Record land prices rise across Grundy County farms
The Morris Daily Herald notes rising Illinois farm land values with a Grundy County 160-acre sale at 2910 per acre, plus another 160 acres in Nettle Creek Township fetching 2400 and 2500 per acre. Douglas and LaSalle Counties report higher sales, while economists discuss effects on farmers and food prices and the role of tenancy and development bids.
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Mazon
Grundy County
Nettle Creek Township
Reiss
Livingston County
Lon Lavellette
Federal Land Bank
University of Illinois
Commonwealth Edison Utility Company
Norman Township
Farmers tour Illinois River in a barges voyage
Bill Mason of WGN Chicago arranged a 32 mile Illinois River trip for 55 farmers from Morris to Starved Rock Lock and Dam to show how river transport supports Illinois agriculture. The Charles Lehman towboat carried six barges with tallow grain tin plate gasoline oil and oil while captains explained locks traffic and costs.
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Michael Farrell
Illinois River
Bill Mason
WGN
Chicago
Morris
New Orleans
Illinois
Starved Rock
Mason
American Commercial Barge Co
Jeffersonville
Ind
United States Army Corps. of Engineers
Alton Lock
Iowa
Wisconsin
Grundy County
Mitchell Corbin
Felix Township
Coal City
Donald Pfeifer
Goodfarm
Gardner
Charles Lehman
James Philpott
Lehman
Mississippi River
Cairo
Ill
St. Louis
Philpott
Mississippi
The
Gulf
Memphis
Tenn
Wood River
Pekin
Art Johnson
Great Lakes
American Commercial
Johnson
George Hester
Weather brief for Dresden Island area and Morris
Forecast calls for tonight partly cloudy and cold with low in the 20s. Saturday will be mostly cloudy and warmer with rain likely by afternoon or evening, highs in the 50s. Thursday's high 42 and low 23 at Dresden Island Locks and Dam. At 7 am Morris 23, 10 am Morris 34. ESDA shows Morris yesterday high 46 low 26. Barometer 30.22 and rising. Peak wind in last 12 hours 22 mph.
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Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Morris
ESDA
Winning Illinois Lottery numbers listed on Morris Daily Herald
The Morris Daily Herald reports the Illinois State Lottery winning numbers drawn Thursday. The results appear on page 5 with the sequence of winning digits and prize breakdown.
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Morris Daily Herald
Nuclear engineer resigns from NRC over Dresden cooling concerns
Ronald M. Fluegge, a nuclear engineer, resigns from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission amid dispute over Dresden nuclear station cooling. Officials noted Dresden uses boiling water reactors and has no pressurized water cooling systems. The NRC rejected a reactor engineer's warning to shut down 36 plants to avert possible overpressurization risks.
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Commonwealth Edison
Dresden
Nuclear Regulatory Commission
NRC
Ronald M. Fluegge
Baldacci
Fluegge
Man hurt in guard rail accident near Gardner Illinois 129 overpass
Kansas City man Michael Nicholson, 18, is listed in fair condition in St. Joseph Hospital Joliet after his car struck a guard rail on the Illinois 129 overpass above I-55 near Gardner. He was reportedly sleepily driving and was taken to hospital. no citations were issued.
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Kansas City
Gardner
Michael Nicholson
St. Joseph Hospital
Joliet
Nicholson
Wilmington
Grell
Vote Nov 20 on South Wilmington Fire District election
An order from Grundy County Circuit Court calls for a special election November 20 to form a South Wilmington Fire Protection District. Greenfield Township residents petitioned in August. three precincts are set with polls 6 am to 6 pm and election judges named.
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Grundy County
South Wilmington
Greenfield Township
Kankakee County
Coster Rd
Reddick Rd
East Brooklyn
Center School Hosts Parents Night Tuesday Event
Center School invites parents to an informal Parents Night from 7 to 9 p.m. They may visit their child’s homeroom or other teaching stations, view art and crafts displays, and enjoy refreshments in the gym. Homeroom mothers will assist across floors, with families free to come and go as they wish.
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Morris
Illinois Department of Public Health
Health Department
Grundy County Clerk Race Narrows To Two Candidates
In Grundy County the November general election features incumbent acting County Clerk Lana Phillips facing challenger James R. Williams. Phillips, 31, has served since July 1 after McEvilly resigned and earlier as interim clerk. Williams, 47, is a Verona farmer and Republican precinct committeeman with farm bureau and school transportation ties. He sought Noonan in 1974 and received 46 percent of the vote.
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Grundy County
John
Lana) Phillips
James R. Williams
Phillips
School Drive
John McEvilly
Donald
Mary Jane) Noonan
McEvilly
Mrs. Phillips
Louis and
Ethel
Oswood) Gregoire
Morris Community High School
Williams
The
Grundy County Farm Bureau
Verona AF and AM
National School Transportation Association
Mary Jane Noonan
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Ralph Houck
Army Corps
Lake Michigan
Lockport
Brandon Rd
Marseilles
Peoria
LaGrange
Conley Realty
Indian Point
N.Y
Ron Baldacci
Edison
Seneca, Bryan
Braidwood
Zion
Renard C. Rusche
Office of Nuclear
South
Clarence Dinger
Precinct III
Frank Larks
Jeff Haddon
Jim Haddon
Center School
Lana Phillips
James Williams
Mazon High School
Joliet Junior College
Violet Reader
Sharon Beck
James Williams Jr
Connie Marie Williams
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