Thecity1.com, Morrison Online, will host a “Meet the Mayoral Candidates” event on Wednesday, March 24, 2021, from 6:30 to 8:00 p.m., at Morrison High School, 643 Genesee Avenue, Morrison, IL. The event will be moderated by Assistant Editor Jerry Lindsey and Stephanie Vavra, Owner and Publisher of thecity1.com. Board members […]
Earlier, on Monday, March 8, 2021, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published “Interim Public Health Recommendations for Fully-Vaccinated People” in non-health care settings. This was an update to guidance released in February, that allowed fully-vaccinated persons with an exposure to someone with, suspected, or confirmed COVID-19 to […]
On Friday, March 12, 2021, Congresswoman Cheri Bustos announced a total of $13,142,065 in Federal funding from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), for local Head Start and Early Head Start programs. Skip-A-Long Family and Community Services in Moline, IL, will receive $5,910,227 in Early Head Start funding. […]
What you do today influences your future. Learn how to take care of yourself now, to embrace aging, and mature gracefully, successfully, and with increased longevity. University of Illinois Extension will present the webinar series “Keys for Embracing Aging,” using the videoconferencing platform Zoom. This program is a free, 12-part […]
In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, Wednesday, March 17, 2021, several food and beverage choices will be offered in Morrison, IL, from east-to-west and north-to-south. Choose corned beef and cabbage meals, reuben sandwiches, salads, desserts, and beverages with a nod to the Irish. Below are 13 underlined options, several of […]
Emmanuel Reformed Church, 202 E. Morris Street, Morrison, IL, free, community, Wednesday night, drive-through meals will conclude for the spring, on Wednesday, from 5:30 to 6:00 p.m. Because of COVID-19 restrictions, there was no inside dining for Wednesday meals. On March 17, 2021, the menu will be Cavatini Pasta Bake, […]
Four years ago, Kyle Huebner of Fulton, IL, was a 20-year-old college student. He participated in a blood drive through Western Illinois University, in Moline, IL. At the same event he took a bone marrow screening. Be The Match (BTM) holds free, cheek-swab, testing events, recording blood and bone marrow information, […]
Dear Editor: I want to share my thoughts of COVID’s implications on education. March 11, 2020, was the first time our [Morrison Community Unit School] District began to discuss e-learning, something we thought was years off. The jovial mood of the gathering did not portend the soon-to-be infamous shelter-in-place, because […]
Gary A. Meyer, 70, of Morrison, IL, died Monday, March 15, 2021, at Morrison Community Hospital in Morrison. Gary was born November 4, 1950, in New Brunswick, NJ, to Ralph and Clarice (Siefken) Meyer. In 1969 he graduated from Tri-Valley High School in South Dakota. He attended Northwestern College in […]
Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day and support the future Morrison Bark Park, on Wednesday, March 17, 2021. Place an order the day before, or walk in Wednesday for Irish food and beverages at Embraced, 104 W. Main Street (formerly Quinn’s Jewelry), Morrison. Call 815-680-6038 or email embacedonline@gmail.com. Only pick-up orders […]
On Friday, March 12, 2021, Whiteside County Health Department announced 14 new laboratory-confirmed cases of COVID-19: 1 (under 20), 3 (20s), 5 (30s), 1 (40s), 3 (50s), 7 (70s.)
Daylight Saving Time begins at 2:00 a.m., Sunday, March 14, 2021. Reset all timepieces, appliance and household clocks, and those in vehicles.
The following Arrests were made and Citations issued since Friday, March 5, 2021.
Editor’s note: The information from the City of Morrison first published was incorrect. These are the correct dates. Spring weather is time for the Annual Cemetery Clean-up at Grove Hill Cemetery, in Morrison, IL. From Monday, March 22, through Friday, March 26, 2021, Grove Hill Cemetery maintenance staff will remove […]
Scott V. “Dirty” Thayer, 53 of Sterling, IL, died Saturday March 13, 2021, at Javon Bea Hospital-Riverside in Rockford, IL. He was born on February 29, 1968, in Sterling, the son of Andrew and Kay (Zigler) Thayer. He attended Sterling schools. Scott married Dawn L. Lapp on August 15, 1992. […]