Former Illinois State Police special agent Brad Cluver will spend 60 days in the Ford County Jail and then spend 30 months on probation. That was the sentence handed down in court (Tuesday). Cluver was found guilty last month of...
The Watseka City Council is yet to make a decision on whether to extend its contract arrangement with ERH Enterprises for managing the city’s water and wastewater operations.
A vote could happen at the city’s May 28th council...
A Bourbonnais man is under arrest for felony retail theft. 38-year-old Jeremy Garrison was picked up by Watseka Police Monday. He was wanted on two Kankakee County warrants. Garrison was returned to face...
Former Kankakee County Sheriff Tim Bukowski is on the verge of being honored. The County Board today (Tuesday) approved a resolution, naming the sheriff’s administration building in his honor. An official dedication ceremony will...
The Iroquois County Board (Tuesday) approved a revolving loan that allows T & D Metal in Watseka . The loan application was administered thru the Iroquois Development Association (IDA). The project is estimated to create 30...
A Sunday night fire in Watseka sent two people to Iroquois Memorial Hospital with smoke inhalation. It was a couch fire at 226 E. Locust Street, according to Fire Chief Tim Ketchum, that led to significant smoke and heat...
Officials are warning some residents near the Illinois River to be ready for an evacuation order. Governor J.B. Pritzker joined other government officials to tour flooding along the Illinois River Friday. Revised crest...
The U.S. District Attorney for the Central District of Illinois reports the owners of a Kankakee business face indictment for filing false income tax returns. Raymond and Angie Adamee of Bourbonnais are charged with five counts...
Eight hundred twenty-one students at Olivet Nazarene University graduate tomorrow (Sat). Six hundred thirty-eight under-graduates receive diplomas during a ceremony planned in the campus chapel. There’s another 440 students...
