Bethesda Blaze Relay For Life Team, along with support from DQ Grill & Chill, will serve breakfast from 7:00 to 10:00 a.m. at DQ Grill & Chill, 200 N. Sawyer Road, Morrison, IL, on Saturday, March 21, 2015. Breakfast choices will include scrambled eggs, pancakes and sausage, biscuits and sausage […]
Girl Scouts of Northern Illinois delighted local girls, with announcement of the highest level reward in the 2015 Girl Scout Cookie Program. Girls would earn a trip for two to Walt Disney World in Orlando, FL! Announced at the beginning of cookie season, the first-time-ever incentive is for girls who […]
For the sixth consecutive year, Ashford University, Clinton, IA, will recognize local educators with two special honors. Teachers can apply for a full scholarship for one of the University’s Master’s level teacher education programs. Ashford is accepting nominations for the Teacher of the Year award. The deadline to apply for […]
Morrison City Council will hold a Special Council Meeting on Wednesday, March 18, 2015, at City Hall, 200 W. Main Street, Morrison, IL, beginning at 6:00 p.m. in the lower-level Boards and Commissions Meeting Room. The agenda follows. Call to Order Roll Call Pledge of Allegiance Public Comment Item for […]
Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White, center, joined Evergreen Park, IL, Mayor Jim Sexton, District #124 Superintendent of Schools Robert Machak, and others in the St. Baldrick’s “Brave the Shave” Chicago, IL, Area Schools Challenge. To support childhood cancer research, White had his head shaved at Southwest Elementary School. The […]
Congresswoman Cheri Bustos announced the 2015 annual Congressional Art Competition. “This event allows high school students from our region and across the Country to showcase their artistic abilities. Any high school student in the 17th District of Illinois is welcome to submit his or her artwork to my office.” “The […]
From Monday, March 23, to Friday, March 27, 2015, Grove Hill Cemetery maintenance staff will remove and discard gravesite decorations, as part of the annual clean-up program at Grove Hill Cemetery, Morrison, IL. Return–or add new– decorations after Friday, March 27.
03-14-15 at 10:10 p.m. Whiteside County Deputies responded to a single-vehicle fatality crash at the intersection of Hahnaman Road and Yorktown Road, rural Prophetstown, IL. A vehicle was traveling westbound on Hahnaman Road when the driver failed to stop for the T-Intersection and impacted the guardrail. After impact with the […]
Karl J. Groenewold, 67, of Morrison, IL, died Sunday, March 15, 2015, at Rockford Memorial Hospital in Rockford, IL. Karl was born December 25, 1947, in Chicago, IL, to John H. and Alice H. (VanderLaan) Groenewold, Sr. He attended Detroit High School in Detroit, MI, and was a graduate of […]
Editor’s note: This article by Chris Tucker was adapted from the “Trailhead” column in the May-June 2014 issue of Scouting magazine. Robert M. Gates stated, “Scouting has been a big part of my family’s life. I have a photograph of my father in a Scout uniform in 1918, when he […]
The Illinois High School Association 3-Point Competition for the class 1A/2A schools was held in Peoria, IL, on Thursday, March 13, and Friday, March 15, 2015, at Peoria’s Carver Arena. Noah Hogue. a Morrison High School Junior, earned the opportunity to shoot in the final four, by making 11-of-15 attempts […]
March 14, 2015, (3/14/15) will take on a significance that is most unusual. Normally, people acknowledge 3/14 as “Pi Day,” because those numbers are the beginning of the irrational number, pi, from the Greek alphabet. Today, at 9:26:53 a.m. and p.m., the date and time will represent the first ten […]
On Monday, March 9, 2015, the City of Morrison Council convened at 7:00 p.m. in the Whiteside County Board Room, 400 N. Cherry Street, Morrison, IL, and adjourned at 7:34. In attendance were Mayor Everett Pannier, City Clerk Melanie Schroeder, City Administrator Barry Dykhuizen; Aldermen Curt Bender, Michael Blean, Scott Connelly, […]
Marketing Director Mick Welding reported on the Friday, March 13, 2015, fundraiser at Morrison Community Hospital, 303 N. Jackson Street, Morrison, IL. “We would like to thank all of our generous basket item donors and those community members and hospital employees who purchased tickets to raise money for Jean Decker […]
The Morrison Historic Preservation Commission (MHPC) has applied to nominate an appropriate portion of the community’s commercial district to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places. With the assistance of our consultants, the MHPC has spent months researching and writing the substance of our application. In the hopes […]