1375 residents of the City of Morrison, IL, experienced an electrical power outage just before 11:00 a.m., on Tuesday, January 3, 2016. Police and City email alerts indicated the possible cause was “due possibly to a motor vehicle crash southeast of Morrison. It is unknown at this time [11:09] when
Insert the following upcoming Odell Public Library programs into your 2017 calendars. The location is 307 S. Madison Street, Morrison, IL. There is no charge for either. Details will be published as the dates near. Thursday, January 19, from 6:00 to 7:45 p.m., “Coloring for Adults” with music, cookies, and
Morrison Postmaster Bill Borum reports street deliveries in the month of December 2016 by employees of the Morrison Post Office. This includes all of Erie, Prophetstown, Lyndon, Fenton, and Morrison, IL. Brought to area homes and businesses were 1476 feet of letters–almost five football fields in length 285 feet of
On Monday, December 19, 2016, four members of The American Legion Post #328 in Morrison, IL, delivered Christmas gifts to infirm veterans of the three Morrison nursing homes. The visits were part of the Gifts to the Yanks program (http://giftstotheyanks.org/.) Recipients need not be a Legionnaire. Twenty-four gift packages were
Morrison Community Hospital will host a community blood drive from 1:30 p.m. till 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 11, 2017. The blood drive will be held on the Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center (MVRBC) Donor Bus parked in front of the hospital. MVRBC is the exclusive provider of blood products
John Koeppen, originally from McHenry, IL, has been named Student of the Month for November 2016, at Morrison Institute of Technology for making a positive impact on the college. Koeppen, a second-year student in Morrison Tech’s mechanical program, is the son of Bob Koeppen and Jennifer Greske, both of McHenry.
Kaywyn J. Beswick, R.N./Morrison ARC Blood Drive Coordinator, submitted this report. The 6th and last Morrison American Red Cross Blood Drive of 2016 was held on Thursday, November 17, at Morrison United Methodist Church. We cannot begin to thank the Methodists enough for allowing us to host our drives in
Each January, Morrison Chamber of Commerce holds its Annual Meeting, with the desire to raise awareness of the Chamber’s efforts and celebrate good things going on in our Community. That community is cordially invited to share in the celebration and review, on Thursday, January 26, 2017. A networking event that
You are invited to breakfast with the Morrison High School Pons Squad, on Saturday, December 17, 2016, The girls will serve pancakes, eggs, sausage, coffee, juice, and milk, in the City of Morrison Community Room, Odell Public Library, 307 S. Madison Street, Morrison, IL. Come for breakfast, brunch, or lunch,
The Sunday, January 8, 2017, meeting of the Sterling-Rock Falls Historical Society will feature historian and actress Leslie Goddard. She brings a program about Amelia Earhart, the pioneering woman aviator, who flew across the Atlantic Ocean in 1932 and who attempted to fly around the world at the Equator in
The Illinois Department of Transportation announces that IL Route 78 (Cherry Street) in Morrison, IL, will be closed to all through traffic from Tuesday, December 20, through Thursday, December 22, 2016. The closure will allow the Union Pacific (UP) Railroad to perform emergency maintenance to their at-grade crossing, located between
Editor’s note: This article is reprinted from the Quad-City Times dated Saturday, December 10, 2016. Trish Joyce has been appointed as a Resident Circuit Judge for Whiteside County[, IL,] in the 14th Judicial Circuit, filling a vacancy created by the retirement of Judge John L. Hauptman[, of Morrison, IL]. She
Nine gymnasts finalized practice on Thursday, December 8, 2016, with a sense of pride, accomplishment, and anticipation. The Level 3 and Level 4 girls qualified to compete in the Junior Olympic Compulsory State Competition, at Waterloo, IA, Saturday, December 10, through Sunday, December 11. They train at Fitnastics, 1201 S.
Twenty-one international guests arrived in Morrison, IL, Wednesday evening, November 23, 2016, after their departure from the International House, at the University of Chicago. Thirteen families hosted this year: Chad and Lisa Abell; Jim and Heather Coyle; Jim and Janet Fisher; Steve and Carol Hollister; Kent and Spring Klima; Kenneth
Christmas is just over two weeks away, and some Morrison, IL, children have not written their letter to Santa Claus, as of Friday, December 9, 2015. The United States Postal Service urges children (or their adult helpers) to submit a letter. A hand-written reply will arrive in a