" Owner/Designer LuEllen Lee will host a Spring Open House for the public, on Saturday morning, March 22, 2025, from 9:00 a.m. to noon. Her attractive florist business offers fresh and and silk arrangements; wall decor; wedding and funeral pieces; concrete memorial items; lanterns, wreaths, and candles; Bad Ass Coffee."
" In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, Monday, March 17, 2025, several food and beverage choices will be offered in Morrison, IL, from east-to-west and north-to-south. Choose corned beef and cabbage meals, reuben sandwiches, desserts, and beverages with a nod to the Irish. Below are 16 options, several of which"
" On Wednesday, March 12, 2025, Congressman Eric Sorensen (IL-17) and Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), Tammy Duckworth (D-IL), and Joni Ernst (R-IA) introduced their bipartisan “Arsenal Workload Sustainment Act,” to help arsenals, like the Rock Island Arsenal, maintain existing union jobs, attract new projects and workers, and"
" The Whiteside Forum will host Ed Britton, U. S. Fish & Wildlife Service Refuge Manager, Savanna District, speaking to the “100th Anniversary of the Upper Mississippi River Fish and Wildlife Refuge,” on Sunday March 23, 2025. Please join us in the Community Room of the Odell Public Library, 307"
" Tony Wright submitted this report and photos of the Junior High State Wrestling competition. It was a great weekend for Morrison Junior High Colts wrestlers! The sextet made the trip to the Northern Illinois University Convocation Center, in Dekalb, IL, for their shots at State glory. The IESA State"
" The Windmill Volunteer Educators at the Windmill Cultural Center in Fulton, IL, invite the public to attend the next program of Wild Winter Wednesday, on March 19, 2025. The Center address is 111 Tenth Avenue in Fulton, IL. Please note: if Riverbend Schools are delayed or cancelled due to"
" Dear Voters of Whiteside County, IL: I am writing to you today [Thursday, March 13, 2025,] to strongly urge your support for the upcoming Public Safety Tax measure. As the Sheriff of Whiteside County, I have witnessed firsthand the growing demands placed on our law enforcement, fire, and emergency"
" It isn’t often Mathematicians and punsters share information; March 14 annually is an opportunity. You might recognize–or vaguely remember–pi from Geometry class, written as the Greek letter. It is aπ estimated number to calculate the “circumference” distance around a circle. Pi is a “ratio” between the unknown circumference size"
" Congressman Eric Sorensen is fighting to protect Americans from the Trump-Musk plan to gut Social Security. Sorensen introduced the “Keeping Our Field Offices Open Act, ” which aims to prevent the closure of critical Social Security field and hearing offices. This bill would ensure continued access to vital services"
" The American Legion was begun immediately after WW I, in 1918. The 6:00 p.m., Monday, March 10, 2025, meeting began at American Legion Post 328, 306 E. Main Street, Morrison, IL, with a small 109th Anniversary party, complete with cake ice cream. Shown below, left-to-right, are 11 Legionnaires with"
" The report was written by Assistant Editor Jerry Lindsey. Editor’s note: During Public Comment, nine-year-old Wren West addressed the members, urging them to repaint faded bicycle route striping on City streets. Sister Gillian, age 12, stood with her at the microphone. Following is the multi-signature petition Wren submitted. Editor’s"
" Editors note: Prior to the meals, praying the Stations of the Cross devotion will take place at 5:00 p.m. Knights of Columbus members will host three, community, Lenten Fish Fridays, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00, at St. Mary Catholic Church, 13320 Garden Plain Road, Morrison, IL. The first date"
" Morrison Athletic Boosters submitted the weekly athletic schedule for the week beginning Monday, March 10, 2025. "
" Editor’s note: Click here to read about the Morrison High School send-off. The Bi-County Bulldogs Basketball team will play their first game on Friday, March 7, 2024, at 9:30 a.m. at Shirk Center, Illinois Wesleyan University, Bloomington, IL. This is the first year competing together for this team. In"
" Ahead of the 60th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday” and the historic Civil Rights March from Selma to Montgomery, AL, Congressman Eric Sorensen joined his House Democratic colleagues, to reintroduce H.R. 14, the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act. The bill would: •restore and modernize the protections of"