Minooka

The fallout from a Minooka company that federal authorities deemed a Ponzi-like enterprise has cost a Joliet school and a church hundreds of thousands of dollars in settlements, along with a $153,500 judgment against a Channahon nonprofit organization, court records show.

The village of Channahon proclaimed Sept. 14, 2023, as Pioneer Path School Day at its board meeting on Aug. 21.

A 56-year-old Minooka man died following a traffic crash Saturday night at O’Brien and Minooka roads in Grundy County.

Bicentennial Park event offers jazz fans a venue for the music they love.

The biggest share of the money is being spent on land acquisition for Interstate 80 improvements in Joliet, New Lenox and Minooka.

Six EF1 and EF0 tornadoes confirmed in Will, Grundy, Kendall and Kankakee counties.

Two tornadoes started in Minooka on Friday night, causing damage there and in sections of Shorewood, Joliet and Channahon, the National Weather Service said.

A man convicted of a 2017 fatal shooting in Minooka without justification has successfully completed a four-year probation, a rare sentence that has only been issued in one other case filed since 2010 in Will County.

Attorneys for the Joliet police chief and others at the police department have denied a retired sergeant was falsely arrested last year for stealing a forklift.

A district court judge nominated by U.S. President Joe Biden will preside over the false arrest lawsuit case filed by a retired Joliet police sergeant.

Minooka Community High School junior Taylor Rodriguez has been accepted into the Exelon Foundation STEM Leadership Academy at University of Illinois-Chicago this summer.

Minooka Community High School has announced the following students has earned a place on its honor roll for the spring of 2023. Included students have attained a grade point average between 3 and 3.74 to earn honor roll and 3.75 or higher to achieve high honor roll at the end of

Sycamore police confirmed Friday that a reported bomb threat at Jewel-Osco grocery store on Peace Road was determined to be unsubstantiated this week. Similar threats were reported at other locations across the region including Minooka.

Killian lawsuit spells out details in mysterious arrest of auto theft task force official.

The co valedictorians at Minooka Community High School were Gabrielle Kics and Rachel Karceski. The salutatorian was Caleb Getz.