Kendall Board Approves Residential Rezoning With Restrictions
Kendall County Board unanimously approved a petition to reclassify about two acres from agriculture to residential near Pletcher subdivision in Lisbon Township. Restrictions require a 21-foot bridge across Plattville Creek and a 14-inch concrete tile update, with covenants binding future owners to uphold the limits.
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Yorkville
Kendall
Archie Ozbolt
Keith Diehl
Pletcher Subdivision
Plattville
Lisbon Township
Plattville Creek
Ozbolt
John Shaw
Shaw
Helmar
Chicago Road
Illinois 47
Ashley Rd
Weather outlook for Dresden and Morris area
The forecast calls for mostly cloudy and windy weather with warmer temperatures and a chance of showers and thunderstorms tonight and Friday. Highs in the upper 50s and lows in the mid 40s, with measurable precipitation noted earlier. Downtown Morris reported 67 degrees at 10 45 a m and Dresden Lock and Dam recorded a 58 degree high and 36 degree low on Wednesday.
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Dresden Lock and Dam
Morris
Flooding from heavy rains hits Grundy Morris area
Heavy rains caused the Illinois River to flood past flood stage around 9 p.m. Wednesday, rising 5.5 feet by morning as 2.42 inches fell in Morris. Power outages affected about 35 customers, multiple roadways closed, and basements flooded across the county. Officials opened gates, warned residents, and emergency crews assisted with traffic and gas and electrical shutoffs.
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Illinois
Morris
Continental Grain
N. River Rd
Dresden Lock and Dam
Dan Callahan
Grundy County
Commonwealth Edison Co
County
Tornado toll rises as rescue completes most area search
Rescue teams completed about 80 percent of the tornado wreckage search in Wichita Falls Texas where 42 people are confirmed dead from the twister. Curfews were imposed citywide and a price freeze ordered as looting complaints rose amid widespread devastation.
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Wichita Falls
Texas
North
Kenneth Hill
Hill
Texas-Oklahoma
Explosive Picric Acid Found at Morris Community High
A Morris High School chemistry bottle containing picric acid, about 20 years old, was found in the lab at 9:30 a.m. by Ronald Dewey. A DuPage County bomb squad was called to dispose of the substance. The substance was moved to the business office and the school considered evacuation contingency if the bottle was disturbed.
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DuPage County
Morris Community High School
MCHS
Ray Miller
Ronald Dewey
Miller
Grundy County
State agency seeks witnesses in Interstate 57 shootout
The Illinois Department of Law Enforcement issued a multi state appeal for witnesses to the April 7 shooting near Paxton on Interstate 57. Five people including two police officers were killed. A toll free line 217 379 4776 is manned daily for information between 9 am and 6 pm. Authorities urged anyone who saw portions of the pursuit stops or shooting to contact investigators. About 50 calls were received initially.
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Springfield, Ill
Illinois Department of Law Enforcement
Paxton
Daniel K. Webb
Webb
High water interrupts area phone service
High water washed out a toll cable on Spring Rd at 7 34 am isolating about 5000 Illinois Bell customers in Coal City and Braidwood Crews hoped to restore service by tonight Braidwood callers rerouted through Wilmington to Joliet for long distance calls The toll line lay beneath a township bridge over the Mazon River west of Higgins Rd which was demolished by a car at 10 pm Saturday Six people were treated at Morris Hospital Local calls were possible in Coal City and to Braidwood and vice versa from Braidwood to Coal City or Wilmington
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Mooseheart Dr
Oxbox
Morey and
Johnson
Sprig
Illinois Bell Co
Coal City
Braidwood
Sheriff's Department
Gardner Rd
Ward Rd
Buffalo Rd
Kinsman Rd
Burkhart Rd
Grand Ridge Rd
Indian Trail Rd
Bennett Rd
DuPont
Gonham Rd
Hansen Rd
Tabler Rd
Minooka Rd
Dwight
Morris Country Club
Morris
Division St
High
Buchanan Sts
Grundy County Emergency Service
Disaster Agency
State Highway Department
Spring Rd
Illinois Bell
James Crupi
Wilmington
Joliet Exchange
Mazon River
Higgins Rd
Morris Hospital
Aldermanic contests in Morris wards two and four
In Morris, Tuesday’s general election features aldermanic races in wards three and four. Incumbent Art Willmington seeks re election in the third ward against Democrat Kenneth Kennedy, while former alderman Del Linn faces Democrat Jeff Todd in the fourth ward. Ward one and two have unopposed candidates Max Lindsay and John Swezy, respectively. Absentee ballots available at city hall by 5 p.m. today or Monday. city hall closes Friday for Easter. Kennedy, 25, unopposed in primary, supports tackling city hall, parking, sewer separation, landfill, sidewalks, snow removal, and waste without tax increases. He studied law enforcement and political science, works for Caterpillar, and ran for Morris mayor in 1977. Willmington, seeking a second term, touts voter meetings and city projects including landfill, sewer work on Armstrong Street, and debates over a new city hall and the Morris Savings and Loan building. Continued on page 9.
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Art Willmington
Kenneth Kennedy
del Linn
Jeff Todd
Max Lindsay
John Swezy
Lindsay
Jack Kutches
Linn
Swezy
Charles Roseland
Linda Willareth
Kennedy
E. Main St
Joliet Junior College
Caterpillar
Morris
Donald Davidson
Patricia Rae Swind
Arthur Willmington
Armstrong St
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Minooka Boy
Goold Park
Dean Chism
Rte. 2
Minooka
Morris Daily Herald
Dean
Herald
Kendall Board
Mazon
Village Board of Trustee
Charles O’brien & Son Construction Co
Glenn McCann Co
Ransom
Bristol-Kendall
J.D. Schlapp
Lisbon-Seward
Harold E. Hill
Little Rock-Fox Fire
Oswego
James Hoch
Plainfield
George Schroeder
Newark
Robert E. Glenn
Yorkville-Bristol
Lawrence Gardner
Charles Whitfield
Jessie Hafenrichter
Kendall County Board of Review
John Carr
William Carpenter
Jean Fletcher
George Bell
Ray Waclaw
the Sidwell Co
West
Chicago
Waclaw
Brown Electric
Sheriff’s Department
EOC
Kendall Plumbing
Vern Reiminschneider
Victor Frantz
Boulder Hill
Frantz
Don Dise
Dave Thompson
Bank of
Jim Kenton
JoAnne Gretencord
Morris Fire Department
Gerald Broderick
Mur’al Terry
Kiersted St
Mike Berta
First Ave
Henry T. Larson
George St
Davis
Buchanan St
Vernon
Harrold
Lawton
Okla
Red River
Arkansas
Alabama
Missouri
Kentucky
Seles
Buckley
Gardner-South Wilmington High School
Willmington
Tratt Clinic
Morris Savings and Loan
Max G. Lindsay
John P. Swezy
Kenneth A. Kennedy
Jeffrey W. Todd
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