Callie Hamstra is the Morrison Chamber of Commerce’s new director.
The National Weather Service issued a heat advisory for Sunday through at least Wednesday for most of northern Illinois, including Lee, Ogle, and Whiteside counties, although relief appears to be a least a week away.
Two area towns each will receive a Community Development Block Grant from the Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity that will be used “to make critical repairs to water, sewer, and drainage infrastructure,” the governor’s office said in a news release.
Whiteside County has updated and upgraded its website to make it more user-friendly and informative.
Four miles east of Morrison in Whiteside County, will be closed at the Union Pacific Railroad crossing so the railroad can work on the track.
Constituents of State Rep. Bradley Fritts, R-Dixon, still have multiple chances to meet with the legislator in August as he travels throughout District 74 to collect feedback on how he can best help local businesses and residents’ needs.
A Morrison man, also a science teacher at Clinton (Iowa) High School, is accused of sexually abusing a boy in rural Oregon 19 to 20 years ago, when the man was involved with the Boy Scouts.
A 20-year-old former Sterling man was sentenced Thursday in Lee County Court to 2 ½ years of probation, but allowed conditional discharge, for threatening over social media to kill two Reagan Middle School students.
Farmers, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses and private nonprofit organizations hurt by the severe storms, high winds and tornadoes of late March/early April are eligible to apply for federal low-interest loans.