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Academics, athletics and community-service minded. Minooka Community High School's Nick Mason is described as an All-American Boy in a post on the school's website announcing him as the Channahon-Minooka Rotary Club Student of the Month for May.

A Three Rivers Library program tonight is designed to help you protect yourself against idenity theft.

JOLIET - Coming in as a huge underdog Wednesday night, Joliet Catholic Academy knew it was going to have to be more energetic and hustle if they were going to take down the Minooka Indians boy's volleyball team.

Regional teams are being formed to help identify the estimated 20,000 surviving World War II Vets in the southwest suburbs.

Jimmy "The Freak" Fritz overheard some folks talking about Mixed Martial Arts fighting when he was working out one day at a fitness center in Shorewood.

Are your children ready to ride into the summer months? Or, could they use a refresher on cycling safety? Well, then this is for you.

Josh P. Dean, 20, of Minooka, was arrested by Grundy County Sheriff's police May 12 on a charge of domestic battery.

Operation St. Nick, We Care of Grundy County, and the Community Foundation of Grundy County all pulled together to offer an initial $55,000 in mini grants to help those suffering from the flood.

Pictured, from left, during the 2012 scholarship presentation are Raymond Meyer, MD, Eric Ortinau, MD, Kevin Wendling, Ariana Wilson, Keith Rezin, MD, and Paul Sauer, MD.

Across the cover of one of my high school yearbooks are the words, “Where everybody knows your name.” To some the concept of everyone knowing your business is a huge turn off, but to me it's a way of life and a feeling of home.

Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Osmundson will celebrate their 70th wedding anniversary on Wednesday, May 15, 2013.

Proposed legislation named in honor of a Minooka teen nearly killed in a 2011 traffic accident is now one step closer to law after it sailed through the Illinois Senate last week.

Seven men, including two Channahon residents and a Minooka man face a variety of criminal charges after Naperville police were called to BlackFinn American Saloon to break up a fight early Sunday morning.

An early morning fight Sunday at BlackFinn American Saloon in downtown Naperville left two people injured, including a bar employee, and resulted in charges against six patrons, authorities said Monday.

Mike Hrechko, center, pauses as he cleans out his basement at his home along the Dupage River in Minooka, IL on Saturday April 20, 2013.

One lost his life in the Battle of Iwo Jima . The other served in World War II and Korea.

TAB8: TAB members Sydney Vogelsanger, Aurora Staggs and Elizabeth Badalamenti work on service projects for The Kindness Connection at a recent Teen Advisory Board meeting.

Jimmy Wade Cook, 54, Corinth, Miss., was cited by Minooka police for parking where prohibited at 99 W. Ottawa/Grainger Way, Minooka, on May 7, 2013.

Back in 2012, we asked readers to pick their favorite place to dine with mom on Mother's Day.

Unemployment rates in Illinois were 9.5 percent in March, a slight decrease over February and slightly higher from the same time in 2012, according to new figures released in late April.