Morris News

"I'm happy. It's been such a long, bitter feud on this," said Ron Severson, chairman of the Grundy County Board.

Morris police cited two Morris residents in the early morning hours of Thursday, Feb.

Bill Griffith and Paula Michelle Rybak perform in the Morris Theatre Guild's production of "Getting Sara Married". Griffith plays Brandon Cade and Rybak plays the main character Sara Hastings, a single lawyer whose crazy aunt tries to set her up with ineligible men.

The Morris City Council approved an amendment to its municipal code at Monday's council meeting.

Kathryn Anne Hentschel and Michael John Englert, both of Morris, exchanged marriage vows at 2 p.m. on Sept.

A Morris motorist told police Tuesday, Feb. 7, she was unable to stop in time to avoid colliding with a vehicle on Division Street.

A Wilmington man told police he backed into a vehicle Monday, Feb. 6 that was legally parked on Chapin Street.

The Morris City Council approved paying almost $1.8 million in Tax Increment Financing District funds to Morris schools, but the school districts have asked the city to wait on cutting the checks.

Bill Midnight, 59, of rural Ottawa, passed away Wednesday, Feb. 8, at Ottawa Regional Hospital & Healthcare Center.

Debra J. Connelly, 53, of Lemont, Ill., told Morris police she was stopped in traffic in the east, northbound lane on N. Division Street, south of the eastbound Interstate 80 ramp, Friday, Feb.

Speaker Michael Madigan on Tuesday outlined grim budget news to House Democrats who left a closed-door meeting predicting deep budget cuts, particularly in health care for the poor.

On the first day of witness testimony in the double murdertrial of Keith Mackowiak Tuesday, several members of thevictims' family cried silently as a state police investigator showed and described stark images of their murdered relatives on a large courtroom monitor.

SPRINGFIELD The Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs is announcing the reopening its part-time Veterans' Service Office located in Morris, Ill.

A Morris motorist who failed to see a vehicle stopped in an intersection Friday, Feb.

A Morris motorist told police she was having problems with her brakes just prior to colliding into the back of another vehicle.

Grundy County deputies cited Gavin C. Pearson , 30, of Clinton, Ill., for disobeying a stop sign at 10 E. Northbrook Drive in Dwight, Saturday, Jan.

More than 300 adult community volunteers are needed on Feb. 17-18 for a speech and debate contest at the First Christian Church, 455 W. Southmor Rd.

Morris resident Bronco Bojovic suspended his campaign last week to seek the congressional seat in the 16th District.

THUMBS UP TO the Ottawa Township High School Education Association, which last week donated $1,000 to the school's prom committee.

It wasn't exactly what Morris wrestling coach Jon Lanning was hoping for. Then again, it wasn't all that bad according to Lanning, either.