Channahon News

The Illinois Department of Transportation has announced that weather permitting, a long-term closure of one lane of northbound I-55 at the Des Plaines River Bridge near Channahon, will begin early morning, Tuesday, April 22, 2014.

The Good Friday Service will be centered on the Seven Last Words of Christ and will be at 7 p.m. The church is at 180 E. Waverly St. in Morris.

Time Transport Inc. is partnering with U.S. Oil for the addition of three new GAIN Clean Fuel compressed natural gas stations to supply Time's CNG fleet.

The company, which employs 300, is planning to add 23 more jobs to its factory, where backhoes and other attachments for tractors are made.

U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger, a 16th District Republican who lives in Channahon, recognized that truth in his effort to improve career and technical education for young people and job seekers.

Ignacio "Joe" Pena served on East Dundee's police force for more than 30 years, was its chief for 20 years and became a leader in the annual Law Enforcement Torch Run to benefit the Special Olympics.

A Dwight man faces charges after allegedly driving more than 40 miles per hour over the speed limit during a drunken drive on I-55, state police said.

The owner of an indoor garden center feared he would be driven out of business after DEA stakeouts of his store were exposed in stories posted by Patch .

At about 8:45 p.m. Saturday, the Channahon Fire Protection District was called to 24261 Burr Road for an explosion in a garage that was attached to a house.

A woman was hospitalized after a garage exploded at a home in the 24200 block of South Burr Road Saturday night.

Channahon mayor Joe Cook recently gave his State of the Village address. One thing he pointed out was the increase in THE NUMBER OF HOME SALES from 2012 to 2013.

MORRIS – The Grundy County Personnel Committee was unanimous Thursday night: There will be no pay raises for Grundy County board members or the board chairperson next fiscal year.

Revelations that the DEA picked targets for criminal investigations by staking out a Crest Hill indoor garden center has the shop owner convinced his business is ruined.

Illinois Congressmen Adam Kinzinger and Rodney Davis joined a bipartisan group of House members in introducing the Perkins Modernization Act of 2014, a bipartisan bill that would strengthen and support career/technical education by using workforce data to ensure that curriculum is aligned with the needs of employers in local labor markets.

MORRIS – Grundy County is taking the first step in preparing for looming budget reductions by instituting a hiring freeze.

An Illinois State Police trooper is seen Monday morning on the shoulder of Interstate 55 near Bluff Road north of the Des Plaines River bridge that is under construction in Channahon.

Patch obtained evidence of a second DEA investigation undertaken after a local resident shopped at an indoor garden center.

MINOOKA – When 70,000 Minooka residents look back from the future 40 years from now, they may find it hard to believe their community was once home to less than 11,000 people.

MINOOKA – Congratulations are extended to Minooka Community High School senior Allison Walther, daughter of Debbie Walther of Channahon, for being named the Channahon-Minooka Rotary Club's “Student of the Month” for March.

National home security company SafeWise analyzed Federal Bureau of Investigation crime data from 2012 to find the 50 safest cities in Illinois.