for a second “Boogie Woogie Bingo” event this year. If you are like this author, you are […]