Teens: Are You Looking for a Career in Food Service?

  High school students, are you looking for a career in food service?  Do you want to earn higher wages?  Youths aged 14-to-18 should register for the upcoming 4-H ServSafe Manager Certification Course, sponsored by University of Illinois Extension.  Sessions will be held Tuesday and Wednesday, April 14 and 15,

Easter Bunny Arrives at Kiwanis Park

  Assistant Editor Jerry Lindsey wrote this report and photographed the Easter Bunny.  Key Club Advisor Brian Bartoz submitted the other pictures.  Click the link to read Bartoz’s feature about Key Club highschoolers and adults who packed 1400 plastic eggs. Anxious youngsters started arriving at Morrison, IL, Kiwanis Park, in

CGH Career Fair:  Explore Your Future in Healthcare March 31

  Are you looking for a rewarding career, where your work truly makes a difference?  Join us at the upcoming “CGH Career Fair,” on Tuesday, March 31, 2026, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.  It will be held at the Post House Ballroom, 100 W. Second Street, Dixon, IL.   Come discover

2026 Morrison Easter Egg Hunts

  The following service organization and residential care facilities in Morrison, IL, invite families to attend 2026 Easter Egg Hunts.  Bring a container for each child and a means to photograph the fun. SATURDAY, MARCH 28 Kiwanis Club/MHS Key Club will hold their Annual Easter Egg Hunt at Kiwanis Park,

March 27 Knights of Columbus Fish Fry #3

Editors note:  Prior to the meal, praying the Stations of the Cross devotion will take place at 4:00 p.m. Knights of Columbus members will host their final, community, Lenten Fish Fry, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00, at St. Mary Catholic Church, 13320 Garden Plain Road, Morrison, IL.  The date is

Habben Silent Art Auction to Fund Ebenezer Organ

  Ebenezer Reformed Church, 309 E. Park Street, Morrison, IL, will host a Silent Art Auction, showcasing paintings by local artist Duane “Barney” Habben. All profits will go into the “Church Organ Fund.” The Opening Show is Saturday, March 21, from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m.  View the collection and place

Last Winter Day, Third Thursday, at The Loft on Main

  The spring, vernal equinox arrives at 9:46 a.m., on Friday, March 20, 2026.  There will be a nearly equal amount of daylight and darkness, at all latitudes of our planet.  The Northern Lights will become visible soon. Celebrate the last day of winter on March 19, during Third Thursday

Albany Potato Bar Event Moved to March 20

  Due to winter storm conditions, Albany United Methodist Church has amended the date of their Community Baked Potato Bar, to Friday, March 20, 2026.  Other details below remain as posted in the original press release.

Select Seeds Now to Plant in the Spring

  Ironically, as a major winter storm and blizzard conditions are poised to strike Morrison, IL, tonight, Sunday, March 15, 2026, and into Monday, March 16, the Editor took this photograph at Sullivan’s Foods. Colorful seed packets encourage us to consider spring plantings.  It is a show of faith to

March 15 Snow Storm Update

  The National Weather Service has updated the seriousness of approaching storm conditions, this evening, on Sunday, March 15, 2026, for northwest Illinois.  Difficult travel conditions are expected.  Travel should be restricted to emergencies only. What has changed?  Snow transition time has sped up.  Snow amounts have increased by one-to-three

Celebrate Pi(e) Day at Odell Public Library March 14

  Journey to Pi(e) Island with Odell Public Library on Saturday, March 14, 2026, from 1:00 to 3:14 p.m., to celebrate “Pi Day!”  March 14 is celebrated as “Pi Day,” because 3.14 are the first digits of the mathematical constant pi.  The date March 14 can be written as 3/14,

March 22 “The Folksongs of Woody Guthrie”

  The Whiteside Forum will host Bucky Halker and his presentation of “This Land is Your Land:  The Folksongs of Woody Guthrie,” on Sunday, March 22, 2026, at 2:00 p.m.  Clark “Bucky” Halker is an American academic, music historian, labor activist, singer, and songwriter who specializes in American folk music. 

March 13 Knights of Columbus Fish Fry #1

  Editors note:  Prior to the meals, praying the Stations of the Cross devotion will take place at 4:00 p.m. Knights of Columbus members will host three, community, Lenten Fish Fridays, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00, at St. Mary Catholic Church, 13320 Garden Plain Road, Morrison, IL.  The first date

Emmanuel Church “Voices of Praise” Easter Concerts

  Rich Criss supplied the practice photos. The Emmanuel Church Morrison’s “Voices of Praise” cordially invites the area to celebrate with them, as they present EVOP’s 18th annual Easter concerts, “The Lamb Has Overcome!”  They will be presented in three services, Friday and Sunday evenings, March 27 and 29, 2026,