Editor’s note: Whiteside News-Sentinel Editor Jerry Lindsey submitted this interview with Morrisoon Community Hospital CEO Pam Pfister, regarding the eventual closing of Four Seasons Living Center. Dale Carnegie is quoted as saying “…when dealing with people remember that you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but creatures of emotion.” […]
Lola Alice Lange, 98, of Resthave Home, Morrison, IL, died Saturday, July 19, 2014, at the Home. Lola was born August 22, 1915, in Camanche, IA, to Robert and Emily (Johnson)(Engelking) Harman. She was educated in the rural Clinton County grade schools and graduated from Clinton High School in 1934. […]
Timber Lake Playhouse (TLP), 8215 Black Oak Road, Mount Carroll, IL, presents the side-splitting comedy “Rumors” Thursday, July 17, through Saturday, July 26, 2014. It stars ten performers who have quickly become some of the area’s favorite comedic actors. “Rumors” performs evenings at 7:30 p.m., and there are 2:00 p.m. […]
Thecity1.com will be closed on Friday, July 18, 2014. Emails will be retrieved off-site, however. Kindly slide press releases under the office door.
Morrison Police Chief Brian Melton reports the following Arrests made and Citations issued since Thursday, July 3, 2014. Arrests: No arrests are reported. Citations: The following Citations were issued. Date Name Age Address Violation Cited 07-05-14 Breanna L. Greene 18 Clinton, IA Speeding 07-07-14 Roseanna M. Trevino 58 Morrison, IL […]
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 […]
The Children’s Theatre Series at the Clinton Area Showboat Theatre (CAST) will produce the second show of the series, “The Beginning of the Armadillo,” on Saturday, August 2, 2014, at noon. This charming musical, written by Bill Kincaid of Macomb, IL, brings the Rudyard Kipling story to life. Tickets are […]
The Golden Key International Honour Society chapter at Ashford University has been named a winner of the 2014 Key Chapter Award. Only 23 chapters received Key Chapter Awards. Gema Delgado, President of the Ashford Golden Key chapter, and three other Ashford students will represent the chapter at the Golden Key […]
Blackhawk Hills Regional Council, northwest Illinois’ economic development district and regional planning commission, presents “Energizing Tomorrow’s Economy.” This regional development summit, with its unique blend of speakers and vendors, will be held at the picturesque Lake Carroll Clubhouse, 29-11 Ironwood Boulevard, Lake Carroll, IL, on Friday, August 15, 2014. We encourage […]
Dear Editor: Hospice of the Rock River Valley, a United Way agency, would like to acknowledge and thank everyone who organized, helped, participated, and donated to the Schreiner Golf Outing on Saturday, June 14, 2014. For the fourth year, HRRV was chosen as the recipient of the proceeds raised from […]
Many enjoy a leisurely bicycle ride around town or across country. Others ride to and from work. Serious oficianados spend a week riding across Iowa in the Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa–RAGBRAI–to be held Sunday, July 20, through Saturday, July 26, 2014. This is a trek of 418 […]
Remember last year’s summer and fall drought? Remember grumbling about the long, cold winter we experienced after? Have you noticed there are very few Japanese beetles ravaging your 2014 growing things? The two are connected. University of Illinois Entomologist Phil Nixon predicted this would occur. He estimated 2/3 of the […]
Kevin Dykema, 56, of Camanche, IA, passed away Monday, July 14, 2014, at his home. Kevin was born September 10, 1957, in Monterey, CA, the son of Arthur and Jacqueline (Long) Dykema. Kevin was united in marriage to Laurel Barker on July 2, 1977, in Morrison, IL. Laurel would later […]
Jack W. James, 86 formerly of Erie, IL, died Sunday, July 13, 2014, at Resthave Retirement and Nursing Home, Morrison, IL. Mr. James was born March 1, 1928. in Fenton Township, IL, the son of Harry and Ruby Mickle James. He married Viola Frohling on December 6, 1947, in Erie. […]
An early rain kept many visitors from the Morrison Farmer’s Market on Saturday, July 12, 2014, but others arrived when the weather cleared. Visit “The Best Little Farmers’ Market in Northwestern Illinois” rain or shine each Saturday, in the parking lot behind the Whiteside Court Sevices building, beside Morrison’s Heritage […]