Sports Classroom Complex Nears Completion at Morris High
Morris Community High School releases say the new sports and classroom complex will be finished soon as students prep for the year. Freshmen orientation is Thursday at 1 30 p m in the auditorium. All students report Monday Aug 28 at 10 00 a m for an assembly in the gym with a 30 minute homeroom. Buses run 8 00 a m and depart at 11 00 a m. First full day is Tuesday Aug 29 at 8 15 a m to 3 35 p m. Call Warland Bus Service at 941 2001 or the MCHS office at 942 1294 with questions.
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Morris Community High School
MCHS
Warland Bus Service
Postal union rejects contract triggers Tuesday strike
The National Association of Letter Carriers rejects a three year contract by about 78 000 to 56 000 with ballots still counting and vows to strike Tuesday if negotiations are not reopened. Postmaster General Bolger opposes reopening while arbitration is hoped if other unions reject.
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Washington
UPI
Postal Workers
Carter
National Association of Letter Carriers
William
J. Joseph Vacca
Postal Service
American Postal Workers Union
APWU
National Assembly of the Letter Carriers
National Post Office Mail Handlers Union
Unio
Indiana driver injured on I 80 near Illinois 47
A 70 year old Indiana man Samual Coker of Hobart was taken by DesRochers Ambulance to Morris Hospital after a 7 30 p m crash on Interstate 80 one mile west of Illinois 47. Police say a gold Plymouth station wagon cut into Coker’s lane causing him to swerve and strike a culvert. the other driver was not found. Coker’s 1975 Chevrolet sustained about 2000 in damage and was towed. Grundy County deputy assisted in the investigation.
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Indiana
Morris Hospital
Interstate 80
Illinois 47
Samual Coker
Rte. 1
Gressor Rd
Hobart
Ind
DesRochers
Illinois State Police
Joliet
Coker
Grundy County
Jeff Wix
Bert
Marseilles
Weather forecast and early temperature readings
The report notes warm tonight with fair to cloudy skies in the north and lows in the 70s. Thursday will be hot and more humid with highs in the low 90s. At Dresden Locks and Dam the high Tuesday was 89 and low 61, with 7 am reading 62. In Morris downtown the 10 30 am temperature was 77.
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Dresden Locks and Dam
Morris
City awaits ICC ruling on 911 communications center
Mayor Donald Davidson reports delayed action as the Illinois Commerce Commission nears a decision on whether Morris can obtain a 911 emergency system for 942 phone prefixes. Grundy County Sheriff William Button opposition and late intervention letter prompt city officials to seek clarification.
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ICC
Illinois Commerce Commission
Donald Davidson
Grundy County
William Button
Button
Morris
Davidson
Frank Black
Commission backs zoning for bulk fertilizer storage
Grundy County Regional Planning Commission recommended reclassifying Kendall- Grundy F.S. Inc. for a conditional permitted use to store anhydrous ammonia and starter fertilizer on six acres along Lisbon Road between Airport and Minooka Roads. Tanks would hold 30 000 gallons of ammonia and 19 000 gallons of starter. Public hearing by ZBA pending. Morris Public Works Director Wilfred Dix, 55, remained in fair condition at Morris Hospital with a respiratory illness.
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Kendall- Grundy F.S. Inc
Lisbon Rd
Grundy County
Grundy
Kendall County
Minooka
Yorkville
Sutter
Zoning Board of Appeals
Commission
James Hutchings
Milford Jorstad
Bernie Sandner
John Steele
Robert Strange
Perry Brooks
J. Leroy Brown
Morris ‘ Public Works
Wilfred Dix
Liberty St
Morris Hospital
Dix
Peter Baudino
Carl Gardner and Associates
Hutchings
Baudino
Sorensen
Rex Buckner
Nettle Creek Township
Pioneer Rd
Buckner
Pioneer Oaks
Trayser
Bicyclist Injured After Stop Sign Collision in South Wilmington
Five year old Daniel M. Quiett was hospitalized in fair condition after a collision with a 1978 Chevrolet Impala driven by 17 year old Daniel J. Doglio at the Lake and Fourth Street intersection. Deputies noted the boy allegedly ignored a stop sign. Vehicle damage was minor with the car’s right front fender damaged and the bicycle destroyed.
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South Wilmington
Daniel M. Quiett
Lake and
Fifth Sts
St. Joseph Hospital
Joliet
Grundy County
Michael Sather
Jeff Black
Daniel J. Doglio
Rice St
Lake and Fourth Sts
James R. Olson
Doglio
Sather
Iverson
Planners discuss controlling rural subdivisions
Grundy County planning commissioners debated rural subdivisions and agricultural protection at Tuesday night’s meeting. They scheduled a Sept 12 input session, requested written proposals, and reviewed a Chicago proposed 53 lot subdivision along DuPont Road with four to 4.5 acre lots across Grundy and LaSalle counties.
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Illinois River
Grundy County
Joseph Testa
Chicago
Norman Township
DuPont Rd
Robert Carroll
Seneca
John Reimer
Edmund Burke and Associates
Country Club Hills
Testa
LaSalle County
Reimer
Todd Trayser
Carl Gardner and Associates
Trayser
Grundy County Building and Zoning
Eugene Sorensen
Sorensen
California
Carroll
Robert Klugman
LaSalle
County Superintendent of Highways
Prison term for killing ex wife near Oswego
Harold Pinkert of Chicago, 30, pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in the May killing of his ex wife Beulah Wykes, 29, near Oswego. He received a five year sentence in Kendall County Circuit Court and was committed to the Illinois Department of Corrections. He had earlier confessed and was admitted to Rush Presbyterian-St. Luke's Hospital psychiatric ward.
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Yorkville
Harold Pinkert
Chicago
Oswego
Pinkert
Kendall County
Beulah Wykes
Pinkett
Rush Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Hospital
Yorkville to Host Ballot Lottery for Kendall County Parties
A lottery will determine ballot placement for the Republican and Democrat tickets in Kendall County for the November 7 general election. The drawing is set for 9 a.m. Monday in the county board room at the Kendall County Office Building on Fox Road, Yorkville, as announced by county clerk and election authority Jean P Brady.
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Yorkville
Kendall County
County Board
Fox Road
Jean P. Brady
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