Letter from Risha Fennell

Dear Editor: After careful consideration of her qualifications and the responses she offered at her hearing, I’ve decided I must oppose Betsy DeVos for Secretary of Education. I cannot support an Education nominee who has expressed plans to put Americans’...
New Physician at Northern Illinois Cancer Treatment Center

New Physician at Northern Illinois Cancer Treatment Center

Northern Illinois Cancer Treatment Center (NICTC) is pleased to welcome Edward Miles, M.D., left, to their outstanding medical staff. Dr. Miles is a Radiation Oncologist residency trained at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, NC.  He received his Doctor of...
Give the Pons a State Send-Off January 26

Give the Pons a State Send-Off January 26

Coach Jill Beswick submitted this information and photos. On Saturday, January 14, 2017, the Morrison High School Pons traveled to Bureau Valley High School for an Illinois Drill Team Association (IDTA) competition. They not only received a qualifying score for State,...
Cottonwood 4-H Club Project Day

Cottonwood 4-H Club Project Day

Katie Eggemeyer, Cottonwood 4-H Club Reporter, wrote this club meeting report. The Cottonwood 4-H Club met at St. Peter Evangelical Lutheran Church, 601 N. Jackson Street, Morrison, IL, on Saturday, January 14, 2017.  Four members presented in their project...

Affordable Care Act Benefits Rural Patients

Editor’s note:  Risha Raven, MD, submitted this essay.  Dr. Raven works at Morrison Community Hospital. Dear Editor: Nearly 60 million U. S. citizens are estimated to live in rural areas–myself included. We have higher rates of chronic medical...