Grundy County News

This week in U.S. District Court in Chicago, an imprisoned cocaine dealer from Chicago settled a lawsuit arising from a police chase that began in Ottawa almost three years ago.

Three men were indicted for sex offenses, two of them Class X crimes, when the circuit court grand jury convened Wednesday morning.

Filings for 2010 election closed at 5 p.m. Monday, resulting in a primary contest for the Grundy County Board among Republicans in District 2, and a District 1 board incumbent not seeking re-election. Five Republicans have filed for Grundy County Board from District 2, requiring a primary vote on Feb.

Keeping in good health and fitness might be more important to law enforcement officers than it is to most people.

Several members of the Omicron Chapter of the Delta Kappa Gamma Society International were on hand at South Wilmington Grade School Oct.

Trick-or-treaters in Morris will be able to go door to door seeking candy and other treats between 4 and 7 p.m. on Saturday, Oct.

At one time, if I was asked if I heard what had happened in Kinsman, it only meant one thing - a bar fight had broken out.

Federal agents investigating possible Immigration irregularities conducted raids at a Grundy County meatpacking business and several Chicago locations over the weekend, sources familiar with the probe said Monday.

Alexa Chaidez, Alexander Pascual, and Brejan Nino are Door Prize winners from Grundy County Preschool Parent Meeting held at White Oak Elementary School.

Repeatedly Tuesday evening, the members of the Grundy County Board were asked to “do the right thing.” The request came from some of the scores of county residents in attendance to oppose any possible expansion of the Environtech landfill.

Joan Schoedel knows a thing or two about cutting costs. Schoedel, who lives in the Goose Lake area of Grundy County, keeps her thermostat at 60 degrees in the winter and uses a portable heater to warm up whatever room she's in.

Authorities in the Grundy County town of Mazon are going to the public in their quest to find a young woman who marred the town's Halloween Dungeon of Terror with some real violence.

After almost two years of examination and discussion, a divided board Tuesday night approved its controversial updated solid waste management plan.

Joliet Junior College Board interviewed four candidates to fill its trustee vacancy, including a school superintendent and a former Grundy County administrator.

Approximately 200 students, teachers, staff and parents walked to Mazon-Verona-Kinsman Elementary School on Wednesday, Oct.

Members of the Grundy County Circuit Court grand Jury were busy Wednesday, returning indictments against 36 defendants.

On Wednesday, Sept. 30, Frank Barber, Gerald McKinney and I attended a meeting in Springfield held by the Illinois Division of Nuclear Safety.

Wine enthusiasts and those who just know what they like in their glass were joined by beer fans at Grundy County Chamber of Commerce & Industries Wine & Beer Tasting Sunday evening.

Illinois State Police Trooper Ron Caves critiques a Morris policeman's performance following a drill at Booth Central Elementary School in Wilmington Thursday.

In order to protect the health and safety of Grundy County residents, the Environtech Landfill is scheduled to close by the year 2013.