Minooka News Archives

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

Cindy Wilson, fire and life safety education coordinator for Channahon and Minooka fire protection districts, received the New Horizons Award from the Illinois Fire Inspectors Association.

A dry cleaning business that closed about two years ago is under new ownership. Classic Cleaners, 604 Columbus St., was recently reopened by June Cho and Cindy Lee.

Fall rummage sale: 9 a.m. to noon Oct. 24 at Our Savior Lutheran Church, 1910 Black Road, Joliet.

James and Kathy Lutz of Minooka celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary on Tuesday, Oct.

Alexa Chaidez, Alexander Pascual, and Brejan Nino are Door Prize winners from Grundy County Preschool Parent Meeting held at White Oak Elementary School.

MINOOKA POLICE charged a New Lenox man with DUI about 11:45 p.m. Saturday Oct. 17. Angelo Fields, 24, was also charged with disobeying a traffic device at Ridge Road and Ferguson Boulevard.

Careen M. Gordon, state representative 75th District, said the Four-Way Test that all Rotarians abide by could be helpful to many in Springfield as they make decisions that affect everyone in Illinois.

A confirmed case of H1N1 has hit Minooka Consolidated School District 201. In a note sent home to parents on Friday, Superintendent Al Gegenheimer said the district was alerting all parents in all district schools about the infection.

Swine Flu hits Minooka School Share + Oct 17, 2009 5:47 pm US/Central Swine Flu hits Minooka School Grayslake Elementary School District 46 sent out an advisory stating that "several suspected cases of H1N1 flu" have been reported in the district.

One case of H1N1 flu has been confirmed at Minooka Intermediate School. Superintendent Al Gegenheimer said parents of the child who became ill paid for the test themselves to confirm the diagnosis, but the child has not been hospitalized.

MINOOKA police arrested a Morris woman for DUI about 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 10. Kimberly Schaefer, 52, 842 Edgewater, was charged with DUI and improper lane usage on Ridge Road near U.S. 6. Minooka police reported Schaefer was stopped for improper lane usage, and officers determined she appeared intoxicated.

Tyler and Nick Deluca of Minooka look at their reflections in a 1957 Ford Skyliner convertible during the Lion's Club Fall Classic Car Show east of Morris Sunday.

Josef Maestas, 70 Gore Road, was placed on supervision for one year and fined $500 for driving with a canceled license.

Members of the Grundy County Circuit Court grand Jury were busy Wednesday, returning indictments against 36 defendants.

Gutierrez will portray Papa, Uncle Nacho, Alicia's father and Mr. Benny. David Silverman passess the gavel to Pamela Mott, the new board chairman of Easter Seals.

CHANNAHON – A fire was reported about 8:25 p.m. Saturday at the Hometown Hot Dog restaurant, 25520 Pheasant Lane, Channahon.

A man who used profanities in a circuit courtroom Thursday was found in contempt and sentenced to 30 days in the county jail.

Even with a $4 million deficit in the operating budget and another $27 million deficit in the nonoperating budget for the school year, Minooka Grade School District is still in good financial shape, said Superintendent Al Gegenheimer.

Authorities have not determined what caused the fire that shut down a strip mall restaurant Saturday night.

The investigation continues into what caused a Saturday night fire in a Channahon strip mall at 255-20 South Pheasant Lane near the U S 6 -Ridge Road intersection.

Minooka firefighters and Channahon police were on the scene of a fire late Saturday at a strip mall.

THREE PEOPLE were charged with disorderly conduct following an incident in the 300 block of Vista Court, Minooka, about 10:15 p.m. Tuesday, Sept.

A WARRANT was served about 9:35 p.m. Tuesday on a man wanted for violating his probation on a charge of leaving the scene of an injury accident.