Learn “The Power of Mindfulness”

The Morrison Meditation Center, located within the Morrison Family Health Clinic, 635 E. Lincolnway, Morrison, IL, is excited to have the opportunity to offer a new fall curriculum:  “The Power of Mindfulness.”  The series begins Monday, September 8, 2014. Lessons integrate foundations of mindfulness.  They will provide building-blocks necessary to

MHPC Building History #37

The Morrison Historic Preservation Commission (MHPC) has applied to nominate an appropriate portion of the comunity’s commercial district to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places.  With the assistance of our consultants, the MHPC has spent months researching and writing the substance of our application.  In the hopes

MHPC Building History #36

The Morrison Historic Preservation Commission (MHPC) has applied to nominate an appropriate portion of the comunity’s commercial district to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places.  With the assistance of our consultants, the MHPC has spent months researching and writing the substance of our application.  In the hopes

MHPC Building History #35

The Morrison Historic Preservation Commission (MHPC) has applied to nominate an appropriate portion of the comunity’s commercial district to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places.  With the assistance of our consultants, the MHPC has spent months researching and writing the substance of our application.  In the hopes

MHPC Building History #34

The Morrison Historic Preservation Commission (MHPC) has applied to nominate an appropriate portion of the comunity’s commercial district to be listed on the National Register of Historic Places.  With the assistance of our consultants, the MHPC has spent months researching and writing the substance of our application.  In the hopes

As Bad as It Was, It Could Have Been Worse

Many citizens of Morrison, IL, are coping with the aftermath of a severe wind storm of Monday, August 25, 2014. If one could mark on a continuum all the damage that occurred within those few minutes, some might have a change in perspective regarding their situation.  One could also play

Mustangs Take Ice Bucket Challenge

Jamie Rodriguez submitted this article and photographs. The 2014 Mustangs were challenged by Morrison High School Sophomore Nick Kilmson and also by DHCU Community Credit Union to participate in the Ice Bucket Challenge. Above, 18 Mustangs prepare for an icy splash on Friday, August 22, 2014.  Shown in back left-to-right,

Firehouse Ministries Fire Museum Open House

Firehouse Ministries Fire Museum, 403 W. 2nd Street, Rock Falls, IL, will host an Open House on Labor Day, Monday, September 1, 2014.   “We’ll be open from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., offering museum tours, fire truck rides, firefighting fun, inflatables, and fire safety with the Smoke House.  Enjoy

Join Your Friends in the Pool

Morrison Seahorse Swim Club tryouts, for children age 5/Kindergarten and up, will be held at the Morrison High School pool, 643 Genesee Avenue, Morrison, IL.  Choose one of the following times.

MCUD Offers Respite for Families After Storm

In an effort to assist those families still without power from yesterday’s [Monday, August 25, 2014,] storm, Morrison Junior High, 305 E. Winfield Street, Morrison, IL, will be open to the public on Tuesday, August 26….Families may shower, charge cell phones, get a reprieve from the weather, or anything else

Morrison Completes Concussion Course Early

The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) Board of Directors at the IHSA office in Bloomington, IL, on Monday, August 25, 2014, and voted to set deadlines for coaches and administrators to complete the IHSA Concussion Education Course.  This training became mandatory as a part of a new State law earlier

September 2 Agenda: Public Works Committee

The Whiteside County Public Works Committee will hold its meeting on Tuesday, September 2, 2014, at 1:30 p.m., at the Whiteside County Highway Department, 18819 Lincoln Road, Morison, IL.  The Agenda follows. Call to order Routine Business:  (Highway and Landfill)        A.   Monthly Approvals: Items presented for review from August

50-60 MPH Winds Wreck Havoc

Editor’s note: Morrison, IL, residents shared these photographs of storm damage on Facebook. “Whole Gale”-force winds ravished Morrison, IL, the afternoon of Monday, August 25, 2014.  Beginning around 2:00 p.m., winds that were measured at 55 MPH in Fulton, IL, and estimated here to be at 60 MPH, tore down

Sharon Kay Deter (1959 – 2014)

Sharon Kay Deter, 54, of Morrison, IL, died Tuesday, August 26, 2014, at her home. Sharon was born September 13, 1959, in Colorado Springs, CO, to Carroll and Jacqueline (Reynolds) Rasmussen. She attended the Clinton grade schools and graduated from Clinton High School in Clinton, IA. Sharon served in the