News - Grundy County

The single-family residence located at 2400 Island Drive in Morris was sold on Jan. 20, for $634,000, or $440 per square foot.

The current leadership at Joliet’s Big Brothers Big Sisters of Will and Grundy counties said it has navigated “significant ongoing challenges” as a result of the former executive’s failures with “diligence and care.”
The Grundy County Board approved a request from the tax assessor’s office Tuesday that will provide it with two new positions, a field appraiser coordinator and a property tax coordinator.

Five days after the Will County and Wilmington emergency services said they were monitoring changing ice conditions on the Kankakee Rivers, the weather finally warmed enough for it to begin thawing.
The Grundy County Board approved $375,000 to be spent out of the county's motor fuel tax funding for general maintenance for highways.
The Grundy County Board took a few moments out of the beginning of Tuesday's meeting to remember George Gray, a retired county administrator who passed away in January.

The former CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Will and Grundy counties owed $40,000 in restitution to the nonprofit he pleaded guilty to stealing from and he has paid half of that amount.

The Morris Community High School varsity cheerleaders have won the IHSA 2A state championship.
Morris Community High School honored its Illinois State Scholars during its board meeting on Monday.


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