Morrison News

MORRISON – A Whiteside County grand jury Wednesday handed down a murder indictment against two men in the beating death of a 54-year-old Sterling man in late June.

Legacy, a Christian rock and worship band based out of Fulton, will be in concert at Ebenezer Reformed Church, 309 E. Park St., parking lot at 7 p.m. July 12.

Everybody has an opinion about the weather, but Tim Gravert may be a bit more qualified than others to give one.

MORRISON – A 19-year-old Morrison resident was killed early Sunday in a one-car crash west of the city.

When a fire broke out at Fulton Elementary School last week, there was no doubt that it was a scary situation.

MORRISON – The pleadings of nearly 50 residents and local business owners failed to sway the City Council, which voted unanimously Monday to shoulder the cost of restoring the collapsed building at 101 E. Main St.

ROCK FALLS – A group of Whiteside County and area residents is looking for volunteers to help honor World War II veterans with a trip to memorials in Washington, D.C. The Whiteside County Veterans Honor Flight program came together after several local vets were treated to Honor Flights though the organization's hub in the Quad Cities.

Cows on the farm of Lynn and Deon Stoecker stand in front of their former home, a more thn 100-year-old bard, that collapsed under the strain of Friday night's violent thunderstorms.

Dixon Police Stephen A. Hoople, 19, of Dixon; 7:15 p.m. Wednesday in the 200 block of South Hennepin Avenue; public indecency; released to Lee County Sheriff Department pending additional charges.

MORRISON – The brother of spree-killing defendant Nicholas T. Sheley will be the first person to go to trial in connection with the death of a 93-year-old Sterling man, a Whiteside County judge decided Wednesday.

MORRISON – A Rock Falls man told investigators that he robbed a Sterling gas station in February because he was in debt to a drug dealer who threatened to harm his girlfriend if he didn't come up with the money, a police officer testified.

MORRISON – A Sterling man charged with stabbing a then-17-year-old Sterling youth in August pleaded guilty Monday and was sentenced to 30 months' probation and 180 days in jail.

MORRISON – After nearly a year of legal wrangling and hard feelings, the city has a $360,000 plan to restore the rubble at 101 E. Main St.

A truck pulls into the drive of Prairie Hill Landfill off state Route 30 near Morrison.

MORRISON – Bond was set at $1 million Tuesday for a Rock Falls man charged with breaking into a house in Sterling Monday night with two friends, shooting a man in the forehead with a BB gun then fleeing with an undisclosed amount of cash.

Larry Foreman, 76, of Fulton, certainly enjoys creating the unique. "I do things that are unusual, not like everybody else," said Foreman.

Pictured are Thomas Schlafer, Lexi Tichler, Gracen Harmon and Emily Szabo, winners of the Morrison Community Hosptial coloring contest.

Dave Stedman got into trouble when he tried to make his first candle at age 10; he spilled wax all over the kitchen.

MORRISON – DNA from the wife of murder defendant Nicholas T. Sheley was found in the truck of a Galesburg man he's charged with killing, Whiteside County State's Attorney Gary Spencer revealed Monday.

Dave Stedman got into trouble when he tried to make his first candle at age 10; he spilled wax all over the kitchen.