Park’s policy under review at Gebhard Woods State Park
Park Ranger David Carr says the nature and wildlife area designation for a section of Gebhard Woods State Park will be reevaluated. Homeowners along Fremont Ave report tall dense weeds near their property since the program began five years ago, which started to shift plant life from weeds to grasses and toward forest. Ray Norbert of the Illinois Department of Conservation comments on Carr's guidance this week.
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Morris Daily Herald
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U.S. Departments of Interior and Agriculture
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YCC
Illinois-Michigan Canal
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LaSalle
Utica
Ottawa
Seneca
Gebhard Woods
Adelaide Gebhard
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Gebhard
Wildlife area signs explain park's flood plain and plantings
The Illinois Department of Conservation notes that a wildlife area at Gebhard Woods State Park floods seasonally, with deer raccoon opossum and songbirds growing as flowers thrive. Weed and shrub growth provide a natural barrier while reintroduction efforts and a Youth Conservation Corps program support habitat restoration and public education.
Nazis cancel Skokie march for park rally
In Chicago, a small Nazi group led by Frank Collin cancels a planned Skokie parade and instead will hold a July 9 rally in Marquette Park amid racial tensions. Skokie officials and Jewish leaders hailed the move as a restraint on agitation and a relief to residents, with counterdemonstrations scrapped.
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UPI
Skokie
Marquette Park
Frank Collin
Albert Smith
Jewish United Fund
Israel
David Smerling
JUF
National Socialist White People’s Party
American Nazi Party
National Socialist Party of America
Three Fail To Qualify For Grundy County Board Of Review
Three candidates failed the June 8 examination for the Grundy County Board of Review tax assessments. Another test is set for July 6 at 10 a.m. in the Grundy County Courthouse county board conference room, with no applicants yet received.
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Illinois Department of Local Government Affairs
Grundy County
Washington St
Charles R. Bartlett
Revenue and Taxation
Dallas
Texas
Lottery winners drawn in Illinois State Lottery
Winning numbers were drawn Thursday in the Illinois State Lottery and appear on page 18 of today’s Morris Daily Herald.
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Morris Daily Herald
Weather outlook: showers, warmer with clouds tonight
Forecaster calls for mostly cloudy skies and a chance of showers and thunderstorms tonight with a low near 63 to 73 degrees. Saturday brings higher humidity and warmer highs 86 to 96. Yesterday at Dresden Locks and Dam the high was 82 and the low 54 with 62 at 7 am. Morris downtown recorded 72 at 9:30 am.
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Dresden Locks and Dam
Morris
White tiger cubs to relocate to Chicago area
Three two day old white tiger cubs born in Buffalo will travel to Chicago first class in the lap of owner John Cuneo of Grayslake Illinois. Each cub is valued at 100000 dollars and the cubs were born Wednesday night at Marineland in Niagra Falls New York whose mother Rhani is on lease to Marineland from Hawthorne Circus Corp of Richmond Illinois owned by Cuneo.
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Chicago
UPI
Tiger Cubs
Buffalo
N.Y
John Cuneo
Grayslake
Cubs
Marineland
Niagra Falls
Rhani
Marine Land
Hawthorne Circus Corp
Richmond
Ill
Cuneo
Free Coffee At 180 Rest Areas On I 80 Weekend
Illinois launches a free coffee program over the July Fourth weekend at 180 rest stops west of Minooka on Interstate 80. Coffee served 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily by I-80 Control CB Club volunteers under the Department of Transportation traffic safety division. Other rest stops include Goodfield, Buckley, Monee, Anna, Princeton, Springfield, and Effingham. Local volunteers from civil defense, chambers, Rebekahs, churches, REACT, and CB clubs assist. Governor’s highway safety rep Karsten J. Wieg notes 52,000 cups served last year.
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Minooka
Interstate 80
Joe Temple
Grundy County
Goodfield
Buckley
Monee
Anna
Princeton
Springfield
Effingham
Illinois
Civil Defense Agencies
Chambers of Commerce
Rebekahs
Radio Emergency Associated Citizens Teams
REACT
Karsten J. Wieg
Grid work advances on Illinois River Bridge deck replacement
Illinois 47 over the Illinois Michigan Canal undergoes deck replacement by Thomas M. Madden Co under a 1.36 million contract. The project aims to finish deck work by Sept 1 with about 400 feet left in a 1,459 foot span, using steel grid precast concrete decks and 191 grids.
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Andrew Elias
Illinois Department of Transportation
Illinois River
Herald
Thomas M. Madden Co
Chicago
Illinoi- Michigan Canal
Elias
Batavia
Illinois 47 River
Dog finds prehistoric Indian skeleton in Milwaukee suburb
A dog named Freebie unearthed a fetal skeleton of a prehistoric Indian at a Milwaukee suburb construction site. Archaeologist Thomas Kehoe noted ochre, a copper celt, a knife blade, and beads, with pottery and charcoal fragments suggesting a ceremonial grave. More bones are likely to follow.
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Elm Grove
Wis
UPI
Freebie
Grootemaat Corp. of
Milwaukee
Thomas Kehoe
Milwaukee Public Museum
Chris
Bob Meurer
Mark Klingbeil
David Klingbeil
Meurers
Kehoe
Thousands expected at Seabrook four day snake-in protest
Seabrook New Hampshire hosts a four day demonstration against the atomic power project. Organizers expect up to 6000 protesters to gather near the 18 acre Seabrook site for a peaceful snake-in. State police and National Guardsmen guard the area with additional forces on standby across the border in Newburyport Massachusetts. Similar actions are planned in at least 13 other states from California to Vermont.
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UPI
Atomic Power
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Newburyport
Mass
California
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