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WALK-INS WELCOME AT TODAY’S VACCINATION CLINIC WATSEKA, IL – The Iroquois County Public Health Department (ICPHD), in partnership with Iroquois Memorial Hospital, is hosting a community-based, Moderna COVID-19 vaccination clinic...

Ten fire departments responded to a structure fire about 6:15 (Tues) morning in Aroma Township. A family of three lost just about everything. The Red Cross is assisting. The fire had spread also damaging a neighboring home. The...

A car crashed into a ditch this (Wednesday) morning on I-57 in Champaign County. It happened near the Illini Prairie Rest Stop on southbound I-57. That’s between Tolono and Pesotum.  The accident forced the closure of the...

One person is dead following a collision between a vehicle and a train (Tuesday night). The driver of a pickup was pronounced dead at the scene. The identity is being held pending notification of family. Iroquois County...

Board Chairman Andy Wheeler was given the authority to sign an agreement with the Illinois Department of Transportation to take over maintenance along Armour Road – once construction is completed at Route 50. A re-construction...

The Iroquois County Board’s Policy & Procedure Committee got some help from the full Board (Tuesday) in passing a Resolution to oppose proposed legislation in Springfield concerning governing wind farm operations. SB 602 and...

A 28-year-old Indianapolis man was extricated from the wreckage of his pickup truck (Tuesday) after a rollover crash in Jasper County, IN.  Dustin Schilling was  flown to South Bend Memorial Hospital.  Extent of...

Bradley Police are reporting the arrest of a Kankakee man after responding to a domestic distrubance at a local motel.  32-year-old Larrell R Gardner is charged with aggravated assault, aggravated unlawful use of a weapon...

Illinois is following the CDC and FDA guidance, advising providers to use Moderna and Pfizer COVID doses for existing coronavirus vaccines appointments.  The Illinois Department of Public Health is announcing the pause in...

Student-athletes competing in some sports won’t have to wear masks. The Illinois High School Association announced state public officials are no longer requiring masks for student-athletes actively playing low-risk sports like...