Grundy County

Concerns over rising food prices and food security have sparked a strong interest in home gardening. Community gardens sold out spaces early this year.

Minooka Community High School is hosting groundbreakings at both 9 a.m. and 10 a.m. Saturday, April 26 at its Central Campus, 201 S. Wabena Ave., first on the building's south side for the fieldhouse and then on the west side for the Career and Technical Education addition.

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.

The Grundy Area Vocational Center (GAVC) is set to receive over $4 million in renovations pending the approval of the project from Morris, Coal City, Gardner and Minooka high schools, along with its own board.

Coal City High School has announced the members of its Prom Court for the 2025 Prom on Saturday, April 26.

Catholic church leaders in Joliet and Rockford dioceses react to the passing of Pope Francis, who died early Monday morning.

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

Morris Community High School is moving forward with plans for an addition after voters said "yes" to a $67 million referendum that allows the district to sell bonds to build a brand new, two-story addition.

A tornado watch is in effect for Bureau, Putnam, Marshall, Woodford and Whiteside counties until 11 p.m. Sunday; and La Salle, Grundy, Lee, Livingston, Kankakee, Ford and Iroquois counties until 4 a.m. Monday.

Superintendent Robert Schiffbauer shares information on Minooka Community High School's $82 million expansion to add both a fieldhouse and a Career and Technical Education building.

Minooka Community High School will celebrate its graduating seniors with its graduation ceremony at 5 p.m. on Sunday, May 18 in the Central Campus athletic stadium.

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

Scattered thunderstorms forecasted for Friday evening could bring large hail, damaging winds and perhaps a tornado, the National Weather Service warned.

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.

New vote totals on Tuesday show a Joliet candidate has become the third-highest vote getter for one of three seats on the Joliet Junior College Board of Trustees. 

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.

Here are the honor roll students for Mazon-Verona-Kinsman Middle School.

Minooka Community High School has named senior Rhiannon Curiel of Channahon the winner of the Dr. John J. and Mildred Brinckerhoff Coady Memorial Scholarship.

Minooka Community High School student Nyah McCallum,daughter of Lynell and Susan of Channahon, has been named the Channahon-Minooka Rotary Club Student of the Month for April.

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

After falling behind 2-0 in the second inning, the Marquette Crusaders rallied to tie the game in the third and walked off the Dwight Trojans 3-2 Thursday night at Masinelli Field.

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.

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.

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.