Residents of Kankakee County can take advantage of a FREE install of smoke detectors.
The Community Emergency Response Team (CERTS) and local fire departments will be installing FREE smoke detectors. It's an effort to improve...
Two local artists are being featured through April at the Old Courthouse Museum in Watseka. Gene Quakenbush, a painter from Watseka, and Jenn Barrett, a weaver, basket maker and glass artist from Fowler, Indiana, will have their...
Emily Vaughn of Gilman and Hayden Schaumburg of Watseka are among 24 high school seniors who will be pursuing agriculture-related majors in college. Both have been awarded a $1,500 scholarship by Farm Credit Illinois.
Vaughn...
The Prairie Champions 4-H Club and Milford High School FFA chapter are doing their parts to improve Iroquois County communities.
Farm Credit Illinois recently awarded 60 4-H clubs and FFA chapters with $250 grants to pursue...
Gibson City is the recipient of nearly $100,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for lighting improvements in the downtown area.
The Gibson City council had already approved the plan for changing the downtown lighting and...
Watseka, Sheldon, Milford and Iroquois are among the communities in the dark this (Friday) morning. A power outage took out the lights at about 5:20 am.
There was no immediate word on the source of the problem. Emergency...
Bond was set (Tuesday) in Iroquois Circuit Court for three Watseka men facing Meth-related charges. Watseka Police made the arrests during a traffic stop Monday night.
33-year-old Jonathan Farris and 24-year-old Travis Houser...
Spring clean-up may on the minds of several people. And – River Valley Recycling (RVR) is ready to help.
RVR owner Kyle Bruno tells WGFA-listeners the Route 24 location between Watseka and Crescent City, closed during the winter...
Ameren Illinois residential customers who have fallen behind on their utility bill may benefit from programs and assistance being offered by the utility company.
Customers with overdue bills have a chance to pay them off and...
The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) is in the process of replacing the Illinois Route 1 bridge at Milford. But the 75-year-old structure is labeled a "historic structure," so interested organizations with any desire...
