Parklake Village delay urged as Planning Commission forwards action
Morris Planning Commission votes 7-0 to forward a recommendation to the City Council that no action be taken on revised Parklake Village preliminary site plans. The 488 unit PUD north of George St and east of Lisbon Rd faces requirement for final plans before council approval.
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Morris Planning Commission
City Council
Parklake Village
United Development
PUD
George
Leon Apanas
Austin Bollen
Apanas
Planning Commission
Bollen
Willard Olson
Fire destroys Plano store in Plano Shopping Plaza
A blaze between 6 30 and 7 p m at Earl s Men s Wear Store in Plano Shopping Plaza on U S 34 destroyed the clothing store and contents. Adjacent Coast to Coast Store suffered heavy damage with half the roof down. Eagles Food Store nearby had smoke damage. Fire departments from Plano and Sandwich handled scene. traffic directed by Kendall County Police. Damage estimate unavailable pending investigation into electrical malfunction.
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Plattville
Earl’s Men’s Wear
Plano
U. S. 34
Eagles Food
Plano Fire Department
Sandwich Fire Department
Kendall County Police Department
Synod Keeps Latin Rite Celibacy Rule
The World Synod of Bishops voted overwhelmingly to retain priestly celibacy in the Latin rite. It also defeated a proposed fundamental law for the church in a mail vote. Eastern Catholics retain option for marriage before ordination.
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Vatican City
World Synod of Bishops
Vatican
Paul VI
Pope Paul
Morris directory to expand for Joliet region rollout
Illinois Bell will revise the Morris telephone directory in a larger 9 by 11 inch 3 in 1 format delivering in late March. The front white pages cover Morris Dwight Gardner Lisbon Mazon South Wilmington and 10 more towns. The back white pages add Joliet region listings.
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Morris
Jim Crupi
Illinois Bell
Morris Telephone Directory
Crupi
Dwight
Gardner
Lisbon
Mazon
South Wilmington
Seneca
Bolingbrook
Frankfort
Joliet
Lockport
New Lenox
Plainfield
Wilmington
Joliet Region
Weather Outlook Cushions Between Sun and Cold
Partly sunny and windy today with a high in the upper 40s. Tonight will be fair and cold with freezing temperatures and a low in the upper 20s. Thursday remains mostly sunny and cool with a high in the upper 40s. Tuesday tied the Dresden Island Locks and Dam forecast with a high of 59 and a low of 34. 7 am temperature was 35 degrees.
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Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Rest areas renamed rest parks on I-80 in Illinois
Illinois announces rest areas along Interstate 80 five miles west of Minooka will be titled rest parks. at the dedication Tuesday morning William F. Cellini said the 20 acre site offers beauty and services and will be designed for breaks every 50 to 60 miles to reduce tedium and accidents.
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William F. Cellini
Illinois Department of Public Works and Buildings
Interstate 80
Grundy County
Marlene Hubbel
Ottawa Highway Department
Robert H. Blasius
Ottawa
Highway Department
Robert Anderson
Grundy County National Bank
Cellini
Jeanne Fox
Illinois
Minooka
H. Blasius
Peter F. Dunne
William Bills
Streator
William Palmer
Bridge Work Contract Awarded to Charles O'Brien & Son
Charles O'Brien & Son Construction Co. of Morris lands a 249,493 contract by the Division of Highways at Springfield to remove the Mazon River Bridge superstructure and one center pier and replace with a beam deck on finish 113 about three miles west of Coal City. The award also includes building two new center piers.
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Charles O’brien & Son Construction Co
Morris
Mazon River Bridge
Coal City
Division of Highways
Springfield
McEvilly Files Petition for Grundy County Board Seat
James McEvilly of Minooka filed for District No. 2 with Democrat Dave Barr for District No. 1 joining him. By 10 am only these two Democrats had filed while 11 Republicans and four Democrats had submitted petitions. deadline is 5 pm Monday. Primary is Feb 8. six members from each district to be elected April 4.
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Grundy County
James McEvilly
Minooka
Dave Barr
Ex-resident Bruce B Brooks faces arraignment on marijuana charges
Bruce B Brooks 21 of Urbana and formerly Morris is held for arraignment in Champaign County Circuit Court after deputies seized 8.5 pounds of marijuana 60 hallucinogen capsules powder syringes and a packing machine at his residence following reports of loud music. He faces possession and disorderly conduct charges.
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Bruce B. Brooks
Urbana
Morris
Champaign County
Brooks
Champaign County Sheriff's
Joseph Brown
Rte. 5
Illinois State Farm
Vandalia
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Bauer
Olson
Daniel Carr
Nettletown Village
Hi-Park Subdivision
William Cellini
Synod
Joseph C. Carr
Douglas St
St. Francis Hospital
Peoria
Randall C. Pellegrino
Mooseheart Drive
Morris Daily Herald
Oe Eis
Jolly Roger
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Anchor
Crow's Nest
Atlantic Ocean
BUICK
Skylark
Hal Osmanson
First National Bank OF Morris
Bebrebeeer
O’brien
Morris Contractor
Joe Culbertson
Silver Spring
Earl Frederiksen
Verona
Tom Clayton
Fred Keefer
Rich Beck
W. S. Bills & Sons, Inc
Aldridge Electrical Co
Chicago Area
Naal Pumbing
Conrad Sheet Metal Co
Bloomington
Sam
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