The Iroquois County Community Unit #9 school district has appointed Brittany Cluver of Watseka to serve the school board. She's fills a vacancy created by the recent resignation of Michael Kaeb last month. Kaeb was recently...
Nearly 17 months after a tornado struck Coal City, a committee in charge of distributing money to victims has started writing checks. A Grundy County Long Term Recovery Committee had hoped to send checks out in October...
Volunteer teams with World Renew, Disaster Response Services, continues this week in the city of Watseka. Canvassing of neighborhoods with a house-to-house approach finds teams documenting needs of flood victims from the...
Search warrants executed in Pembroke Township Friday resulted in four arrests. KAMEG conducted a joint operation with the Illinois State Police SWAT Team, The Kankakee County Sheriff's Department and the Bradley Police...
It's time to turn those clocks back one-hour. Daylight Saving Time ends Sunday morning – at 2 am. Don't forget to turn the clock back one-hour before retiring for the night (Sat).
The only two states that don't observe Daylight...
Trick-or-Treaters in the WGFA-listening area are urged to take proper steps to stay safe while they go door-to-door this weekend for Halloween. Most community trick-or-treat hours are Saturday. Some are today (Friday) and there's...
Community trick or treat hours announced by local officials this week include door-to-door activities; most are Saturday, October 31st.
Ashkum 5-7 pm
Buckley 4-7 pm
Cissna Park 4-7 pm
Chebanse 5- 7:30 pm
Clifton 5-7 pm
Crescent City...
A unanimous 5-0 vote by the Gison City-Melvin-Sibley school board (Monday) tossed a student for the rest of the school year. The student was expelled for violation of the GCMS student code of conduct.
Superintendent...
The Woodland Elementary School was evacuated Wednesday morning after a "threatening mesage" was found on a playing card in a boys restroom. It was the second such building evacuation in the Unit Nine School distroict in as...
The Illinois Association of Realtors through the Kankakee-Iroquois-Ford Association of Realtors has announced a grant up to $500 for victims of the July flood. The grant is to assist residents of Watseka with unexpected financial...
