Due to anticipated temperatures in the mid-90’s on Monday, August 26, 2013, Morrison Community Unit #6 School District will dismiss students two hours early. Northside will dismiss at 12:55 p.m. All other buildiings will let out at 1:05. There will be NO AFTERNOON PRESCHOOL classes today.
Nursery rhymes are more instructive than many people are willing to acknowledge, although I don’t know if today’s generation is all that familiar with them. So, I will include this one: “Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall; Humpty Dumpty had a great fall. All the king’s horses and all the […]
A popular event at the Whiteside County Fair is the Antique Tractor Parade before the grandstand. Friday, August 16, 2013, continued the tradition. On Monday, August 12, many exhibitors were part of a caravan that covered miles of country roads, during the 5th Annual Whiteside County Farm Bureau Antique Tractor […]
Rotary helps those who help the less fortunate. They proved it again on Thursday, August 22, 2013. With a matching grant from Rotary International, Morrison[, IL,] Rotary was able to purchase a laptop with several programs, printer, wireless router, ink, and paper for the Morrison Friends Food Pantry. No more […]
Today’s fast-paced lifestyle offers many options for an individual or family to spend on Saturday. You can focus on music and perhaps take in a concert or listen to some itunes. You can focus on art and visit a museum or theatre. You can travel to find the best food […]
Todd Mickley submitted the following results from the 143rd Whiteside County Fair in the Open Culinary, Junior and Open Beef, and Open Sheep Departments; the Tractor & Truck Pull;Elections; Tuesday and Saturday Kids Tractor Pedal Pulls; Horseshoe Tournament. All towns are assumed to be in Illinois unless noted. 13-22 / […]
David L. Meiners, 66, of 15065 Schipper Lane, Morrison, IL, died Sunday, August 25, 2013, at his home. Dave was born April 25, 1947, in Sterling, IL, to Karl H. and Clara E. (Farwell) Meiners. He was a graduate of Sterling High School. Dave was employed by General Electric in […]
On Monday, August 26, 2013, the City of Morrison Council Meeting will convene at 7:00 p.m.in the Whiteside County Board Room, 400 N. Cherry Street, Morrison, IL. The Agenda follows. Call To Order Roll Call Pledge of Allegiance Public Comment Reports of City Officers Reports of Department Heads The Consent […]
08/23/13 10:34 a.m. Brandon L. Abell, 24, of Tampico, IL, during a traffic stop on U. S. Route 30 and Lyndon Road, was arrested on a Whiteside County warrant for Driving while License Suspended and ticketed for Improper Lane Usage and No Insurance. He was taken to the Whiteside County […]
Spectator Guidelines for Football Games The Morrison High School Administration wishes to remind the spectators attending the Morrison football games of some of the expectations that accompany your attendance. 1) All non-high school students MUST be accompanied by an adult 2) Once a student enters, departure and re-entry MUST be made […]
The award for “Largest Gathering at a Morrison Chamber of Commerce Ribbon Cutting” goes to Optometrist Bradley R. Yaklich and wife Elizabeth, owners of Vision Source. On Thursday, August 22, 2013, 45 people attended the noon Grand Opening of their newly-remodeled location–626 E. Lincolnway, Morrison, IL. Amanda Cook recorded the […]
Morrison Police Chief Brian Melton reports the following arrests made and citations issued since Friday, August 16, 2013. The following Arrests are reported. On Wednesday, August 21, 2013, at approximately 8:15 p.m., Morrison Police conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle driven by Dillon D. Schurke, age 21 of Morrison, […]
Whiteside County Sheriff’s Office is currently investigating two separate burglaries which occurred during the last couple of weeks. We are asking the public for any information regarding these burglaries. The first burglary took place sometime around Monday, August 5, 2013, at a residence in rural Sterling, IL, in which a construction […]
Whiteside County Health Department’s “West Nile Virus Surveillance and Prevention” program staff has been collecting and testing mosquitoes for the presence of West Nile virus, since the middle of June 2013. They collect culex mosquitoes, which are the primary vector for transmission of the virus, from heavily populated areas of […]
Lois Langley, 78, died Friday August 23, 2013, at home, after a two year battle with ovarian cancer. Lois was born September 24, 1934, in Dixon, IL, the daughter of LeRoy and Naomi (Alter) LeFevre. She married Charles Verne Langley on August 1, 1953. She attended Mound Grade School, and […]