Fingerprints ID body found in Illinois River near Dresden Island
The body pulled from the Illinois River near Dresden Island Lock and Dam has been positively identified as Timothy O'Rourke, 20, a Ravenswood YMCA resident. Investigators linked to Chicago homicide sources noted a "Tim Lee" tattoo and an initial link to John Wayne Gacy, though no conclusive evidence ties O'Rourke to the killer. The autopsy cites drowning. police consider possible Des Plaines River links but no definitive connection.
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Illinois River
Dresden Island Lock and Dam
Grundy County
Chicago
Tim Lee
Lawrence
O’rourke
Fox
Illinois Crime Laboratory
O'Rourke
Det
Crime Laboratory
FBI
Olson
Terrence O’rourke
Bruce Lee
Braceville- Gardner
Manesh Ahluwahlia
Chicago Sun-Times
David Buzzek
Gacy
Sun-Times
Des Plaines River
Interstate 55
Channahon
Frank Landings
James Mazzara
Elmwood Park
George Brown Named Grundy County Planning Commission Chief
At a Grundy County board meeting George Brown was appointed to replace Perry Brooks as chair of the regional planning commission. The move, approved unanimously, prompts questions about serving on both boards, to be investigated. The session also covered holiday office closings and a blizzard report.
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Grundy County
George Brown
Perry Brooks
Brooks
Kenneth Benson
Brown
Regional Planning Commission
William Waters
Joe Temple
Emergency Services and Disaster Agency
Minooka
Goose Lake
Robert Trotter
Shirley Kiss
We Care
Waters
Illinois Bell
Shabbona School
Barr
Deal
Eugene Hayes
Ellis
Hap
Severe cold grips northern Illinois with double digit lows
Forecasts from the U S Weather Service predict 12 to 22 below zero tonight in northern Illinois, with Chicago area readings 15 to 18 below. Highs may reach zero to 5 above tomorrow, and lingering clouds give way to clearer but bitterly cold conditions.
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U. S. Weather Service
Illinois
Chicago
Dresden Lock and Dam
Morris
Gacy silent in courtroom in first appearance
John W. Gacy Jr. stood silent as his lawyer entered pleas of innocent to seven murder charges. Judge Richard J. Fitzgerald presided as security cleared the courtroom for the arraignment amid high tension.
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Chicago
John W. Gacy Jr
Sheriff's Deputies
Gacy
Richard J. Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
Cook County
Cermak Memorial Hospital
Four U of I specialists speak at swine producers seminar
Four University of Illinois specialists spoke at a Grundy County swine producers seminar sponsored by the Extension Service. Art Muehling and Gilbert Hollis discussed swine housing and nutrition while LeRoy Beihl and Al Mueller covered veterinary insights and farm economics.
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University of Illinois Cooperative Extension Office
Grundy County
E. Washington St
LeRoy Biehl
al Mueller
U. of
Art Muehling
Gilbert Hollis
Franklin Reiss
University of Illinois
Grundy County Farm Bureau
Washington St
Grundy County Cooperative Extension Service
U. of I
LeRoy Beihl
Beihl
Mueller
Ottawa
LaSalle County
Morris
Muehling
Hollis
U. of S. Extension
Reihl
Illinois
al Pilch
Morris Grade students outperforming on California tests
The Morris Grade School Board reviewed October California Achievement Test results for Garfield and Center schools showing well above national norms in reading language and math. District 54 students averaged four months to a year ahead, the first year using the California tests after switching from Iowa tests, with expectations of further gains as teachers target weak areas.
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Morris District 54
California
Garfield
Max Lindsay
Garfield and Center Schools
Lindsay
Iowa
Bernard Keating
Keating
Grundy Area
Barr
Suspect arson blamed for Keokuk furniture store fire
In Keokuk Iowa a fire gutted Linquist Furniture Store and damaged adjacent shops in the downtown district. Fire Chief Jud Harmon and owners Glenn and Hazel Linquist suspected arson after a rear loading dock blaze with prior attempts by unidentified persons. Alarm reported at 4 05 p m.
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Keokuk, Iowa
Keokuk
Jud Har
Mon
Glenn
Hazel Linquist
Linquist
Elschlager
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Morris Daily Herald
Planning Commission
Will County
Edwin Burnham
County Board of Review
Board of Review
Burnham
Clarence Mosimann
Superintendent of Education
William Wallin
Morris Public Works Department
Fremont Ave
Lisbon
Fulton
Union, High
Armstrong
North Sts
News Almanac
Barrow
Arctic
Barter Island
Alaska
Mount Carroll
Wests Cafe
Liberty, Morris
Snowball Fine
Washington
U.S
Iran
State Department
Hodding Carter
Carter
Tehran
Department
Nancy Morris
Dorothy Claire
Pine Bluff Rd
Claire
H. Dale Barr
H. Dale Barr Thanked Mrs. Morris
Gerald McTague
Erwin Kelly
Janet Matteson
McTague
al Kief
Robert Engle
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