Watseka, Unit Nine, Crescent-Iroquois #249, Iroquois West and Cissna Park #6 offered voters contested races Tuesday.
Unit Nine voters selected board members Kirk McTaggart, Brittany Cluver, Sarah Combes and a write-in winner in...
Voters denied efforts in the Iroquois West school district to generate money for new buildings in Tuesday’s Consolidated Election. A $25-million referendum was soundly defeated by a near 80 -20 percent margin. (1226 No 343...
The Benton County Sheriff's Office in Indiana reports a missing 15-year-old girl from Benton County has been found safe.
Emily Schneider is accounted for, according to detectives in the sheriff’s department. No further details...
A simple traffic stop for speeding in Watseka Monday turned into quite an episode. A 22-year-old Sheldon man is now jailed for several offenses after refusing to cooperate with police.
Eugene Westbrook is jailed for...
Watseka Police assisted the Springfield office of the FBI Monday afternoon. Agents contacted local police regarding an alleged threat made on a social media site. Police were able to locate a suspect. The juvenile told...
Indiana law enforcement authorities are searching for a missing 15-year-old from Benton County. Emily Schneider was last seen riding her bicycle near I-65 at the Wolcott/Remington exit around 8 p.m. Monday. Authorities said...
Voters in Iroquois County (Tuesday) will decide who will serve on city councils or village boards and represent school boards. The same voters will spin direction on how school boundaries will be decided. Local voters will also...
Iroquois County fire departments are asking for cooperation in controlling fires as the spring clean-up gets underway. Controlled-burns can often times burn out of control. But those controlled-burns can also unneccesarily...
Rantoul firefighters had themselves a busy weekend. They answered calls to four fires in a single day. One fire happened late Saturday night in Penfield where a faulty furnace was the cause. A fireplace heater was ruled the cause...
