Feuding on county board blocs budget fund transfer clash
Mounting antagonism between Will County Republicans and Democrats intensified as the minority Democrats blocked a routine fund transfer in the county budget. The dispute centers on a proposed board rules change and a series of transfers totaling 133,000 for juvenile care, health insurance funds, and postages. Republicans voted for the measure while most Democrats opposed, highlighting partisan control over financial decisions and potential impact on disability payments and employee checks.
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Camilleroy
Will
Health Department
Ray Wood
Ruth Kennedy
Lyman Tieman
Wood
Wook Kennedy
Kennedy
Filing Opens for School Board Nominations in Local Races
Petition period begins Monday for four November school board elections. Petitions available at district offices and Wil County Clerk through August 29. In Mokena District 189, Ken Lenz and Kay Weidner switch to seek reelection. Dee Walsh and Bill Brown run again. Roy Hopkins not seeking. District 161 Summit Hill incumbents Corrigan Durkee Noble Fitzgerald seek reelection. Farnham and Webster not running. District 1570 petitions include Tortorici Stinnett Kimsey Rafacz Kazmierczyk Ekdahl Rankin Spiess Sanderson Paxinos Renwick Bounds. Art Mark not seeking a new term.
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Wil County
Mokena
Ken Lenz
Kay Weidner
Dee Walsh
Bill Brown
Roy Hopkins
Kenneth Raiser
Karen Danielewicz
Summit Hill District
Roy Corrigan
Cathie Durkee
Sharon Noble
Rick Fitzgerald
Summit Hill
Emma Carlton
Frankfort Square
Teresa Wilke
Tinley Gardens
Lionel Long Jr
Lincoln Estates
Tony ‘Tortorici
Teresa Stinnett
Dennis Kimsey
Michael Rafacz
Frankfort
Tom Kazmierczyk
Prestwick
Carol’ Ekdahl
Brookside Subdivision
Sue Rankin
Carol Spiess
Protests Fly Over County 1983 Assessment Publication Bids
Five county papers won bids to publish Joliet area property assessments totaling 146,687.89 dollars amid protests from officials who argued Joliet Herald News should handle Joliet township notices. Board members debated cost versus readership with county law and library access cited.
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Will County
County Newsapers
Cunty
Star Publications
Frankfort
Russell Publications
Crete
Plainfield Enterprise
Plainfield Township
Ruth Kennedy
Joliet Township
Joliet Herald News
Kennedy
Joliet
Herald News
Lyman Tieman
Tieman
Ambulance Upgrade Debate Faces Funding and Structure
Local officials and business leaders weigh how to improve ambulance service in the Lincoln Way area. Fire Chief Del Yonker opposes volunteer-based EMS, favors a separate ambulance district funded by fees and possible tax subsidies. Estimates suggest startup costs around 175000 with ongoing expenses for maintenance and personnel, while Borg Warner and hospital voices push for faster, community-based response and guaranteed choice in care.
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Karen Haave
Lincoln Way
Fire Department
Mokena
del Yonker
Homer
Yunker
Brummer Division
Borg Warner
Frankfort
Judy Harper
Harper
Otto
Als Harper
Silver Cross Hospital
Keyton Nixon
Moena
New Lenox
Nixon
Tragic Prestwick incident cited in Star piece
Star Publications editor Dennis Wheeler writes a Fatherson letter to his son about youth, tragedy, and mistakes in the Prestwick mobile crash that claimed three Frankfort area teens. Walter Downing recalls pressures at DePaul and moving to Marquette. he mentions Ray Meyer and his Blue Demons link.
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Prestwick
Frankfort Area
Star Publications
Dennis Wheeler
Walter Downing
DePaul
Providence
Marquette
Downing
Blue Demon
Ray Meyer
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Amnerino
Democrats
Egan
Joe Farnham
Bob Webster
Art Mark
District 1570
Billy Briscolino
Jerry Marmozewicz
Judith Bredeweg
Bcause
Mainte
Nance
Rich Anhalt
Emer
Anhalt
Fire Protection District Board of Trustees
Vandenberg
Hhe
Dad
Dave Rudott
Park Forest
Tom Graf
Danny Mack
Bob Savage
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