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A mailman alerted emergency responders to a house fire in Onarga (Thursday). The fire at 206 E. Grant Street did extensive damage. No one was home at the time. No one was injured. The mail delivery man noticed smoke and the...

Olivet Nazarene University accounting students from the McGraw School of Business are looking forward to another season of providing tax preparation assistance through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program. The...

44-year-old Tompa Sears of Watseka was jailed in Iroquois County after a traffic stop by Watseka Police.  Sears was charged with possession f METH and possession of a hypodermic needle.  Officers attempted to stop...

A 42-year-old man was arrested by KAMEG agents Wednesday afternoon after he tried to flee from authorities.  Christopher Harris jumped from a window of a residence in Pembroke Township to run from police.  He was...

An engineering group is scheduled to deliver a report about a flood study and work plan in moving forward to deal with flooding in Iroquois County. A Town Hall Meeting is planned for February 13 in Watseka.  The 6 pm...

Ten projects in Kankakee will benefit from a federal grant. Kankakee’s Economic and Community Development Agency will share in a block grant from the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development. The $1.5 million grant will...

Thrivent Choice lets Thrivent members show their care for the community. There are 59 organizations in Iroquois County that are eligible to receive choice dollars. Nationwide, there are 43,226 organizations signed up for the...

Iroquois Memorial Hospital’s Accountable Care Organization Team was awarded the North “Go-Getter” Award from the Illinois Rural Community Care Organization. The winners were selected based on their excellence in the following...

Illinois lawmakers are back to the state capitol this week for the start of the spring session. Gov. J.B. Pritzker is scheduled to deliver his State of the State speech on Wednesday (1/29). This will be the second year...

Tax refund checks from the state of Illinois could be a little more than a month away for those who file tax returns electronically. The Illinois Department of Revenue said beginning today (Monday), the same day the Internal...