Morris district acts to curb Edison valuation shift
Morris Grade School District 54 plans to join Grundy County in opposing Commonwealth Edison request to drastically reduce Collin's Station assessed value from 156 million to 38 million. Superintendent H Dale Barr notes Edison’s assertion hinges on personal property tax removal and considers outside reappraisal or legal help.
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Morris
Grundy County
Commonwealth Edison
Collin’s
H. Dale Barr
Edison
Barr
Cloudy with Showers and Thunderstorms Expected Today
A forecast calls for cloudy skies with occasional showers and thunderstorms today, warming to lows in the low 40s and highs in the low to mid 40s. Rain and thunderstorms likely Thursday. At Dresden Lock and Dam, Tuesday high 48, low 30, 7 am 36. Precipitation measured at 50 inches. Downtown Morris records 10:05 am temperature at 41 degrees.
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Dresden Lock and Dam
Morris
Gardner-South Wilmington voters choose three in district race
Gardner South Wilmington High School District residents vote Saturday to fill three seats due to April elections. Braceville area voters cast ballots at Braceville Elementary, Gardner area at the high school, and South Wilmington residents at the village hall. Candidates include Elaine Eberhart, E Sam Bates, and incumbent Mike Daniels. polls run noon to 7 p.m.
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Gardner-South Wilmington
Braceville
Gardner Area
Gardner-South Wilmington High School
South Wilmington
Elaine Eberhart
Citizens Advisory Council
Gardner-South
Mike Daniels
Gardner-South Wilmington Board of Education
Prohibition on Cycling on Liberty Street In Morris
Morris police remind residents that cycling on Liberty Street between Jackson and Washington is illegal. First offense yields a warning, repeated violations lead to bicycle confiscation under city ordinance.
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Morris
Liberty St
Jackson
Washington St
Nine Candidates Run For Joliet Junior College Board
Nine candidates appear on the Joliet Junior College Board of Trustees ballot for three open seats in the District 525 election. Incumbents Charles Schoenknecht and A. A. Fizz Wills contend with Louis Korilko Jr., Paul B. Nelson, Perry Rudman, Louis Bruck, Scott Reiter, Lawrence Zeeb, and Robert Kiep. Student representative Joyce Heap, elected with 342 votes, will take seat along with the new trustees at the April 23 meeting.
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Joliet Junior College Board of Trustees
Illinois Community College
Louis Korilko Jr
Minooka
Paul B. Nelson
Morris
Perry Rudman
Wilmington
Louis Bruck
Plainfield
Scott M. Reiter
Jolie
Robert Schreiber
Lockport
Georgia Mitchell
Bolingbrook
Jim Davis
Heap
Yorkville High School
JJC
Board of Trustees
Veterans tax exemption request to committee
Grundy County Board, in a Tuesday session, sent a veterans organizations tax exemption request to the tax committee. Lee Gibson reported seven VFW and American Legion posts paid 4718 in local taxes, funding charitable works, youth programs, and flags along Morris streets, with bars and club maintenance supporting costs. State and county officials noted exemptions require proper procedure, and some Supreme Court rulings question eligibility. The day also covered zoning matters, including rezoning of land for manufacturing and commercial uses, and denials of a mobile home variance near Illinois 47.
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Grundy County Board
Tax Committee
Lee Gibson
VFW
American Legion
Gibson
Morris
Police Academy
Springfield
Veterans
United Fund
August Black
Black
Illinois
Charles Zalar
Veterans’ Organizations
Grundy County
Illinois Department of Local Government Affairs
Zalar
Supreme Court
Commission
Morris Daily Herald opens with midweek edition note
The Wednesday afternoon Morris Daily Herald issue announces its weekly publication for the region. Details remain sparse in the readable text, but the paper signals normal midweek coverage and local notices.
Morris Illinois Brief Apr
A small newspaper item from Morris Illinois dated April 11 1979 notes an issue price of twenty cents for an eighteen page edition.
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Morris
Illinois
Minooka board approves final plat for commercial development
The Minooka Village Board approved the final plat for the Minooka Commercial Development resubdivision on the south side of W Mondamon Street owned by Dom Principali. Bond actions included releasing 20,000 with 40,000 remaining for Village West Industrial Park. Trustees passed a 5 to 1 vote, Mel Phillips voting no, and authorized engineers to amend the sewage plant plan with the village covering costs. The board halted new building permits for swimming pool construction until a fencing ordinance dispute is resolved, with health and welfare committee asked to present recommendations by April 23. A variance denial for Jay Meegers’s Bonita Vista home was based on engineers' advice about basement drains. Letters will be sent to businesses about nuisance rules on open burning and trash containment due to violations.
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Minooka
Minooka Village Board
Minooka Commercial Development
W. Mondamon St
Dom Principali
Village West
Mel Phillips
Health and Welfare Committee
Jay Meegers
Bonita Vista
Scott seeks limits on nuclear waste dumping in Morris
Illinois Attorney General William J. Scott has filed a suit to curb high level radioactive waste dumping at the Morris disposal site. He said Illinois must not become the national nuclear dumping ground as he spoke to reporters in Springfield.
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Springfield, Ill
Illinois
William J. Scott
Morris
Scott
U. S District Court
Chicago
Department of Energy
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
General Electric Co
Three Mile Island
Pennsylvania
Tornado alert test Thursday in Channahon
Channahon residents will hear a tornado alert test using the fire department siren with two stations. If weather cancels, the test moves to Friday at 7 p.m. The test includes a one minute blast from station 1 and a three minute blast from station 2. The normal fire signal will follow the alert.
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Channahon
NRC cites need for nuclear plant safety corrections
The NRC warns urgent safety fixes are needed at nearly all U S light water reactors after the Three Mile Island accident. A Westinghouse design flaw could mislead operators and disable automatic emergency cooling, risking core overheating or meltdown. The agency is reviewing applicability to Westinghouse Combustion Engineering and Babcock and Wilcox plants.
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Washington
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Three Mile Island
Westinghouse Corp
Pennsylvania
Babcock and Wilcox
NRC
Westinghouse
Westinghouse and
Combustion Engineering
Clarify investigator test scores for Morris officers
A Morris mayor and acting police chief issued a statement clarifying that an investigator test for two Morris police sergeants was an aptitude test not pass or fail. Sgt. Alan Love passed higher, but the result does not determine the appointment. The commission will meet Thursday and announce the new investigator Friday.
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Morris
Alan Love
Dean Sager
Donald Davidson
Syd Reeve
Police Commission
Judiciary Committee
Morris Fire and Police Commission
Garbage collection rescheduled to Monday in Morris
Due to the Good Friday observance the Morris Public Works Department announces that Friday's garbage collection will be moved to Monday causing a one day shift for residents.
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Morris Public Works Department
Local offices close for Good Friday. schools to early exit
All city and county offices will be closed all day Good Friday. The Morris Post Office will operate with normal mail delivery. Morris public schools will close at 2 p.m. Thursday and stay shut until April 23.
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Morris
Morris Public
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