The Rhythm & BBQ Festival committee met during the Morris City Council meeting Monday to donate $20,000 in proceeds from its Saturday, June 21 festival to Illinois Valley Industries.

The City of Morris filed a lawsuit against Grundy County, a private landowner, and Gore Road Community Energy Initiative LLC early in September to prevent a project that was approved by the Grundy County Board back in June.

Julie Wilkinson, the business development director for the City of Morris, shares information on the city's parking and trails study.

The Grundy County Corn Festival begins on Wednesday and runs through Sunday, which means navigating downtown Morris will be a little more difficult than usual.

The Prairie Creek Public Library in Dwight has announced its events for the end of September and the entirety of November.

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.

The Forest Preserve District of Will County is throwing a free party for the pelicans that stop by McKinley Woods preserve as they migrate south this fall.

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.