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A retired Will County judge filed his appearance in a Grundy County special prosecutor case on behalf of an attorney who was recently arrested after he was accused of domestic battery of a child.

A two-day trial in Chicago over a false arrest lawsuit filed by former Joliet Police Sgt. Dwayne Killian concluded on Thursday with a verdict that was not in his favor, court records show. 

A Joliet attorney was arrested after he was accused in Minooka of hitting a 4-year-old family member with a belt, police said.

Police departments from around Grundy County were well represented in last weekend's Chicago Marathon, with six members of the Minooka Police Department and one member of the Morris Police Department participating.

Many Illinois communities are adding back a 1% grocery tax that will otherwise expire on Jan. 1. Is your town among them?

Minooka Community High School is honoring local veterans and invites them to join the school at 8 a.m. for breakfast at the south campus at 26655 West Eames Street or at 10:18 a.m. at the Central Campus at 301 S. Wabena Ave.

Minooka Community High School has named its Students of the Term for the first quarter of the 2025-26 school year.

The Village of Minooka is hosting a haunted trail ride and bonfire at 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 11 at Aux Sable Springs Park, 2500 Holt Road.

The first annual Wing Wars eating contest is coming to Minooka at 2 p.m. Thursday at TownePlace Suites, 630 Bob Blair Road, Minooka.

The Minooka Police Department announced the results from its Labor Day 'Click It or Ticket' enforcement campaign.

Minooka High School senior Ethan Conquest has been named a commended student in the 2026 National Merit Scholarship Program.

The project has included reconstruction of Richards Street between Colburn and Fifth avenues, new noise barrier walls, and rehabilitation of the bridge over Hickory Creek, IDOT said.

A crowd of over 100 Minooka residents filled the community room at Minooka Village Hall Wednesday night to ask questions of Equinix, a company with plans to build a data center on Holt Road near Ridge Road.

With all pieces of the puzzle now assembled, officials in Minooka Community Consolidated School District 201 have finalized the K-8 entity’s operating plan for the current school year.

Bolingbrook hosted Minooka for a girls varsity volleyball gam on Thursday, Sept. 25.

Minooka hosted Romeoville for a boys varsity soccer match on Tuesday, Sept. 23.

The Village of Minooka’s annual Halloween parade will take place at noon on Saturday, Oct. 18 at Minooka Elementary school at the corner of Wabena Ave. and Coady Drive.

Data center developer Equinix is hosting an open house at 6 p.m. Wednesday at Minooka Village Hall, 121 E. McEvilly Road, to provide information and answer questions about a 300-acre data center it's proposing near Holt and Ridge Roads.

Bolingbrook hosted Minooka for a boys varsity soccer game on Tuesday, Sept. 16.

Starting at 8 p.m. Thursday, lane closures will take place on eastbound I-80 between Houbolt Road and Larkin Avenue in Joliet. The closed lanes and the new ramp will open by 5 a.m. Friday.

The Illinois State Police said Thursday that a five-vehicle crash briefly closed Interstate 80 between Morris and Minooka Thursday morning, and traffic is still moving slowly on the shoulder while crews clean up the mess

Cody Fosdick, who was sworn in this week, had previously served in the United States Army for eight years and worked for the Livingston County Sheriff’s Office.

The Grundy County Zoning Board of Appeals recommended that the Land Use Committee reject amending the zoning on a property north of Interstate 80 on Brisbin Road from agricultural to zoning.

Minooka Community High School was recognized on three lists released by US News and World Report’s 2025-26 Best High Schools rankings.

Overnight lane closures will begin at 9 p.m. on Thursday and will end by 6 a.m. Friday with new traffic patterns in place along Interstate 80 in Will County.

The Minooka Police Department is asking drivers to buckle up as part of the national “Click It or Ticket” campaign, which will see heightened enforcement through Tuesday, Sept. 2.

Jack Guldenbecker, the Community Development Officer for the Village of Minooka, talks about the Vintage Faire, which takes place the Sunday of every month in Minooka.

A survey of Illinois educators reveals a significant disparity in how they interpret a three-year-old state law’s requirement to teach high school students a “unit of instruction” on media literacy

The Wabena Road Bridge has reopened over I-80 in Minooka.

The Wabena Bridge over I-80 in Minooka has been closed after a truck struck the bridge on Monday.

A Will County lawsuit has been filed against a Minooka ambulance driver over a May 23 crash that injured five people, including the driver. 

State Sen. Rachel Ventura of Joliet has announced that four library districts in Will County will receive over $475,000 in grants from the State of Illinois.

The Joliet Region Chamber of Commerce and Industry and the Grundy County Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting for independent-living duplexes at The Preserve at Heritage Woods in Minooka.

A celebration of homemade, homegrown and handcrafted specialties, the Blackberry Lane Farmstand in Channahon features an array of local artisans’ products from functional to edible.

Forging additional community partnerships, streamlining hiring processes and gathering student feedback are among the initiatives outlined in a list of goals in Minooka Community High School District 111’s strategic plan in the upcoming 2025-26 school year.

Behind Lydia Hammond's second shutout of the postseason, Bradley-Bourbonnais defeated Minooka 4-0 in the Class 4A Normal Community West Sectional semifinals Tuesday, June 3, 2025.

Minooka Community High School’s committee for the Athletic Hall of Fame has announced its Class of 2025 inductees.

A complete makeover transformed the former village hall building into the new breakfast and lunch restaurant, which soon will add a dinner menu for evening service. A free monthly breakfast for veterans is one of the special perks.

Here is the list of La Salle County couples who applied for marriage licenses from May 1 through May 16, 2025

The Minooka Police Department announced Friday afternoon that Ridge Road is reopened after it was closed due to a traffic accident.

Minooka Community High School will soon be getting a little bigger, as the district broke ground Saturday at both it’s south and central campuses on the $82 million fieldhouse and a career and technical center.

Officials within Minooka Community High School District 111 recently had strong words in opposition to a piece of legislation working its way through the Illinois General Assembly.

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

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

The Grundy County Sheriff's Office announced Tuesday that it has arrested a 17-year-old who had allegedly stolen a firearm in Peru after a pursuit that ended near Arby's on Route 6 in Morris.

3 Rivers Cafe in Channahon is a modern breakfast and lunch restaurant with “liquor options."

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.

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