Erienna Township seeks grader after snowbound roads
Erienna Township faces a snow removal delay as its 1957 grader broke last week. Trustees wrestle with buying new or used equipment within a tight budget of about 2,600 remains, while residents stay blocked on Long Point and Grundy LaSalle lines. A Roanoke dealer proposes a new John Deere at 62 000 to 80 000, but the board delays a decision amid funds and debt limits.
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Erienna
Richard Herman
Herman
John Mann
Nettle School
Nettle Creek
Long Point
Grundy- LaSalle County Line
LaSalle Rd
Mann
Manlius
Seneca
Roanoke
William P. Lincoln
Briar Lane
Lincoln
Allen Varland
John Kleinmaier
Hendley Matteson
Max VanAtta
Warrant issued for burglary suspect in Grundy County
A Grundy County Circuit Court warrant targets Jimmy Lindsey 18 of Minooka for burglary and theft after a Bar I plus III Grand Ridge Rd burglary Monday night. Police say fingerprints linked Lindsey to the stolen items found in a car trunk, with bail set at 50000 and a pending arrest.
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Grundy County
Grand Ridge Rd
Jimmy Lindsey
Rte. 2
Minooka
William Button
Gary Phillips
James Olson
Ron Fox
Olson
Joliet
Channahon
Phillips
Lindsey
Illinois Department of Law Enforcement
Joe Ambroszich
Sheriff's Department
Fox
Charles Smith
Tri-County Bank of
Weather outlook and temperatures at Dresden Lock and Dam
Partly cloudy and cold today with a transition to very cold tonight. Thursday mostly cloudy and cold with highs of 8 to 15 degrees and lows from zero to 10 below. Dresden Lock and Dam reported a Tuesday high of 27 and low of 6, 7 a.m. reading 11. trace precipitation. Morris downtown logged 10:05 a.m. temperature at 13 degrees.
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Dresden Lock and Dam
Morris
Minooka Village Board election petitions filed for trustees
Two petitions for the April 17 Minooka Village Board four year trustee terms have been filed. Keith R. Steffes of 208 Menominee Dr South filed Monday and Kenneth J. Eger of 112 Prairie Dr filed Tuesday. Terms held by James Bretsch Norman Miller and James Mullen expire. Petitions available from village clerk Judy Corbin. Last day to file is Tuesday.
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Minooka
Keith R. Steffes
Menominee Dr
South
Kenneth J. Eger
Prairie Dr
James Bretsch
Norman Miller
James Mullen
Judy Corbin
Arbitration hearing set on JJC longevity step dispute
An arbitration hearing for Roger Gordon of Park Blvd. regarding his longevity step at Joliet Junior College is scheduled for 10 a.m. Thursday. The case centers on credit for military service toward the longevity step, which grants a pay increase. The proceeding, closed to the public, will be held at the college with the union representing Gordon and board approved administrators representing JJC.
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Roger Gordon
Park Blvd
Joliet Junior College
Gordon
JJC
Union
Worker injured in 18 foot fall at Dresden plant
Decatur man Richard Muzzy was in fair condition in St Joseph Hospital Joliet after an 18 foot fall from a scaffold at Dresden Nuclear Power Station about 10 35 am Tuesday. He was transported by Coal City Emergency Squad and is employed by King Lar Construction Peoria. A Commonwealth Edison spokesman could not confirm his contractor duties at Dresden.
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Decatur
St. Joseph Hospital
Joliet
Richard Muzzy
Dresden
Coal City
Muzzy
King- Lar Construction
Peoria
Commonwealth Edison
King-Lar
Morris Herald Progress Edition Preview
The Morris Herald announces progress edition plans with finalization underway for publication Friday February 16. The paper promotes community updates and local achievements as it rounds out its annual recap.
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The
Morris Herald
Four testify in 911 case as hearing continues March 5
Four witnesses including three local officials and an Illinois Bell representative testified at an ICC hearing on proposed 911 emergency systems. A separate county wide plan was discussed as the next hearing is set for 10 a.m. March 5 in Chicago and involved questions on how many systems to install and where the central office would be located.
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Illinois Bell Telephone Co
Illinois Commerce Commission
ICC
Bell
Ronald Barrett
Frank Black
Grundy County
Charles Zalar
Illinois Bell
Barrett
Springfield
Ron V. Sauer
Coal City
Donald Davidson
Davidson
State Building
Chicago
Farmers awarded grain sale damages in Eureka Illinois
Ten Crescent City area farmers won a Woodford County jury award of 456000 against Illinois Grain Corp a Blooming ton based grain cooperative. IGC shipped five freight car loads of grain from Crescent City elevator in May 1972. Farmers claimed improper conversion of their grain for IGC use and losses up to 1311 each due to a grain shortage. IGC plans to appeal.
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Eureka,iii
The
Illinois Grain Corp
Woodford
Crescent City
IGC
Illinois
Pontiac prison timetable aims for normal operations
Illinois prison officials submitted a plan at a Chicago hearing to restore normal activity at Pontiac after a deadly riot last summer. Acting Corrections Director Gayle Franzen said visitation and telephone privileges have returned by Feb 1 with most programs set to resume by mid April, while security must be ensured and the deadlock ended gradually under court oversight.
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Chicago
Illinois
Pontiac
Gayle M. Franzen
Corrections Department
John Powers Crowley
U.S. District Court
Franzen
Crowley
Rockefeller aide delayed calling aid after fatal heart attack
New York Times reports emergency aid was first requested an hour after Nelson Rockefeller’s fatal seizure on January 26 at his West 54th Street townhouse. Megan Marshack, 25, a staff aide, called a friend while the first emergency call came at 11:16 p.m. A source cited panic for the delay.
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NEW York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York Times
the Times
Rockefeller
West 54Th Street
Megan Marshack
Miss Marshack
Associated Press Radio
Washington
Moore confesses abortive prison escape plan to kill accomplice
Alderson West Virginia AP Sara Jane Moore describes in a CBS interview and to the Associated Press that she planned to kill her fellow inmate after their escape if needed, saying she coerced the woman into help and could not go through with the act. A separate Grundy County meeting will discuss international trade and corn belt agriculture with Harold Guither addressing ties with China Iran and Russia.
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Alderson
W.va
Sara
Jane Moor
Ms. Moore
CBS News
Barry Serafin
Associated Press
Grundy County Farm Bureau
Washington St
Grundy County Extension Office
Harold Guither
University of Illinois
China
Iran
Russia
Illinois bill seeks gasoline tax based on price
Legislation in the Illinois General Assembly proposes raising the gasoline tax to 12.5 percent of the pump price, auto adjusting with price changes. Sen. John L. Knuppel says the move would stabilize revenues amid aging roads, while Gov. Thompson mulls a percentage approach but has not decided.
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Springfield
Illinois General Assembly
John L. Knuppel
Virginia
Knuppel
James R. Thompson
Thompson
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