Simpsons Donate Electronics to Library

Dr. William and Deanna Simpson gifted Odell Public Library, 307 S. Madison Street, Morrison, IL, with a 70-inch television.  The local dentist is shown beside the large flatscreen.  The new TV, with accompanying sound system and Blu Ray DVD player, will be...

Junior Girl Scouts Aid Odell Program

Junior Girl Scout Troop #5294 earned the “Investigate, Innovate, Energize” patch with a clever service project to benefit Odell Public Library’s summer reading program.  At 6:30 p.m., on Monday, May 12, 2014, the eight members set to work...

Luke Albrecht Receives Golden Apple Award

On Wednesday, May 7, 2014, Golden Apple, a leader in advancing the teaching profession in Illinois for 29 years, proudly announced the first recipients for the 2014 Golden Apple Award for Excellence in Teaching.  The 2014 honorees, selected from a pool of 620...

In Memorium: Anne Petersen

We thought of you with love todayBut that is nothing newWe thought about you yesterdayAnd will tomorrow, too.We think of you in silenceAnd make no outward showFor what it meant to lose youOnly those who love you know.Remembering you is easyWe do it every day…God has...

Letter from Sharon Deter

On Friday, April 25, 2014, a benefit at Morrison Community Hospital was given to help support me and my family financially, for the cancer treatments and doctor visits I have needed since November 8, 2012. Th[at wa]s the first time that Russ and I heard that I had...