The Iroquois County Board (Tuesday) gave approval to Gilman resident Gerald "Jed' Whitlow to fill a vacancy on the board in District 2. Whitlow was sworn-in by County Clerk Brein Suver. He was one of the candidates to earn votes in the recent Illinois Primary Election. And he fills a seat left vacant with the recent resignation of David Penney. Whitlow had decided earlier to seek a seat again. He would have taken his District 2 seat along with other election winners in December. The resignation of Penney opened the door for an early-return to the Board.

In Kankakee County --- The Board Tuesday accepted the resignation of member Sam Peyton in District 4, then appointed Rosemary Foster to fill the vacancy,
The Policy & Procedure committee also recommended a motion to approve Frank Petkunas as Regional Superintendent of Schools for Iroquois and Kankakee Counties. The early appointment is effective August 1 to fill the un-expired term of Dr. Greg Murphy, who recently announced his retirement.

The Kankakee County Board also voted to endorse Petkunas to the Regional Office of Education.

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