Darkness looms on Morris River Bridge as light plans fade
The city claims authority to request a lit bridge span from the Illinois Department of Transportation amid rising pedestrian and bicycle use. Police, sheriff, and state officials urge lighting for safety, noting a 3,800 vehicle daily count and past vandalism that reduced lighting.
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Morris
P. J. Faletto
Ottawa
District 3
Illinois Department of Transportation
Department of Transportation
Bureau of Bridges
Illinois Division of Waterways
Dean Sager
Sager
Pine Bluff Road
Illinois 47
Illinois Division of Waters
Ottawa District Office
Illinois Division of Highways
Morris Police Department
Faletto
Corn Festival Marks 25th Year In Grundy County
Buttons go on sale at 75 outlets for the Grundy County Corn Festival opening Sept 28 to 30. About 11 000 tickets will fund festival expenses with Royale Neighbors and Junior Woman's Clubs helping. Highlights include the Queen Coronation Parade, square dancing, teen dance, Kids Pie Eating Contest, Greased Pig Contest, Antique Auto Show, and concerts featuring The Statler Brothers and others.
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Grundy County
Morris
Liberty Sts
Jackson St
Romeoville
Seamen
Chapin Park
Council of Catholic
Morris Community High School
Corn Festival
Shower of Stars
Statler Brothers
Kenny Price
Don Barnett
Najays
Norm Jenkins
Brush
Youth charged after false vehicle accident story
Michael W. Lilly, 16, of Gardner, received three citations from Grundy County officers after changing his account and admitting involvement in a crash. Police tracked a damaged rear end, leading to the updated statement about the accident near Braceville and Carbon Hill roads.
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Michael W. Lilly
Canterbury
Gardner
Grundy County
Ron Fox
Fox
Broadway Rd
Reed Rd
Ken Rinehart
Braceville Rd
Rinehart
Coal City
Charles Marketti
Braceville
Carbon Hill Rds
Lilly
Marcetti
District budget discussed at Mazon Verona Kinsman Board meeting
The Mazon Verona Kinsman Community District No 2 board will vote on the 1973 74 budget at 8 p m in the high school cafeteria. Fox reports Lilly claimed involvement in an accident saying another Ford hit him and both left the scene. Lilly cited for invalid registration licensing expired curfew and unsafe equipment posted bond posted license and set for court Sept 17.
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Mazon- Verona-Kinsman
Fox
Lilly
Ford
Snicker Day Recall Of Past Unrest And Sleep
A reflective item retraces a past period of unrest once linked to insomnia. The feature notes how public unease shaped daily life and local culture, prompting discussions on mental health, community resilience, and social memory.
Flying saucer sighting linked to Morris power outage
A resident saw a saucer with red and green lights near the Northern Petrochemical plant around 11 43 p m the same time as a Morris area blackout. Officials blame a damaged electrical line near Illinois 47 south of DuPont Road for the outage after a lightning strike weakened it and a wind gust finished it.
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U.S. 6
Morris
Mike Mash
Benson Rd
Syd Reeve
Reeve
Grundy County
Ron Fox
Illinois 47
DuPont Rd
R.C. Baldacci
Commonwealth Edison
Public Meeting Covers Wastewater Land Treatment Plan
About 150 residents heard James Maas of the U S Corps of Engineers discuss a study on using Grundy Will and Kendall county farmland for Chicago area wastewater treatment. Maas noted the study is advisory and five of nineteen options remain, including land treatment plans with long term leases and potential land value impacts.
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Plattville
Tri-County
James Maas
U.S. Corps of Engineers
Chicago Area
Grundy
Will and
Maas
Kendall
Will
Chicago
Lake Michigan
Eee
Indiana
Melbourne
Australia
University of Illinois
U.S. Department of Agriculture
John Jacobs
Hostages Released at Stateville Penitentiary Standoff
Ten guards freed from a cellblock holdout at Stateville Penitentiary after officials threatened state police with tear gas and an ultimatum. About 260 prisoners were in the block. 90 police guarded exterior. Gov Walker refused amnesty and negotiations continued after the release.
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Allyn R. Sielaff
Department of Corrections
Dwight E. Pitman
Sielaff
Pitman
Daniel Walker
Springfield
Walker
Rezoning vote advances for Bower Home Sales 8 acre site
Grundy County Zoning Board of Appeals passed a 4 0 recommendation to rezone 8 acres on Illinois 47 near the river bridge from agriculture to commercial for Bower Home Sales. The planning commission favored the change to avoid multiple access roads and align with corridor studies.
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Grundy
Grundy County
Noble Collins
Tesdal
Eugene Sorensen
Planning Commission
Sorensen
Breisch
Gregory
Donna) Olson
Bower Sales
Tesdale
Appeals Board
Section 22
Township 33
Collins
Walker
Kenneth Sandeno
Edwin Walker
Atty. Hynds
Bowers
Kathryn O’connors
Joliet
Nellie Cosgrove
Weather Update From Morning to Thursday and Weekend
Mostly sunny today with a high in the middle to upper 70s. Fair tonight with a low 55 to 60. Saturday will be more cloudy and slightly warmer with a high near 80. Thursday reached 78 at Dresden Island Locks and Dam with a low of 48. At 7 a.m. today the temperature was 49 and at 10:45 a.m. in Morris downtown it was 75.
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Dresden Island Locks and Dam
Morris
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Putnam
Robert W. Georgantas
Georgantas
Armak Co
Tabler Road
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Armak
Public Library Fund
Gordon Gregg
Gregg
Carol Wilken
Florence Smith
Walter Hundt
Washington St
Charles
Pete) Muffler
Festival Cochairman
Hundt
Herald
Conleygg
Associa
Flying Saucer
Kendall Counties
Minooka High School
U.S. Congress
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