Young bicyclist injured in Division Street crash
Eleven year old Catherine A Enger of 403 E Main St remained in Morris Hospital after a bicycle truck collision on Division and Main Streets. A hospital spokesman called her condition fairly good.
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Catherine A. Enger
E. Main St
Morris Hospital
Division St
Main St
Paul Ehrman
Catherine
John C. Watkiss
Fulton St
Watkiss
Bruce D. Helgeson
Armstrong St
Weather Outlook From Morris District Forecast
Today remains sunny and hot with humidity as high as the upper 90s and a warm humid night with a low in the upper 70s. Tuesday is expected sunny and hot with temperatures near the mid to upper 90s. Weekend highs at Dresden Island Locks and Dam reached 87 Saturday and 96 Sunday with lows around 67 to 68. Morning readings showed 71 at 7 am and 84 in downtown Morris at 10 am.
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Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Morris
Bicyclist 15 Injured When Car Pulls Out on Shady Oaks Drive
Richard Muhr 15 of Shady Oaks was treated and released from Morris Hospital after a Sunday 3 p.m. collision on Shady Oaks Dr. A car pulled from the Shady Oaks trailer court, Muhr lost control, was thrown over the handlebars, and sustained back abrasions and a wrist pain. His mother transported him to the hospital.
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Richard Muhr
Shady Oaks
Morris Hospital
Shady Oaks Dr
Grundy County
Ron Fox
Muhr
Investigating corn crib fire suspected arson in Grundy County
Grundy County sheriff's deputies probe a suspected arson after a corn crib on Ray Robinsky's farm five miles south of Scully Road on Fillman Road burned completely. Firefighters found an empty fuel container. several suspicious vehicles were reported nearby.
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Grundy County
Dwight Fire Department
Ray Robinsky
Scully Rd
Fillman Rd
Everett Poyner
Woman killed in Maine Township car crash near Gardner
Mrs. Ayoko Kajikawa a 54 year old of Chicago died Friday when the car she rode in overturned on Interstate 55 one mile north of Gardner in Maine Township at 4 15 p m. The left front tie rod apparently broke causing driver Frank Kajikawa 47 to lose control. The car struck a guard rail and rolled along the shoulder. Coroner James Reeves said a jury for an inquest is impaneled with date to be set. Frank and his two daughters Laurie 15 and Karen 17 were treated and released from St Joseph Hospital Joliet.
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Jeffery I. Popidinski
Armstrong St
Charlotte Miller
Channahon
E. Jefferson St
Spruce St
Morris
Miss Miller
Jefferson St
Popidinski
Ford
Tom Suddarth
Michelle Hart
Sarah E. Hart
Rte. 2
Division St
James R. Porter
E. Madison St
Chrisman
Heart
Jack Kopczick
Porter
Mrs. Heart
Ayoko Kajikawa
Chicago
Gardner
Maine Township
District 5
Frank Kajikawa
Kajikawa
Grundy County
James Reeves
Reeves
Laurie
Karen
St. Joseph Hospital
Joliet
Oil spill threatens city’s secondary sewage plant system
Thousands of gallons of heavy No. 5 fuel oil spilled from Morris Community High School into the sewer, risking shutdown of the city’s $1 million secondary treatment plant. Operators battle contamination in two 1-million gallon vats. oil may kill bacteria, not the gear.
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Morris Community High School
Earle Bright
Glen Waters
MCHS
Richard Schweickert
Environmental Protection Act
Bright
Schweickert
Federal Paper Board
Heat Wave Drags Into Second Day Across Regions
Sweltering conditions persist into a second day on the first week of school with highs near the 90s. Dresden Lock and Dam observed 87 Saturday and 96 Sunday, the year’s peak so far. Commonwealth Edison anticipates a 4 PM load, reporting no current alerts. An outage in Morris disrupted local phones as Illinois Bell cited AC system failure and humidity control issues at the central office.
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Dresden Lock and Dam
Commonwealth Edison
Ron Baldacci
Morris
James Crupi
Illinois Bell Telephone
Goose Lake School Sells for 37000 at Public Auction
Goose Lake School built in 1959 with two classrooms and land sold for 37000 after 15 minutes of bidding. purchaser Frank McCabe of Goose Lake Township attended with about 30 onlookers. Terms required 15 percent down. the buyer plans were not commented on.
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Goose Lake School
Frank McCabe
Goose Lake Township
Illinois 47
Pine Bluff Road
Coal City Community Unit District No. 1 Board of Education
E. L
Butch) Olson
Driver examiner blamed after 16 year old crash
Georgiana Kiefling of Trend Street Braidwood struck a telephone pole on Fulton Street during a driving test. Examiner William Wallin allegedly pressed the accelerator instead of the brake as the car entered an alley. The pole sustained no damage but a 1967 Chrysler owned by her father was dented.
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Fulton St
Carl Bremenkamp
Georgiana Kiefling
Trend St
Braidwood
Wiliam Wallin
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Herald
West Waverly St
Helgeson
Waverly St
Don R. Hughes
Hughes
Rebecca L. Sarti
W. Waverly St
Miss Sarti
Bond
Shabbona
Larry Walker
Center School
Deborah Greenwell
Brent McArdle
Garfield School
Richard
Gail) Heck
Center
Charlotte Bohner
Ronald
Jan) Dorheimer
Sheldon
Nancy) Thompson
Kathleen Sieben
Cryer Bryant
Nettle Creek
Illinois River
Waters
Robert Gilbertson
Bryant
Morris Daily Herald
Illinois
Randall Highsmith
Coal City Board of Education
Robert Pogliano
Goose Lake
Short
Devine
Jugtown
John Pogliano
Robert Dudgeon
Carl Nink
Earl Dirker
Franklin Rogers
Roger Himstedt
O. Kelb
Auburn Construction
Wallin
Miss Kiefling
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