The City of Morris uses the sun to cool the beer at the Morris Liquor store. This might sound somewhat impossible but is a fact that the Morris City Council learned at their meeting on March 14. The cooling process is generated by electricity from solar panels on the liquor store roof where the sun …
In another big step toward the new fire hall addition in Hancock, the city council members approved the final plans at their meeting on March 14. The meeting was postponed one day due to the boys basketball game being changed to the same night as the scheduled meeting. City Clerk Jodi Bedel gave an update …
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Last week I took a drive north to Her- man twice, once in late afternoon and then again in early morning. On both occasions I had to dodge animals on the road and it was very unsettling. The late afternoon drive was basically nice as there were lots of pheasants out on the sides of …
A one block section of 1st Street in Morris will be vacated to allow for the construction of a new Emergency Room at Stevens Community Medical Center in Morris. The Morris City Council approved an ordinance allowing for the vacating and also a resolution giving SCMC a Conditional Use Permit to build there. The project …
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A couple of meetings during the months of January and February produced a great deal of information for the Hancock School Board who met on February 27. The first meeting was a retreat for board members and administrators on January 30 and the second was a Professional Learning Community (PLC) meeting for teachers on February …
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The daycare situation in the county was again a topic of discussion for the Stevens County Commissioners at the regular meeting on February 21. County Administrator Rebecca Young reported on the construction progress at the new pods and also presented a request for donations from the Morris Area Child Care Center (MACCC) which is doing …
It was not quite what was predicted but bad enough. The National Weather Service was not too far off when they predicted a massive storm which arrived in two waves. The first wave brought snow starting on Monday February 20 with nearly 3 inches of snow causing schools to let out early. The snow subsided …
The Morris Area School Mock Trial team won their first ever postseason trial recently, qualifying them for the state tournament March 2-3. “One of the students was on the team when the program started 4 years ago,” stated Seth Kelly, coach, “and the majority have never done anything like it before. It’s been a tremendous …
“The time has come” is what Mayor Kevin Wohlers said to the Morris City Council on February 14 at their regular meeting. The ‘time’ he was talking about is the retirement of City Manager Blaine Hill. The council accepted his letter of intent to retire effective June 30. Hill has been the City Manager in …
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The Plaid Pillager Robotics team made a presentation to the Morris Area School Board members at their meeting on January 23. Eric Buchanan, advisor, and senior Elliot Hanson brought in the robot the team of only five members built last year. The robot was created using criteria and guidelines for competition. For that competition, the …
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