There’s a plan in the City of Watseka to complete a housing needs survey. And Mayor John Allhands is asking for community-wide involvement to gather what could be valuable information.
The city and the Illinois Housing Development...
The Illinois Department of Transportation announced today that the southbound lanes of Interstate 57 in Kankakee County will be closed overnight (today) Thursday, June 3, to accommodate the removal of the Otto Road (5000S) bridge...
The Iroquois County Public Health Department plans to conduct a Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine clinic next Wednesday (June 9). The clinic will be at St. Mary's Catholic Parish Hall in Beaverville from 10 am 'til 1...
Ford County citizens should have their 2020 property tax bills in hand. Statements were mailed out last Friday (May 28). Treasurer Krisha Shoemaker said the first installment comes due Friday, July 2. The recent...
Iroquois Memorial Hospital is grateful for all the support the community has shown over the last year. To show its gratitude, IMH will be providing 1,000 complimentary “lunches on us.”
Wednesday, June 16th, starting at 11...
Iroquois County Treasurer, Kurt Albers, has announced that the 2020 payable 2021 real estate tax statements have been mailed out. First due date is July 7th and second due date is September 7th. You can pay your taxes at the...
A police pursuit in Warren County, IN yesterday (Tuesday) ended with the arrest of a Manteno (IL) woman. 23-year-old Rhiannon Coy was closed by Indiana State Police at 91 mph. And she was in a work zone with workers present...
Two people died in a crash on I-57 near the Kankakee-Will County line early Sunday. 33-year-old Lester Chapel of Bourbonnais and 41-year-old Laura de Jesus were pronounced dead at the scene. Illinois State Police and...
Newton County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a fatal motorcycle crash Monday north of Mount Ayr. A southbound cycle operated by a Rensselaer man failed to negotiate a curve at CR 525E near CR 225S. 48-year-old Wayne Cornwell was...
The 2020 death of a Watseka military man was noted in the Illinois legislature over the Memorial Day weekend. Army Sgt. Jeremy Cain Sherman died November 12, 2020 in a helicopter crash while on a peacekeeping mission on...