Will County News

In recent years, many warehouses have been built in Will County, such as: The Bissell Warehouse in Elwood, Illinois. New warehouses along Laraway Road in Joliet. The Dollar Tree Warehouse in Joliet. Warehouses in the CenterPoint Intermodal in Elwood, Illinois CenterPoint Joliet and the Dollar Tree Warehouse in Joliet JOLIET--The group Warehouse Workers for Justice are investigating working conditions in Will County Warehouses. Warehouse Workers for Justice are clear about their goals:  They want a living wage for warehouse workers and enforcement of already existing labor laws.  Speaking recently after a meeting of the Interfaith Action Committee, the members said that after a Martin Luther King event last year, the faith community was drawn “into the struggle for warehouse justice.” It will take a broad base of warehouse workers to make the changes happen, the members said. “The only way to push back is with a broad based org

A Waste Oil collection will be held from 8 a.m. to Noon, Saturday, July 31 at the Will County Fairgrounds in Peotone. The event is sponsored by the Peotone FFA Alumni. All size containers can be emptied, but anyone with over 150 gallons is asked to call the group in advance   to ensure adequate storage. For special needs or questions, interested persons may contact Peotone Agriculture Instructor Doug Thurnau at 618/604-4714; Ray Nugent at 815/592-3304, Corey Brandau at 815/272-5858, or Luke Baskerville at 815/671-1256.

According to the Friends of Offerman School Website , the Offerman School has been demolished. Photo of Offerman School on cribbing on CenterPoint Property in the Summer of 2009. The history of Offerman School is documented in Chapter 5c of the Will County Historic Preservation Committee's Rural Structure Survey of Joliet Township .   According to page 115 of the Survey of Joliet Township: " Offerman School Site 28 (PIN No. 07-32-100-002)  This former one-room schoolhouse, constructed circa 1920s, was adapted for residential use in the 1950s.  The school was used until the completion of the new Laraway School in 1954. Refer to the discussion of  Joliet Township Schools on page 79. In late 2008, this structure was temporarily relocated to make way  for the new CenterPoint intermodal shipping facility. The future permanent site and reuse of this building  is not known. "

Manhattan American Legion Post 935 conducted Memorial Day Ceremonies at cemeteries in Elwood, Manhattan, and Wilton Center, Illinois. Here is a video from the service at Maple Hill Cemetery in Elwood, Illinois: Here is a video of the service at the Memorial Stone in Manhattan, Illinois: