After discussion in executive session today (Mon), the Iroquois County Board voted 15-0, with four members absent, to deny ratification of a union contract with the American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees...
Fire departments in Iroquois County had a busy weekend assisting each others in three separate house fires. Families in Beaverville, Danforth and Oppyville lost their homes.
The State Fire Marshall investigated the...
A two-vehicle crash near Clifton Friday evening klilled 18-year-old Brian Denault Jr. He was a passenger in a vehicile driven by 17-year-old Mason Peters of Clifton, who's now charged with failure to reduce speed and...
45-year-old Jason Schopf of Crescent City plead guilty to possession of a stolen vehicle.
In Iroquois Circuit Court, Judge Gordon Lustfeldt sentenced Shopf to six years in prison for the Class 2 felony. Schopf was found in...
The Iroquois County Board meets in special session Monday (6/29) to make good on its failure to act on a union contract with the American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME).
Monday's 9 am special...
Don't expect much relief from the wet weather this week. The National Weather Service (NWS) extended bad news in its briefing today (6/15).
The forecast says thunderstorms will redevelop again today. Periods of showers and...
The program offered a different schedule this year, but the mission was the same – finding a cure for a dreaded disease.
Iroquois County's Relay for Life found several individuals and teams rallying at Watseka High School Friday...
A huge fire consumed a semi-tractor trailer Friday evening, closing down Interstate 57 for about four hours. No injury was reported. But the blaze, involving a cargo of deep-fry corn oil, did just that ---fried the semi and...
Two teenagers are safe after fire destroyed the Brian Provo home in Watseka Monday. A box alarm alerted five fire departments about 12:30 pm to 322 W. Victory Avenue.
"It was a single-family home. It started on a porch and...
State Senator Jason Barickman, Illinois Lt. Governor Evelyn Sanguinetti, and State Representative Tom Bennett will among the notables on hand to help welcome the 'Wall that Heals' in Watseka this week.
Barickman and Sanguinetti...
