Creative Wolfe Makes “Rebart”

The Whiteside County Fair opened on Tuesday, August 18, 2025, with overcast skies that turned into a downpour and tornado watch by evening.  Earlier, at the west end of the Blue Building, a garden of handcrafted steel rebar flowers, snails, butterflys, and...

Jacklyn Hanson Knows Rabbits

One appealing location on the Whiteside County Fairgrounds, 201 W. Winfield Street, Morrison, IL, is the Rabbit Barn, with its range of adorable fur bearers.  Judging took place at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday, August 18, 2015.  There are more than 48 breeds, and...

Atherton Brothers Share Their 80th Birthday

Robert L. Atherton, left, of Morrison, IL, and Richard L. Atherton, of Thomson, IL, were born to Merle and Ihla Atherton on July 10, 1935, in Thomson.  They have shared a natal day for 80 years.  As children they are reported to have switched places...

Gene Ryan Raises the Roof

For a second consecutive year, severe winds wreaked havoc in Whiteside County including Morrison, IL, in the early evening of Monday, June 22, 2015.  Tree destruction was extensive in some areas, causing structural damage to some residences.  Repairs and...

Barnabas Support Group Aids Relay For Life

Relay For Life of Whiteside County fund raising goes on year round as shown here.  The “Barnabas Support Group” team was seen on Saturday morning, August 8, 2015, cooking food at the corner of Lincolnway and Cherry Street in Morrison, IL. ...