Morrison News

Market Street in Morrison is shown here. The city is working to have the downtown district – Main Street from Orange Street to Madison Street – placed on the National Register of Historic Places.

MORRISON – Because the court had failed to handle a request for a mental evaluation, a judge refused today to sentence a Rock Falls man who had pleaded guilty to killing a pedestrian while driving drunk.

Newly seated Mayor Everett Pannier, after a brief closed session at the end of a relatively short City Council meeting, announced Monday that he would not renew the city administrator's contract.

Players to watch: Morgan Adolph, Milledgeville 3b/p; Sophie Brunner, Aquin; Emily Bush, Milledgeville p; Kristi Ebbers, Dakota c; Ashley Napean, Eastland p; Meghan Stichter, Pearl City ss Outlook: The NUIC East champion Missiles, hoping to return to state, split their regular-season series with the Dakota Indians.

But his role goes beyond the legal realm. He performs bookkeeping tasks, drafts the budget, and prepares the monthly minutes for airport board meetings.

The course will be offered from 9 to 11 a.m. Thursdays, June 6, 13, 20, and 27, at the Whiteside County Farm Bureau Building, 100 E. Knox St.

Sandra Hamm of rural Morrison has been watching some of what she said is the richest farmland in the United States being destroyed by the removal of peat to be sold and used for gardening.

It's a sweet reward for staying safe. Starting Friday through the summer, anytime a Morrison Illinois Police Officer sees a child between the ages of 3 and 16 riding their bikes with a helmet on, the officer will reward the child with a coupon for free ice cream from Dairy Queen.

In March, voters gave the city the power to negotiate for lower rates, which they had twice before rejected.

The six-generation Abbott Farm in Morrison is the subject of a short documentary that recently won a Silver Eddy Award for Documentary Film in the Professional Division at the 2013 Cedar Rapids Independent Film Festival.

Dorothy L. Morrison, 92, of Peru, formerly of Arkansas, passed away Sunday, May 5, at 11:18 p.m. at her daughter's home in Peru.

Unity Christian senior Garith Shinkle and junior Kyra Archer work on art pieces in class Monday morning.

The proposed 1 percent sales tax to fund public school facilities gained approval from voters in just a quarter of the precincts in Whiteside County, but school officials are not discouraged.

MORRISON – The trial of Theresa A. Ruf, charged with reckless homicide and failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident in the death of a Sterling motorcyclist, was reset for July 9 Wednesday in Whiteside County Court.

The Rock Island Economic Growth Corp., or GROWTH, this week received $660,000 for its HOME Purchase and Renovation Program through the Illinois Housing Development Authority.

MORRISON – The Morrison School District is hosting a “Spring into the Arts” fine arts weekend May 3-5. The fun begins with the musical “You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown,” which will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday at Morrison High School, 643 Genesee Ave.

MORRISON – A Sterling man with a history of felony burglaries was sentenced Wednesday in Whiteside County Court to 13 years in prison for stealing scrap metal.

MORRISON – Twice-convicted killer Nicholas Sheley got his wish: His next murder trial is being moved out of Whiteside County.