Michael Urbanec
News Reporter at Shaw Local
Sports Editor at The Northern Star
Morris Herald-News editor. Retweets are not endorsements. @michaelurbanec for stupid jokes, puns and bad sports takes. Northern Star & Top Shelf Sports alum.
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shawlocal.com | Michael Urbanec
The Morris Lions Club is hosting an easter egg hunt at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in Goold Park, east of Union Street in Morris. Children and their families are invited to bring their baskets and bags, and the park will be divided into sections with age groups marked with signs, according to a Monday news release. There will be sections for 0-3 year olds, 4-5 year olds, 6-7 year olds, and 9-10 year olds. Parents are encouraged to make sure each child has their own bucket or bag to carry their Easter eggs.
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shawlocal.com | Michael Urbanec
The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office arrested a 17-year-old who had allegedly stolen a firearm in Peru after a pursuit that ended near Arby’s on Route 6 in Morris. Deputies found a loaded .38 handgun inside the vehicle after making the stop, according to a Tuesday news release from the sheriff’s office.
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shawlocal.com | Michael Urbanec
Blake Claypool, Marlie Lissy, Braden Skelton, Ameliah Weber Lyla Wilkinson Avery Bauer Mackenzie Both, Lilli Brower, Caden Clennon, Reid Hunt, Wren Johnson, Emma Kilmer, Clayton Steiner and Clare Wollgast Elina Akre, Jordyn Both, Abby Brockman, Karla Riddle DeSonia, Noah Grant, Cade Krull, Lorenzo Isham, Lily Paputsa, Emberlyn Paquette, Macayla Petro, Maggie Pfeifer, Addison Phillips, Leslie Pichardo Bryce Biros, Cat Collet, Kaylee Duncan, Olin Field, Maisie Hunt, Kenley Kruger, Wyatt Sobesky...
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shawlocal.com | Michael Urbanec
The Morris Woman’s Club held its 10th annual Superhero Fun Run 10k, 5k and 1k races Sunday morning, drawing people of all ages to Downtown Morris. The top time in the 5k race for men belonged to Lane Webber, who ran a time of 17 minutes and 59 seconds. For women, the top time belonged to Josie Mueller, who finished the race with a time of 20 minutes and 34 seconds. There was also a Polaris UTV raffle drawing and a fundraiser for Grundy Eunoia Wellness at Keg Grove Brewing.
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shawlocal.com | Michael Urbanec
Minooka Community High School has named senior Rhiannon Curiel of Channahon the winner of the Dr. John J. and Mildred Brinckerhoff Coady Memorial Scholarship. The scholarship, according to a Thursday news release, was created through a donation from the Charlene A. Coady Trust, and it is worth $12,500 annually, renewable up to three times for a total award of $50,000. “Earning the Coady Memorial Scholarship is hard to put into words,” Curiel said.
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I propose Busch change his last name to Old Style.
Full trade: The Chicago Cubs are acquiring third baseman Michael Busch and reliever Yency Almonte from the Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for a pair of toolsy teenaged prospects, left-handed starter Jackson Ferris and outfielder Zyhir Hope, sources tell ESPN.
750,000 pounds is now officially a Carp Ton.
Roughly 750,000 pounds of silver carp were removed between Nov. 27 and Dec. 6 in the Starved Rock pool of the Illinois River, according to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. https://t.co/uIXpCA5OHa
Morris Community High School passed on deciding its new mascot last night, deciding the names that students and staff voted on didn't have enough public support. I, for one, think they should rebrand to the Isotopes. The school's in between like, four nuclear power plants.