Nominate Christmas Parade Grand Marshall

The Morrison Chamber of Commerce Christmas Parade Committee is seeking nominations for the Grand Marshal for this year’s event.   The parade and festivities take place on Saturday, December 3, 2016. Nominations will be accepted until Tuesday, November...

2016 Whiteside 4–H Show Winners

Editor’s note:  This article was inadvertently stored as “unpublished” when it was created this summer.  The Editor apologizes for the lateness of sharing the impressive results of these youth.  The 2016 Whiteside County 4-H Show was...

Winners of Crime Stoppers Board Raffle

In mid-August, a draw-down raffle was begun to benefit Whiteside County Crime Stoppers.  Sheriff Kelly Wilhelmi explained, “We will sell only 100 tickets at $50 each and pay out ten places, for a total of $2500.  The ten places are as follows: ...

Mussels, Moonshine, Music: Mississippi Valley Migrants

In an almost forgotton time, the Midwest and upper South were home to thousands of Americans, such as sharecroppers, fishermen, mussel shellers, button cutters, traveling minstrels, and even moonshiners.  These people lived and worked along on the rivers. Work...

Golfers Donate to April House

Donald “Pood” King, on the left, Howard “Howdy” Mills, on the right, presented Whiteside County Sheriff Kelly Wilhemi with a $1000 check, on Friday, September 30, 2016.  They met at April House Children’s Advocacy Center, 501 N....