Bromine leak forces mass evacuation near Dwight
More than 4000 residents were moved from Dwight and nearby areas after a semi-trailer released a thick reddish brown bromine cloud. Evacuations began at 4 a.m. and were mostly lifted by 6 a.m. with return trips underway by afternoon. No injuries reported, but several homes for children and the elderly were relocated and monitored as authorities investigated the cause.
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Jan Sutter
Dwight
Soodfarm School
Scully Rd
Ken White
Ed Merriman
Joliet
Grundy County
Dwight Fire and Ambulance Services
Gardner Fire Department
South Wilmington
Crash kills Seneca resident on Grand Ridge Blacktop
A 25 year old Seneca man died in a fiery crash early Saturday at 5 02 a m on the Grand Ridge Blacktop near Grand. The accident area and further details were not provided in the readable text.
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Grand Ridge Blacktop
Grand
Weather and fatal crash report in LaSalle County
Weather updates show mild temps with highs near 67 and 73 at Dresden Island. 46 downtown Morris at 10 40 am. Milwaukee? No. In LaSalle County a death in Rapids Township Niemann 25 of Seneca died in a one vehicle crash near Krotty Ave. He was pronounced dead at the scene and will have an inquest. Funeral planned at St Patrick in Seneca Tuesday.
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Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Morris
Jo Temple
Civil Defense
Grand Ridge
Neimann
Osborne-Pfeffer
Seneca
Bob’s Towing
Walsh Construction Co
Commonwealth Edison
Ottawa
Harlan
Elaine Niemann
Darlene
Karrie Ann
Ronald
Marseilles
Robert
Rusty
Mary
Emma Brown
St. Patrick’s Church
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church
Morris Community High School board meeting on coach proposal
Agenda indicates a recommendation for a football coach to be presented at 7 p.m. session in the annex. Additional items include football coach and bookkeeper hirings, resignations from two staff, a budget report, and an executive session on negotiations.
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Morris Community High School Board of Education
Jill Garzone
Dawn Halgren
Collins Station
Sidewalks on Council Agenda in Morris Tonight
Morris Mayor Donald Davidson says sidewalk installation in Hatcher Woods will be discussed at tonight’s Morris City Council meeting at 7 30 a m in the First National Bank. Bids on sewers at Hoover Street and Armstrong Street end will be opened this afternoon and reviewed, along with bids for operating the concession stand at Morris Lighted Ballpark.
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Morris
Donald Davidson
Hatcher Woods
Morris City Council
First National Bank
Hoover St
Armstrong St
Washington St
County to seek bridge aid at Grundy April meeting
County officials plan to request state aid to replace bridges in Mazon and Aux Sable townships at the Grundy County Board meeting set for 9 30 a m Tuesday in the Grundy County Courthouse. The agenda also includes trustee appointments for local fire districts and approval of Illinois Driver's License station rental plus an auditor's report from Greenwood Roarty and Hinman for the period ending November 30 1975.
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Mazon
Aux Sable
Grundy
Grundy County
Lynn Pemberton
Coal City
Frank Warriner
Morris Rural Fire Protection
Illinois
Illinois Ave
Greenwood, Roarty and Hinman
Morris MCHS Suit Seeks Sole Negotiating Agent
The Morris Community High School Board in Grundy County files suit to determine the proper bargaining unit. It seeks a court ruling that the High School Education Association is the sole negotiating agent for Morris District 101 teachers, amid claims that some members also represent the Morris Education Association.
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Morris Community High School Board District 101
Grundy County
Morris Education Association
Morris
MCHS
The
High School Education Association
District 101
Nuclear emergency evacuation meeting announced for area counties
A 10 am Tuesday planning meeting for Grundy Will and Kendall counties evacuation in a Morris Fire Department venue aims to shape radiological emergency input. Joe Temple Grundy County EOC coordinator issued notices for agency representatives to attend and discuss roles.
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Grundy
Will
Kendall Counties
Morris Fire Department
Main and
Wauponsee Sts
Joe Temple
Grundy County
Temple
Wauponsee St
Appeals court eases equal time rules for debates and press conferences
The U S Court of Appeals 2 1 ruling upholds FCC changes allowing broadcasters to treat presidential press conferences and some debates as bona fide news events using their own news judgment. Debates by broadcasters must still follow strict equal time rules unless Congress exempts them.
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Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Congress
CBS
Commission
Plane Downs at Dresden Cooling Lakes Reported
Grundy County deputies were alerted at 5:35 p.m. Friday to a possible downed aircraft near Dresden Cooling Lakes at Pine Bluff and Dresden Roads. They located a crop dusting plane in a field with no injuries or damage reported. pilot identity not released.
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Grundy County
Jury selection in Noonan trial begins in Grundy County
Jury selection began about 11 a.m. today in the trial of Grundy County Clerk Mrs Mary Jane Noonan age 47 of Goodfarm Township. She appeared with attorneys James Fleming and Robert Adcock of Morris. Special prosecutor James Gildea from the Chicago Attorney General's office leads the case before Judge Thomas Flood.
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Grundy County
Mary Jane Noonan
Rte. 1
Goodfarm Township
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