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Pembroke community officials are meeting today (Wednesday) to discuss ways to hopefully make the community a safer place. A 10 am meeting is scheduled. It's being held at the Special Education Conference Room at the Lorenzo R...

DECATUR -- Record setting numbers are expected for this year's Farm Progress Show. The Decatur Area Convention and Visitors Bureau bases the increase on the number of booked hotel rooms. In 2009, almost 9765 rooms within 50...

A 17-year-old former Peotone High School student was arrested Monday night, accused of threatening to bomb the school. Kyle Koran, of Monee, is being charged as an adult for a threatening message he posted on Twitter. Peotone...

Someone in Hoopeston is holding a winning lottery ticket. The unidentified person purchased a $3 dollar Crossword Scratch Off ticket at the Hoopeston Marathon Station. 94.1 FM, WGFA
The Iroquois County Republican Women and Creekside Community Center would like to invite the public to the Cissna Park Fire Station for a reception honoring first responders on September 11, 2013 at 6:30pm. The event will feature...

The Illinois State Water Survey says this may be the second-driest August on record. And the dry weather is beginning to worry farmers. Rainfall has been limited to just 4-5 days this month. It's the second-lowest amount in the...

-- Initiative Aims to Improve Water Quality, Control Erosion and Increase Yields -- SPRINGFIELD – Governor Pat Quinn today announced the start of a three-year demonstration project by the Illinois Department of Agriculture to...

Several area school districts are implementing early dismissals today and some, for the remainder of the week, as the heat takes its toll.  Temps are expected in the mid 90s with a heat index near 100.  Check your local...

The Iroquois County Republican Women's Club sponsored Ed Hubert on a recent Honor Flight August 7, 2013, to view the World War II memorial in Washington DC. Ed's son Jim accompanied Ed as his guardian for the day. On the flight...

Legislation to protect buyers of trailer homes from purchasing former methamphetamine labs, sponosored by State Senator Jason Barickman (R-Bloomington), and Representative Josh Harms (R-Watseka) has been signed into law by...