NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN in compliance with Chapter 62, Article XV, Section 62- 426 of the Morrison City Code, that a public hearing will be held before the Planning and Zoning Board of the City of Morrison on [Wednesday,] August 30, 2017, at 5:30 p.m., at City Hall, Lower Level […]
The American Red Cross will hold a Blood Drive on Wednesday, August 30, 2017, at Resthave Home, 408 Maple Avenue, Morrison, IL.
Editor’s note: Resthave Marketing Director Karla Burn submitted the photo. Garden Plain Rip Snorter’s 4-H group visited Resthave Home, 408 Maple Avenue, Morrison, IL, residents on Saturday, August 5, 2017. The 4-H group brought rabbits and dogs. This provided some great animal therapy to the residents as well as intergenerational […]
Hospice of the Rock River Valley is a partner in the “We Honor Veterans” program. This is in conjunction with the National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization (NHPCO) and the United States Department of Veterans Affairs. “We Honor Veterans” is designed to assist hospices in meeting and understanding the needs […]
Editor’s note: Gary Farral submitted the photos from the 2016 picnic. Have you participated in an Honor Flight to Washington, D. C., to view monuments that honor your military service? You are invited to the annual Honor Flight Picnic. You may invite your Honor Flight Guardian to the picnic. Bring […]
Members of Morrison Rotary Club conducted their bi-annual road clean-up on Wednesday, August 2, 2017. Keep our community a cleaner place were, left-to-right, Rotarians Jim Camp, Mick Welding, Mark Schuler (our fearless leader), Mike Blean, Kevin Schisler, Dr. Bill Bird, Tanner Girard, and Dan Vandermyde. Not pictured, but equally as […]
CGH Medical Center has, 101 E. LeFevre Road, Sterling, IL, been recognized by the QOPI Certification Program (QCP™), an affiliate of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO.) Certification was awarded for successfully completing a three-year certification program. The goal was recertification in outpatient hematology-oncology practices, that meet Nationally recognized […]
Successful futures start here, at Clinton Community College! Register now for Fall classes during Fall Semester 2017. Call 563-244-7001. Monday, August 21–Fall classes begin December 12, 13, 14–Final Exams Friday, December 15–Fall Term ends.
Fulton Summer Nights wraps up the season on Thursday, August 10, 2017, at Den Besten Park in Fulton, IL, by the windmill. The free event is from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. This is a great event to gather the family to enjoy fun, entertainment, and fellowship. If weather is not […]
Neatly arrayed along the 200 block of E. Main Street, Morrison, IL, were 16 brightly polished motorcycles. Thirteen of them lined the south side of the street, three parked on the north. The belonged to a group of riders originating from the Rockford, IL, area who arrived for lunch on […]
The third annual Back to School Bash sponsored by Morrison Chamber of Commerce was held on Saturday, August 5, 2017, from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. The event was on the grounds and inside Morrison Institute of Technology, 701 Portland Avenue, Morrison, IL. There were children’s games and activities, including frosting […]
Watching Joe LaShelle, of Thomson, IL, painting the house of Barry and Julia Schaley, 101 S. Jackson Street, Morrison, IL, was a family affair, a labor of love, and an entertainment. Seated below him, left-to-right, are mother-law Julia Shaley, wife Brenda LaShelle, and father-in-law Barry Shaley. The Shaleys’ son Nick, daughter […]
Marvin E. Hook, 96, of Resthave Home, Morrison, IL, formerly of Fulton, IL, died Saturday, August 5, 2017, at the home. Marvin was born May 7, 1921 in Fulton, to Joseph and Elsie (Borgman) Hook . He attended Fulton schools. He worked at Curtis Company prior to serving in the […]
The Clinton Community College Bickelhaupt Arboretum’s “Arts at the Arb” runs through Saturday, September 30, 2017. During the festival, artist Jean Black will display her unique portraits of area children. Nearly 130 portraits are printed in large format on weatherproof Tyvek and displayed throughout the grounds of the Arboretum, 340 […]