Ice jam blocks Kankakee River near Grundy Will line
Large ice jam up to 1.5 miles long stalls the Kankakee around Bardwell Island upstream from the county line bridge. Army engineers use tugs and a crane barge to break sheet ice, while dynamite is ruled out. Flooding risk remains as the jam may shift and flow into the Illinois River, with Urbana area evacuees returning.
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Kankakee River
Will-Grundy County Line
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Grundy-Will County Line
Vic Gervais
Army Corps
Bardwell Island
Gervais
County Line Bridge
Illinois River
Army Corps of Engineers
Grand jurors to hear two cases in Grundy County
State's Attorney Charles Zalar says the Grundy County Grand Jury will hear at least two cases when it meets Monday morning. Indictments are planned for Daniel Lee Wright after a February stabbing in a van near the Illinois 47 river bridge, and for Ray Lee Clark charged with reckless conduct in a November rifle shooting at Shawna Strobel.
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Grundy County
Charles Zalar
Daniel Lee Wright
Illinois 47 River Bridge
Ray Lee Clark
Bluff Rd
Morris to Demolish Early Building for Parking Lot Planned
The Morris community will demolish an early 20th century structure this spring to clear space for a parking lot or modern building. Weathered wood and crumbled bricks will be removed as crews prepare the site for redevelopment.
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Dee Ray
Morris
Nuclear site lease ends at Sheffield disposal yard
The Nuclear Engineering Co NECO division of Teledyne Corp says it has terminated its lease and license to operate the low level nuclear waste disposal site at Sheffield Illinois. The firm states the state must now maintain the site as NECO severs all operations.
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Culligan
Illinois Ave
Herald
Sheffield
Sheffield, Ill
the Nuclear Engineering Co
NECO
Teledyne Corp
James N. Neel
Illinois
Sid Wright
Louisville
Wright
William Scott
Scott
Frank Grenard
Three Lisbon board candidates unopposed
Three incumbents and one newcomer will seek four year terms on the Lisbon village board with no opposition. Ness and Hagen are incumbents. Dennis Martin runs for the first time. Ness, 52, is a farm services manager and chamber church member, Hagen, 43, is a credit union manager and trustee, and Martin, 38, runs Hathorn Inspection Station with his wife Marian. Each outlines goals for village governance and growth.
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Lisbon
Russel Ness
James Hagen
Dennis Martin
Ness
Trula
Galena St
Concordia College
Moorhead
Minn
West Lisbon Lutheran Church
Anderson Farm Services
Illinois 47
Lisbon Township
Hagen
East St
Sigrid
Ethan
Steven
Caterpillar
Joliet Employees Credit Union
Martin
Hathorn
Marian
Scott Opposes Morris Nuclear Waste Site Plan
Illinois Attorney General William J. Scott vows to oppose the federal plan to use General Electric's Morris operation as a nationwide radioactive waste depository. He calls the site insane due to proximity to 8 million people and pushes Iowa congressional opposition, while local officials seek public input.
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Springfield
Illinois
William J. Scott
General Electric
Morris
Scott
Washington, D.C
Energy Department
Congress
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