Minooka News

A MAN wanted in Will County was arrested by Minooka police about 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov.

MINOOKA – Area residents are being reminded to watch their speed in residential neighborhoods and throughout the community.

FIVE DRIVERS were cited in separate traffic stops by Minooka police, who charged them with operating an uninsured motor vehicle.

A crash claimed the life of a rural Minooka woman late Sunday afternoon. Dorothy O'Connor, 83, was killed in the crash, Grundy County Coroner John Callahan announced.

SEVEN MOTORISTS were cited by Minooka police with disobeying a traffic control device during traffic stops in various locations in the village.

Sabrina Shafer, better known to family and friends as Bini, was honored at a Minooka Fire Protection District meeting for her donation to the burn camp, Camp I Am Me.

Area law enforcement is joining Gov. Pat Quinn's Operation Save 100 campaign to reduce traffic deaths statewide to a new low this year.

MINOOKA POLICE ticketed three drivers for having suspended licenses recently. Leonard Wrona, 33, Joliet, was charged about 2:35 a.m. Tuesday, Nov.

Jana Amsler packs boxed dinners for Grundy County seniors who take part in the Community Nutrition Network's home-delivered meal program.

By this time next year young students in Minooka preschool, early childhood and some kindergarten classes will have a place of their own.

This week in U.S. District Court in Chicago, an imprisoned cocaine dealer from Chicago settled a lawsuit arising from a police chase that began in Ottawa almost three years ago.

A MINOOKA woman was arrested Thursday by Morris police for shoplifting. Isabelle Ann Kavanagh, 37, of 1420 Kettleson St., was cited with retail theft after she was seen taking clothing from a shop in the 1400 block of North Division Street in Morris.

Lauren Hartman and Jonathan Bivens were united in marriage on Nov. 8, 2008. The wedding ceremony was held at Minooka United Methodist Church with Rev.

THREE DRIVERS were arrested Tuesday by Minooka police on a citation for operating a motor vehicle without proper insurance.

A JOLIET man was arrested about 10:50 a.m. Friday for theft from the Macy's Logistics building in Minooka.

Joan Salto, 18, 1224 Wabena, Minooka, and Ryan Ewald,19, 344 Coneflower, Minooka, were placed on conditional discharge for two years, fined $155 each and ordered to pay $106.66 restitution each for criminal damage to property.

Minooka Community High School proudly presents the comedy “You Could Die Laughing” by Billy St.

Donna Lillian Larkin of Downers Grove, Ill., and Thomas Edward Lake of West Dundee, Ill., were married Sept.12, 2009, at St.

An audit of village records shows the village to be in a stable financial position, said auditor Brian Zabel of Brian Zabel and Associates.

A young boy escaped the clutches of a band of Hispanic women who tried to lure him into a pickup Thursday.