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The Grundy County Chapter of the American Red Cross assisted at two area fires last weekend.

MINOOKA – When fire strikes and you lose everything, it’s hard to know where to start rebuilding your life.

A Morris residents has announced his candidacy for the Grundy County Board from District 2.

MAZON – As a single mother at 28 years old, Christina Hintze didn’t believe she’d ever be able to own her own home.

CHANNAHON – The village board may be making some changes in the policies regarding use of the village’s credit card.

SENECA – While the Seneca Grade School tax levy is expected to increase, residents of the district will see a major decline in the tax rate on next summer’s bills.

CHANNAHON – Judy Bredeweg and Gayle Crompton, current and former board members of the Will County Historical Society, would like to see more information available on the history of the Illinois and Michigan Canal.

A way to greatly reduce the amount of garbage going to a landfill and increase the amount recycled was presented to the Morris City Council's Health and Sanitation Committee Wednesday night.

COAL CITY — Shawn Hamilton probably wishes he had that moment back.

The Morris City Council's Health and Sanitation Committee will seek bids from other laboratories to conduct tests on ground water from wells at Community Landfill.

The Morris Hospital Foundation has provided the Gardner Volunteer Fire Department full funding for a $15,882 cardiac monitor that will enhance services provided to heart attack victims.

JOLIET – Richard Wepsiec suffers from schizophrenia.

CHANNAHON –The Channahon Police Department was named Rookie of the Year this week for its participation in this summer’s National Night Out.

MARSEILLES – Don Noel is smoldering about what he views as inconsistencies in the city’s burn ordinance.

With more than 60 non-profit agencies in Grundy County, significant numbers of people depend on the generosity of others for needed services.

JOLIET – Pam Heavens was just a small-town girl with big dreams when she moved from Coal City, where she grew up, to Joliet in 1983.

Voters in the Coal City and Goose Lake areas will decide in the Feb. 2, 2010, primary whether to form a park district.

MINOOKA – Area residents are being reminded to watch their speed in residential neighborhoods and throughout the community.

After 34 years, many people would be thinking about retirement.

Six students in Grundy County have had their essays selected as winners in the “What Charity and Philanthropy Mean to Me” essay contest.

SENECA – Residents aren’t just barking up a tree on this one.

Anyone who happened to know Ty Cobb’s number, the team the Morris Redskins have played the most often in football, or which state produces the most iron ore, might have done well at the Morris Airport Saturday night.

MINOOKA – Minooka Community High School this year finished phase one of its life/safety work, as well as installed air conditioning to most of Central Campus.

This weekend in Chicago, Michigan Avenue will be crowded with people for the Magnificent Mile Lights Festival.

In the summer of 2008, Morris Elementary District 54 received an Enhancing Education Through Technology (E2T2) grant through the No Child Left Behind Act.

Third, fourth and fifth grade students in Grundy County are spending a week seeking promises from individuals that they will wear their seat belt.

Nine years ago, the 2000 tax levy for Morris Elementary School Dist. 54 increased 56 percent as a result of the increase in equalized assessed valuation resulting from the sale of Collins Station to Midwest Generation.

Mayor Richard Kopczick took a moment during the city council meeting Monday to warn the city’s residents of solicitors calling about their water.

Approximately 235 area families received a total of 11,235 pounds of food from the Northern Illinois Food Bank mobile food pantry visit to the Assumption Catholic Church Berst Center in Coal City on Wednesday, Nov. 11.

COAL CITY — Coal City Community Unit School District 1 board members expressed an air of reservation Monday with regard to Grundy Area Vocational Center’s addition and renovation proposal.

There’s nothing to hide, Morris Hospital's former president and CEO Bill Bruce says of his unexpected resignation Friday evening.

JOLIET --  About four years ago, Bailey's Carpet One Floor & Home of Joliet, Morris and Naperville had to start having its employees contribute to their health care plan.

The house at 843 E. Jefferson St., was extensively damaged in a fire reported at 2:05 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 14.

A long-time rural Grundy County resident died Sunday in an traffic accident involving a farm tractor transporting field equipment.

JOLIET – The Joliet Arsenal Development Authority was recently honored for its efforts in utilizing this former military site for economic purposes.

YORKVILLE — Burglaries don’t stop at county lines, says Kendall County Sheriff’s Deputy Rick Pearson, who is looking for the owners of unidentified stolen property.

COAL CITY – The Coal City Veterans of Foreign Wars color guard is widely recognized for its ceremonial march often seen at Coal City, Diamond and Carbon Hill events, but this group of veterans doesn’t do it for the recognition.