The Grundy Area FFA chapter through the Grundy Area Vocational Center celebrated FFA Week at Coal City High School Thursday morning, where students got to compete in events like the bale toss and business teacher Alicia Matusiak got to kiss a horse.

Joliet Junior College has put its support behind Gov. JB. Pritzker's plan to expand Illinois Community Colleges' offering to include bachelor's degree programs.

Morris Community High School's school nurse, Tracy Steffes, has won an Illinois State Board of Education Award of Special Recognition through the "Those Who Excel" program for her effort and service at the school.

The project at Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie, which is 30% completed, currently has approximately $475 thousand dollars in invoices that are unreimbursed with the freeze.

Grundy County Clerk Kay Olson announced Wednesday that the Feb. 25 Republican Consolidated Primary, where voters will choose between candidates for Morris mayor and city clerk, has been changed to the Grundy County Courthouse, 111 E. Washington. St., Morris.

The Morris Police Department announced Thursday that officers were called to a fight in the 200 block of Waverly Street, where witnesses said an 18-year-old woman had been stabbed.

The Grundy Economic Development Council and the Grundy Area Vocational Center have announced the start of the 2025 Grundy County Summer Internship program.

Exibit Fine Arts Center is hosting an Open Middle School Arts Show from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 20 at 315 Bedford Rd., Morris.

The City of Morris and Julie Wilkinson, the city’s Business Development Director, thanked the families and businesses who participated in the Home for the Holidays House Walk for Charity last winter during Tuesday night’s City Council meeting.