On Monday, July 14, 2025, Illinois Congressman Eric Sorensen, alongside Reps. Luz Rivas, Terri Sewell, Cleo Fields, Shri Thanedar, Summer Lee, and Sarah McBride introduced the STEM Pathways for the Future Act. This bill is aimed at growing the future STEM...
Editor’s note: Journalist Sarah Ford (AroundPtown.com) wrote this feature and supplied all photographs, except the first. Karla Burn submitted that picture of the Thursday, July 3, 2025, Chamber of Commerce Ribbon Cutting. The City of Morrison and...
By Jerry Lindsey, Assistant Editor. The Illinois Department of Transportation introduced the proposed enhancements to Illinois Route 30 through Morrison, on Wednesday, July 16, 2025. The Open House held in Odell Public Library exposed plans for the...
By Jerry Lindsey, Assistant Editor. The Monday, July 14, 2025, edition of the Morrison City Council convened without Councilman Kevin Bruckner in attendance. LuEllen Lee, local business owner located on E. Main Street, addressed the Council with concerns that...
On April 24, 2023, the City Council took action to support and direct its City Administrator to request [that] IDOT (Region 2) immediately reconsider U. S. Route 30 Improvements/Reconstruction in Morrison, IL. Since then, the City Administrator has worked with...
