Grundy County

The newly rechristened Meals on Wheels for Northern Illinois is working to expand its services with added volunteers and funding. It also asks supporters to reach out to legislators at the state and federal level.

An analysis underway across Minooka Community Consolidated School District 201’s facility footprint is expected to help assemble a list of short- and long-term capital projects in the years and decades ahead.

Increased traffic around Morris Elementary School has created a need for a lower speed limit on the surrounding roads, and the Morris City Council voted to decrease the speed limit on Dupont Ave. and Locust Road between Route 6 and Edgewater Drive to 20 mph.

An outside consultant will soon review bus routes in Minooka Community High School District 111 and Minooka Community Consolidated School District 201 and potentially recommend efficiencies.

Four Minooka Community High School students taking classes at the Grundy Area Vocational Center were presented with Director Awards for their outstanding performances in class.

Hands off my healthcare. Hands off Social Security. Off Greenland. Off Medicare. The national parks. Disease research. Those were among the signs flashed Saturday in a protest against government overreach.

As long as the unofficial election results hold, Morris Community High School will be receiving a $67 million addition that includes improvements to the existing portions of the school.

Wine lovers now can stop at the Mistie Hill Vineyard in Custer Park to try the wines made in the Kankakee River Valley.

A Joliet Junior College board trustee has appeared to have survived her reelection bid after fellow trustees censured her 15 times since 2024 and released a report a month before the election that claimed she harassed the college president.

The Saratoga Elementary School Board will have new members after the election, with the unofficial results showing Steven Halcomb, Eric Peterson, Justin Holman and Karen Condon as the leading vote getters.

Coal City Unit 1 School Board will have three new members, according to the unofficial election results from Tuesday, after Ryan VanDuyne, Matt Melvin and Mindy Rampa received the most votes.

Voters this week in Grundy County determined who will make the important decisions regarding their communities, schools, townships, fire departments, parks and libraries. See the results here.

Riverside Healthcare in Coal City is expanding its campus, doubling it in size to offer more services from cancer care to physical therapy.

A Will County judge has denied an emergency motion from a Joliet Junior College Board of Trustees candidate who wanted to prevent a trustee from casting votes on the board under the claim that he was “illegally appointed.”

The Prairie Singers are hosting a series of concerts starting at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, April 3 at St. Michael's in Streator, 2 p.m. Sunday, April 6 at St. Bede in Peru, 7 p.m. at St. Patrick's in Ottawa, and then at 2 p.m. Sunday, April 13 at St. Patrick's in Seneca.

Joliet Junior College’s president reported he’s been subjected to harassing behavior from two members of the Board of Trustees and the hostility of one of those trustees caused him to feel unsafe.

The 16-year-old won two bronze medals in taekwondo at the USA Team Trials in individual and pair competition in the freestyle poomsae discipline.

The Village of Channahon announced Monday that construction on the I&M Canal Gateway Project at 25450 W. Eames St. is beginning this week.

This spring, Grundy County voters get to decide who will make the important decisions regarding their communities, schools, townships, fire departments, parks and libraries.

Minooka Community High School has recognized its Students of the Term for the third quarter of the 2024-25 school year.

The Bishop McNamara pitching staff appeared to be in midseason form on opening day collectively striking out 14 as it topped Wilmington 3-0.

Fans of artisan-made Mexican food have a brand-new destination in Morris. It’s the second location for Crest Hill-based Tacos Before Vatos.

Minooka Community High School is creating a new strategic long-term plan, and is seeking community feedback by Friday, March 21.

Here are the honor roll students at Morris Elementary School for the third quarter of the 2024-25 school year.

The Coal City Theatre Department at Coal City High School is opening its Spring musical "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street" at 7 p.m. Friday at 655 W. Division St., with additional shows at 7 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday.

March is Severe Weather Preparedness Month. The National Weather Service is looking for people interested in weather who are willing to volunteer for their community as trained storm spotters.

Anthony Pens, 27, and Alyssa Pens, 15, two of Danny and Sherry Pens’ children, both have heredity spastic paraplegia type 35 and require round-the-clock health care. The family's 2015 van cannot be converted and estimated cost for a new van with conversion is $70,000.

A severe weather spotter training presentation will begin at 6:30 p.m. March 19 to teach Grundy County volunteers how to help warn the community of dangerous storms.

Immaculate Conception School in Morris has announced its honor rolls for the second trimester of the 2024-25 school year.

A state senator visited an organization in Joliet that has been fighting the epidemic of fatal drug overdoses for 15 years.

The Morris Community High School Board discussed the potential for fee increases at Monday's meeting, and will vote on a new fee structure at its Monday, April 14 meeting.

A new Goodwill donation center is now open seven days a week in Coal City

Here are the February 2025 primary election results for Homer Township races in Will County and city of Morris races in Grundy County.

The Morris Community High School Board approved a new lunch provider Monday night, paying Quest Food Management $40,000 to run the school cafeteria.

Superintendent Craig Ortiz explains the ins and outs, and the discusses the district's need for a new addition to Morris Community High School.

The Joliet Junior College Board of Trustees have voted to allow the release of a report regarding an investigation into what the chairman described last year as “employee grievances against members of this board.”

The IESA is recognizing Coal City Middle School as good sports, by selecting it as the Sportsmanship School of the Month.

Three Minooka Community High School students taking classes at the Grundy Area Vocational Center were presented with Director Awards for their outstanding performances in class.

A fire caused damage to a truck repair facility in Channahon but no one was injured in the incident.

Expanding educational opportunities for more community members was a theme for four of the six candidates running for the Joliet Junior College Board of Trustees who attended a forum Tuesday evening.

Minooka Community High School senior Kevin Bisbee, son of Jason and Erin Bisbee of Channahon, has been named the Channahon-Minooka Rotary Club Student of the Month for March.

The Illinois River Valley chapter of the American Red Cross, which serves Grundy, Kane, Kendall, LaSalle, and Will counties, has named a new executive director.

16th US President Abraham Lincoln (R-Illinois) visited Morris on Thursday and Friday, first stopping in for a haircut with Dick Sohan Thursday before stopping in at Morris Elementary for a talk with third grade students.

The culinary program graduates are highly sought after in the food industry. The Michelin Guide recently noted the stellar kitchens where multiple alumni have helped earn accolades.

Gov. JB Pritzker announced during his State of the State address Wednesday an initiative to improve student performance by limiting the use of cellphones in Illinois classrooms.

The Grundy County Historical Society and Museum will be traveling to schools with Abraham Lincoln impersonator Randy Duncan for four programs with third grade students.

State Sen. Patrick Joyce writes about all of what his office has done for area residents this month.

A driver led the Channahon and Wilmington police on a chase early Thursday morning before abandoning the vehicle, leading the police to issue a shelter-in-place order for the area around Sunset Drive near Galloway School.

Morris Community High School's school nurse, Tracy Steffes, has won an Illinois State Board of Education Award of Special Recognition through the "Those Who Excel" program for her effort and service at the school.

The Grundy County Clerk's Office has tallied the votes from Tuesday's consolidated primary election, and the unofficial votes show Morris Mayor Chris Brown retaining his position 1,045 votes to Alex Clubb's 386 votes.