Icy glaze warns motorists as temperatures dip again
State and county officials warned of hazardous driving as freezing temps return tonight. Blowing snow created a glaze of ice on wet roads, with I-80 and I-55 seeing numerous weather related accidents. County crews remained out, spreading cinders and salt as winds subside and temps rise briefly.
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District 5
Joliet
Seneca
Marseilles
Interstate 55
Morris Maintenance Division
Illinois Department of Transportation
Morris Department of Public Works
Weather outlook with warm start turning cloudy
Forecast calls for sunny and warmer today then clouds tonight with a low in the upper 20s. Saturday will be cloudy with a chance of rain and a high in the upper 30s. Christmas Day expected to be cloudy and colder with a chance of snow around 30. Thursday’s high reached 34 at Dresden Island Locks and Dam with a 10 low. Morning readings showed 28 at 7 a.m and 33 at 9:45 a.m in Morris.
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Grundy County
William Button
Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Morris
Quake relief convoys roll to flood-stricken Iranian villages
Relief convoys rolled into south central Iran delivering food heaters milk and plastic sheets to tents for earthquake survivors in Zarand and surrounding villages. Official death toll 521 but unofficial counts near 589 with Bab Tangal hardest hit.
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Zarand
Iran
UPI
Gray Mountain
Bab Tangal
Gisk
Sarbagh
Tehran
Red Lion
Sun
Red Cross
No Paper Monday Morris Daily Herald
The Morris Daily Herald will not publish on Monday due to the Christmas holiday weekend. Publication resumes Tuesday with the regular schedule.
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Morris Daily Herald
Boy's eye injury during rabbit hunt reported
A 14 year old South Wilmington youth was wounded in the eye by a bullet fragment while rabbit hunting with a second 14 year old. He was treated at Morris Hospital then transferred to St. Joseph Hospital Joliet for eye surgery and was expected to be released today.
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South Wilmington
St. Joseph Hospital
Joliet
Brent Olson
Fourth and Lake Sts
Morris Hospital
Joliet Hospital
Gardner Grundy County
Ron Fox
Olson
Paul ‘Stacey
Speed
Elm St
Michael Ashley
East Brooklyn
Juvenile suspects charged in Bookwalter Woods mobile home burglaries
Grundy County Sheriff William Button reports two youths aged 14 and 16 from Bookwalter Woods will face juvenile petitions for burglarizing at least three mobile homes. An arrest of an adult is expected as detectives recovered stolen items including a citizen's band radio and clock radio. Additional thefts linked to the case include a pistol and cigarettes. Residents aided investigators, and detectives questioned potential suspects in Bookwalter Woods.
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Bookwalter Woods
Grundy County
William Button
Button
James M. Butcher Jr
Butcher
Car Luck
Luck
Kay Lawhorn
Morgan Rd
Brookwalter Woods
Fox
Olson
Free engraving and registration for gifts at Grundy courthouse
Grundy County REACT and the Rip-Off Committee of the Chamber of Commerce host Operation I D at the Grundy County courthouse in Morris from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday. Residents may engrave items with identifying numbers and receive registration cards to aid return if lost or stolen. No charge. Items can be engraved at the courthouse or borrowed engravers and materials from the Chamber of Commerce at 302 Liberty St for 24 hours.
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Grundy County React
Grundy County
REACT
Chamber of Commerce
Lottery numbers drawn in Illinois State Lottery
Winning numbers were drawn Thursday in the Illinois State Lottery and appear on Page 7 of today’s Morris Daily Herald.
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Morris Daily Herald
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Meyc Heating and Air Conditioning Division
Peoria
June Bollen
Norm Richards
Bollen
Conley
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Joseph
Baby Jesus
Sheppards
Sheri Jordan
Kenneth Hunt
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