Obituaries for Maude McCambridge and Mike Tessler
Obituary notices report Maude McCambridge 83 of Kinsman died in Streator after a lingering illness. Funeral at Sacred Heart Church Kinsman with burial at St Patrick's Ransom. Visitation Wednesday at Solon Funeral Home. Surviving sisters Loretta Bernhard and Nell Cruise. Tessler, 67, of Braidwood dies at St Joseph Hospital Joliet after lingering illness. WWII veteran and American Legion member. Surviving wife Irene, four children, two sisters, two brothers. Funeral Thursday at Patterson Chapel then Immaculate Conception Church. Burial Mt Olivet Braidwood.
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Aloysius
Maude) McCambridge
Kinsman
Streator
Sacred Heart Church
St. Patrick’s Church
Ransom
Solon Funeral Home
Joseph
Loretta) Bernhard
Elwood
Thomas
Nell) Cruise
Chicago
John and
Martha (Lamping) Curtin
McCambridge
Gardner
Braidwood
Mike Tessler
St. Joseph Hospital
Joliet
Barnesboro
American Legion
Koca Post 39
Irene
John
Arlene) McLuckie
Sharon
Donald O’connor
Mt. Olivet
Lockport Youth Pleads Guilty On Drug Charge
A 19 year old Lockport man Scott Bergquist pleaded guilty in Grundy County Circuit Court to possession of a controlled substance and received one year probation with $500 fine. The charge on marijuana was dismissed. Bergquist and passenger Lester Castleman were stopped for speeding on Illinois 113 in Diamond. deputies recovered almost 400 grams of marijuana and hashish.
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Lockport
Grundy County
Scott Bergquist
Jeff Wix
Illinois 113
Diamond
Wix
Bergquist
Castleman
Joliet Market Tock Cattle Sales fail to establish market
Joliet market report shows cattle sales insufficient to establish a market. Hog prices fall 25 to 50 cents with No 1-2 200-230 lb at 52.75 to 53.00 and No 1-3 200-240 lb at 52.25 to 52.50, while 240-260 lb cattle bring 51.75 to 52.25.
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Tock
Wheat futures slip on harvest signals and market warming
Market brief shows July wheat futures down 3.68 percent as traders weigh supply signals and seasonal demand. Prices for September drop to 3.78 while December trades at 3.92, suggesting modest softening amid mixed crop outlook and export pace.
Fireworks complaints reported in Morris neighborhoods
Morris police logged multiple fireworks complaints Monday including at the Fulton Street viaduct at 4:50 p.m. and three sounds of firecrackers between 10:45 and 10:50 p.m. from Chapin Park 1200 block Lisbon Street and the Washburn Apartments at Waverly and Lisbon Streets. Officers checked without locating any signs of fireworks in use.
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Morris
Fulton St
Chapin Park
Lisbon St
Washburn Apartments
Waverly
Lisbon Sts
Three men questioned in Lori Bolger murder case
Police in Elgin Illinois said they want to question three men in the beating death of 16 year old Lori Bolger but stressed they are not suspects at this time. Lt Ron Booth noted two have prior sex crime arrests while the third may know something. The body was found at midday June 22 with killing likely hours earlier.
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Elgin, Ill
UPI
Lori Bolger
Ron Booth
Kane County Sheriff’s Police
Booth
Morris library votes policy changes and summer plans
Morris Public Library Board approved a policy granting three weeks paid vacation to full time staff after 15 years and triple vacation hours for part time staff after 15 years. They announced a July book sale and a public affairs workshop on July 14 with local officials. Mrs Schultz reported a busy month including fines and memorial gifts while resigning as librarian effective August 2.
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Morris Public Library Board
Gary Schultz
Ohio
Thomas Jefferson
John Maunder
Donald Davidson
William Waters
Milton Carlson
ALA
Chicago
Maurine Glossop
Carol Hutchings
Schultz
Hugo Avalos
Carl Johnson
Jack Allen
Donald Lyons
Robert Macdonald
Fred Schaefer
Carson Robinson
John Hynds
Burglary convictions lead to prison terms in LaSalle County
Michael Matuszewski 21 of Morris was sentenced to two to 10 years after pleading guilty to burglary in LaSalle County Circuit Court. He admitted the March 8 Marseilles Fanning residence burglary involving guns and valuables valued at over 150 dollars. Louis Martinez of Joliet also faced related charges and received an 18 months to four and a half year sentence.
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Dorothy Grove
Russell A. Varland
Morris Junior Woman's Club
Michael Matuszewski
Morris
LaSalle County
Matuszewski
E. Washington St
Cuit Court
Marseilles
Richard Fanning
Union St
Fanning
Louis Martinez
Joliet
North End
Seneca
Preliminary hearings continued for two Grundy defendants
In Grundy County Circuit Court two preliminary hearings were adjourned at counsels request. Mike Sears aged 26 of 110 E Chapin Street faces robbery felony theft and battery charges and his hearing was moved to July 6. William Tomko 25 of Joliet had his hearing moved to July 13 on charges of possession of controlled substances and possession of 30 to 500 grams of marijuana after a stop on Illinois 53 east of Gardner on May 28.
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Grundy County
Mike Sears
E. Chapin St
Morris
Stephen Masters
Joliet
William Tomko
Morris Atty
Robert Adcock
Tomko
Grundy County Fair Horse Show Twice This Week
Grundy County residents will showcase horses at the Grundy County Fair horse show on Thursday and Friday at the fair grounds. Halter classes start at 8 a.m. on Thursday with horses and ponies. Friday features riding driving and western classes in front of the grandstand, awarding grand champion pony and horse trophies to a youth under 14. Free grandstand admission.
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Grundy County
Ellis Beerger
Correction: Delmar Chitwood Fine Reduced to Fifty Dollars
The Friday Morris Daily Herald incorrectly stated a $500 theft fine for Delmar Chitwood of 1620 Pine Bluff Road. He was fined $50 for the offense.
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Morris Daily Herald
Delmar
Fire damages Eileen house at Novak residence
An electrical fire at the Tony Novak residence in Eileen caused about 350 in damage. Coal City Fire Department responded around 2 20 a.m. and contained the blaze in the wall behind the porch light. Investigators suspect an electrical malfunction. The home sits two blocks north of Illinois 113.
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Tony Novak
Eileen
Coal City
Novak
E. E
Buzz) Livsey
Illinois 113
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Illinois
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