The City of Morris is hosting a blood drive from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, Jan. 9 in the community room at city hall, 700 N. Division St.

Flu activity is up across Illinois, and that includes Grundy County, where Morris Hospital said it saw 167 cases from Dec. 21-27, over double from 72 the week before that.

Jack Guldenbecker, the Community Development Officer for the Village of Minooka, brings readers up to speed on what happened in Minooka in 2025.

The City of Morris announced Wednesday that McKinley Park at 504 McKinley Street will be closed in 2026.

The Morris Hospital YMCA is celebrating its first anniversary in Morris, and it will be hosting a community open house from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Jan. 10 at 2200 W. Dupont Ave.

The Grundy County Health Department is holding four food service sanitation certification courses in 2026, the first of which is from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 15.

Morris Hospital’s first baby of 2026 arrived two hours into the New Year.

Even a decade ago, Northern Grundy County could've been described as a quiet, rural place, and while that still describes most of the county, that description is no longer mutually exclusive.

The community is invited to the 2nd Annual H.E.R. Expo on January 23rd, 2026, from 5-9 PM at Jennifer’s Garden, 555 Gore Rd., Morris.