After delivering the game ball to start the Chicago White Sox doubleheader on Wednesday, Morris resident Ashley Burke has another major event to prepare for: She's defending her back-to-back Professional Championship Bull Riders Barrel Racing championship on Saturday.
The Will-Grundy Medical Clinic has been re-opened since December, however, the clinic will hold a celebration from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m on Saturday, April 20.
Minooka Community High School senior Bailey McIntyre has been named the Channahon-Minooka Rotary Club Student of the Month for April.
The Grundy County Health Department is hosting a training course on adult mental health first aid from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, April 24 at the JJC Morris Campus, 725 School St. in Morris.
The alley to the south of the new Morris fire station at 200 Armstrong St. will be closed later this week while construction crews continue brickwork on the building.
Dr. Jennifer Thomas will be speaking from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 7 at the Morris Community YMCA, 320 Wauponsee St., on the topics of anxiety, addiction, depression, post-traumatic stress and a few other common mental health conditions.
The Grundy County Health Department is offering in-person certified food protection manager courses from 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 18, Thursday, July 18 and Tuesday, Oct. 15.
Buchanan Street west of Kiersted Street and east of the Forte Dance Studio in Morris will be closed for the next couple of days for construction.
The Morris Area Public Library is hosting a teen bus trip Saturday, April 20 to Illinois State University in Normal, IL to see the Gamma Phi Circus.