Grundy County approves residential rezoning delays manufacturing
The Grundy County Board approved a 3.78 acre rezoning from M II manufacturing to R II residential for Spencer LeMenager and the Whites of Morris adjacent to a cemetery, allowing residence and potential new home. A Goose Lake school property rezoning to MI was sent to committee for further study amid concerns of outside storage and traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grundy County
Spencer LeMenager
Kenilworth
Harry and Cecile White
Morris
Cemetery Rd
LeMenager
William Wallin
Wallin
John Crego
Streator
Goose Lake
Pine Bluff Rd
Planning and
Frank Black
Crego
Streator Industrial Supply
Black
Frank McCabe
Collins Rd
John Melvin Phillips
Sorensen
M-I
Robert Trotter
Trotter
School costs eyed as district pinches pennies
Morris Grade School District 54 faces tax delays and a protested multiplier delaying $123,000 in last year’s taxes from Commonwealth Edison. Superintendent H Dale Barr warns of potential Prop 13 pressure and urges trimming spending while tackling ball park drinking issues, air conditioner placement, and new staff hires including Todd Crose as physical education teacher.
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Barr
al Kief
California
Illinois 47
Ray Serena
Gardner
Center School
Center
Todd Crose
Regina Edgar
Garfield
Bernard Keating
Steve Black
Crose
Alma College
Michigan
Weather outlook with warm, showers likely tonight
The forecast calls for mostly cloudy skies and warmer temps with showers and thunderstorms likely. A Thursday with partly cloudy conditions and a high in the 80s is expected, while Tuesday peaked at 85 degrees at Dresden Island Locks and Dam and a 54 degree low. Morning readings showed 56 degrees at 7 am and 71 degrees at Morris by 10 am.
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Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Morris
Mosquito Spraying Set to Begin in Morris Alleys
Morris Mayor Donald Davidson announced alleys will be sprayed for mosquitoes starting Monday, with equipment and operator supplied through a coalition with the Village of Coal City. Spraying runs 5 30 p m to 9 15 p m each night and should finish Tuesday evening, with a harmless fog approved by the health department. Parents are urged to keep children from entering the fog due to reduced visibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davidson
Health Department
Minooka Board to Strictly Enforce Park Motorcycle Ban
Minooka village board heard complaints about youths riding unlicensed motorcycles through Lions Community Park for hours. Police will be alerted to enforce the park ordinance. The meeting also covered weed-cutting notices to six to eight property owners and Sewage Treatment Plant revision progress. Final plat for Unit 4 East Acres Subdivision was tabled pending construction drawings. Meeting adjourned to resume Tuesday at 5 p.m.
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Minooka
Lions Community Park
Pat Young
Mavis Bercaw
East Acres
East Acres Unit 4
Woman cleared in arson case after Godley house fire
A Godley woman, Margaret Rowe, 46, was released after authorities determined arson charges could not be filed since Russell Rowe would need to file a complaint. The jointly owned County Line Rd. house was destroyed in a Tuesday fire, with no insurance and no charges against Mrs. Rowe. Firefighters from multiple departments battled the three bedroom home as investigators noted potential motives and unearthed prior domestic issues.
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Godley
County Line Rd
Margaret Rowe
Grundy County
Russell Rowe
Ron Fox
Coal City
Gardner
Milt Batson
Sgt. Schmitt
Rowes
Rowe
Mrahlam
Kendall County board member James Mann killed in crash
James C. Mann 53 of Yorkville, a Kendall County Board member and longtime leader, died after a one vehicle crash on Illinois 47 two miles south of Illinois 71. Autopsy planned. inquest pending. Mann served on several county committees and had a long public service record.
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Yorkville
Kendall County
James C. Mann
Mann
Illinois 47
Illinois 71
William Dunn
Kendall Township
Illinois
Joliet
Anderson Ct
Countryside Center
McKeown-Dunn
Oswego
Dunn
Kendall County Board of Review
Bristol Township
Seward Township
Hitchhiker robbed and stabbed in Ladd near Princeton
Bureau County authorities withheld details as of Tuesday night about a stabbing and robbery at the Wabash Rubber Co in Ladd. A 19 year old Pennsylvania youth, Michael J. Brennan of Levittown, was treated and released after being robbed at knifepoint by two or more men who rammed him to the ground and stole about $40 plus belongings after picking him up on Interstate 80. Investigators described two suspects, one tall with long blond hair and another tall man with long brown hair and a Wolfman tattoo, driving an older Buick or Oldsmobile.
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Sereno
Ken Benson
Richard Ferguson
George Brown
Edwin Burnham
Board of Review
Gerald
Janet) Clennon
Minooka
Grundy County
Brown Rd
Aux Sable Township
Richard McTague
McTague
Highway Department
Ford
J. Merle Jones
Boren
Benson
Joliet
Rick Mason
Michael Witherington
Illinois
Waters
Atty
Charles Zalar
Bureau County Sheriff's Department
Ladd
Princeton
Pennsylvania
St. Margaret Hospital
Spring Valley
Michael J. Brennan
Levittown
Wabash Rubber Co
Brennan
Rock Island
Illinois State Police Emergency Radio Network
Ispern
Tim
Tatoo
OSHA urges lower radiation exposure at atomic plants
Washington reports that federal and state officials cite unsafe worker radiation at U S atomic plants. Dr Eula Bingham, head of OSHA, calls to cut the federal exposure limit while EPA reviews hazards after a NAS study. Sidney Wolfe notes many workers at 40 reactor sites exceeded 0.5 rem in 1976. NRC disputes that many cases were unacceptable. Civil penalties issued at Indian Point and Zion. most high exposures involved special quarterly allowances.
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Washington
UPI
Occupational Health and Safety Administration
Eula Bingham
Environmental Protection Agency
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Bingham
Wolfe
NRC
Indian Point
New York
Zion
Illinois
Surgery for girl injured in pool accident
Diana Darlington ten, daughter of Mr and Mrs Clayton Darlington of 736 Douglas St, Joliet, was scheduled for surgery at St Joseph Hospital after a pool accident at Morris Swimming Pool in Gould Park. She broke her lower right leg in several places when it caught on a pool bar and was transferred from Morris Hospital to St Joseph. She is in room.
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Diana Darlington
Clayton Darlington
Douglas St
St. Joseph Hospital
Joliet
Morris Swimming Pool
Gould Park
Morris Hospital
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Joe Temple
Emergency Services and Disaster Agency
Temple
Aux Sable
Morris Fire Department
Caterpillar Tractor Co
Red Cross
County Home Committee
Virginia Mehochko
County Board
Leonard Bols
Morris Daily Herald
Shabbona School
Cafe
Liberty
Godley House
Rte. 1
Ernest Zeller
University of Illinois
Armed Services
Plattville
OSHA
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