A welcome sign of Spring’s approach is Daylight Saving Time, which begins Sunday, March 12, 2017. Reset all time pieces and appliances ahead one hour on Saturday evening, March 11, or on Sunday. Don’t forget vehicle clocks and watches not currently worn. Smartphones will adjust themselves while you sleep.
The Illinois Department of Transportation announces that Garden Plain Road, approximately one-half mile west of Morrison, IL, will be closed to all through traffic from Tuesday, March 7, through Friday, March 10, 2017. The closure will allow the Union Pacific Railroad to perform needed maintenance.
Mother Nature does not appear car wash friendly for Saturday, February 25, 2017. Stay tuned for a new date.
Beginning today, Saturday, February 18, 2017, Morrison Friends Food Pantry will be open one extra day per month. This will be the third Saturday of each month. Hours are 9:00 to 11:00 a.m.
February 7, 2017, marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of Laura Ingalls Wilder. In 1867, she was born in a little cabin in the Big Woods of Wisconsin, near Pepin. She died three days after her 90th birthday, on February 10, 1957, having established a literary legacy through her
Gregg Dolan stated, “Byron High School is changing the time and location of the Boy’s Conference Swim, meet due to a malfunction of their pool heater. The swim meet on Saturday, February 4, 2017, has been moved to Rockford Boylan, with a 3:00 p.m. start time for diving and a
The Saturday, February 4, 2017, Morrison High School Girls Basketball game, with Annawan/Weathersfield, has been moved to a 3:30 p.m. start time.
Today, Thursday, January 26, 2017, the State-qualifying MHS Pons team departs for Springfield, IL, competitions. Family, friends, and supporters are urged to meet at the Morrison High School parking lot, 643 Genesee Avenue, Morrison, IL, after school. Give a supportive send-off to these athletes. They will leave at 3:30 p.m.
Due to extremely low temperatures forecast for tomorrow, Morrison Community Unit District #6 Schools will be delayed for two hours, on Thursday, December 15, 2016. There will be no morning preschool classes.
The basketball game between the Morrison Mustangs and the Prophetstown Prophets scheduled for Friday, December 2, 2016, at Morrison High School has been changed to Friday, December 9. Start time is 6:00 p.m. This game includes free admission for all age students, sponsored by Farmers National Bank, and the “Chuck A
Gegg Dolan writes, “The Morrison home Boys Basketball game against Prophetstown has been adjusted from Friday, December 2, to Friday, December 9. It will start at 6:00 p.m.”
On Tuesday morning, November 15, 2016, until approximately noon, N. Orange Street from Prospect to N Genesee Street, will be closed for tree trimming.
Daylight Saving Time ends in the wee hours of Sunday, November 6, 2016. You could set back clocks, apppliances, watches, and your vehicle clocks late on Saturday, November 5. Your smartphone and computer will do this without your help. Imagine resetting this astronomical clock in Prague.
The Editor will be touring Ireland during the next two weeks. The office will be closed, and phone messages will not be retrieved. Please continue to send emails as before. Derek Montague will handle Obituary notices and some articles remotely. Press releases may still be slipped under the office door,
Gregg Dolan stated, “The T-Shirts for Cancer ordered for the Orion football game on Friday, October 7, 2016, arrived at Orion, IL, yesterday afternoon. The Orion boosters will have a stand set up for our orders to be picked up at the game. I apologize for any confusion. There was