Injured Man In Critical Condition After Morris Area Crash
An Aurora man, Robert W. Glenn, 50, was reported in critical condition at Morris Hospital after a single vehicle crash on Illinois 47 near Interstate 80. His wife Myrtle A. Glenn, 50, suffered minor injuries. The pair’s 1966 Pontiac skidded into a drainage ditch after Brake to avoid a slow vehicle. no tickets were issued.
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Aurora
Morris Hospital
Illinois 47
Robert W. Glenn
Myrtle A. Glenn
Charles Marketti
John Loughnane
Glenn
Verona
Oldsmobile
Olson
Arco
Morris
Illinois
Gardner
Evert Poyner
William Flynn
McElroy
Kinsman
Sheriff's Office
James Richardson
Grundy County Corn Festival ramps up with parades and exhibits
Decorations fill Liberty Street as the 23rd Grundy County Corn Festival nears. Organizers announce five major exhibits including photography and a Sunday antique gas engine show, with entry deadlines and locations across Morris and Grundy County.
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Liberty St
Grundy County
Channahon
Morris Community High School
Norm Jenkins
Illinois enrollment dips at University of Illinois
Preliminary figures from Urbana Illinois show a fall term enrollment of 31 456 students down from last year’s 33 100. Charles Warwick director of admissions notes the year to year decline and cites enrollment trends at the university.
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Urbana, Ill
University of Illinois
Charles Warwick
Weather snapshot shows mild nights and warm afternoons
The forecast calls for a fair night with a mid 50s low. Tuesday will be mostly sunny and warmer with a high in the upper 80s. Saturday peaks at 73 with a 55 low at Dresden Island Locks and Dam. Sunday reaches 73/51. 7 am today reads 51 degrees.
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Dresden Island Locks
Sludge petition case moves toward dismissal in state suit
State's Atty. Richard Wilder filed a motion Friday to dismiss SEMCO's administrative review suit against Grundy County Zoning Board of Appeals and officials. The action targets board and Sorensen decisions on zoning certificates and building permits for a sludge operation. Two Morris zoning variance requests for two car garages also appear in related notices.
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Soil Enrichment Materials Corp
SEMCO
Grundy County Zoning Board of Appeals
Eugene Sorensen
County and Building and Zoning Officer
State
Atty
Richard Wilder
Zoning Board of Appeal
Sorensen
Atty. Wilder
Morris Zoning Board of Appeals
Richard
E. Benton St
John O'Brien
Gould Park Drive
Theft of 150 Car Radiators Reported in Grundy County
A number of thefts were reported to the Grundy County Sheriff's Department over the weekend including a case where 150 car radiators were stolen. William Blustien reported the thefts from U.S. 66 and Illinois 47 at 11:45 a.m. Sunday. Scrap copper ham-
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Grundy County
Jury tours Grundy jail as grand jury session opens
Grand jurors toured the Grundy County Jail for an annual check led by State's Atty. Richard Wilder who reported no pending cases. Circuit Judge Robert Malmquist presided as the prior grand jury in March indicted Marion Lee Banks in the infant death case.
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Grundy County
Richard Wilder
Robert Malmquist
Marion Lee Banks
Police Chief Hurt in Motorcycle Accident Near Morris
Morris Police Chief George Hendrickson is in Morris Hospital for observation after a Sunday motorcycle crash on Canal Road near Hatcher Woods. He was thrown by loose gravel and taken home by passing motorists before being admitted at 1 p.m. X rays aim to determine a possible right shoulder fracture. Sgt. John Kopezick was also admitted as a medical patient Sunday.
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Morris
George Hendrickson
Morris Hospital
Canal Road
Hatcher Woods
Hendrickson
W. Jefferson St
Police Department
Sheriff's Office
John Kopezick
Local grants issued for Illinois cities and counties
The US Department of Labor announced over 800000 in grants to Illinois city and county governments under the Emergency Employment Act. Chicago receives 705060. Springfield gets 7980. Winnebago County Forest Preserve 10918. Kane County 42921. Kankakee County 25780. Rockford 100339 for varied hiring of deputies, clerks, counselors, maintenance, and other staff.
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Chicago
US Department of Labor
Illinois
W.B. Lewis
Labor Department
Springfield
Winnebago County Forest Preserve
Kane County
Kankakee County
Rockford
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Loughnane
James D. Mercer
South Wilmington
Mercer
Randy Swartz
Wilmington
Jesse Dale Pitts
Pine Bluff Road
Old Pine Bluff Road
Marketti
Pitts
Joliet Junior College
Morris Daily Herald
Ae Ciar
D.C
Narvick Brothers of Morris
Coal City
Broadway St
Narvick
Herald
Emporium
Grundy County National Bank
Gary Lipscomb
First National Bank of Morris
Albert Pilch
Judy Petty
Rose Ann de Pung
Morris Savings and Loan
William Eich
LeRoy Delockery
Goodyear Service
Gould Park
Cochairmen
Harold Guehler
Jim Leonard
Dickey and Dickey
Jackson Street
Morris Jaycees
Tom Dzuryak
Chamber of Commerce
U. of I
UNION
Zoning Board of Appeals
Charles McDonald
Edwin Burnham
Noble Collins
Harold Punke
David Root
Blustien
Donald Woodward
Pine Bluff
Jess Johnson
Mazon Creek
Orville Mickelson
Woodward
Kankakee River
Blanchard Thorsen
Clyde Payne
Joliet
Payne
Morrison U.S. 6
Earl K. Benson Jr
Seneca
Benson
Peter Creed
Donald Davite
William Button
Fred Emanuelson
Emanuelson
John Schroder
Button
Tabler Road
Minooka
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