There’s differing views among members of the Watseka City Council about the future of the city’s water works. And the natter could come to a head at the regular meeting of the City Council in a couple weeks.
Discussion during...
A boil order in Watseka will be in place until further notice after a water main break (Tuesday) forced work crews into emergency mode. Water was flowing along Route 24-East (Walnut Street).
Traffic was re-directed using turn...
A new fiscal year budget and solar farm projects are on the agenda for this (Tuesday) afternoon's Iroquois County Board meeting in Watseka. The 5:30 pm meeting is at the Administrative Center. The alternating schedule...
The Kankakee Public Library is the setting for today’s (Tuesday) candidate forum featuring Kankakee County candidates for Clerk and Treasurer. The NAACP will sponsor the 5:30 pm forums on the 4th floor of the library in downtown...
Interstate 57 between exits 312 in Kankakee and 315 at Bradley will be closed intermittently next week for bridge work on North Street in Bradley.
Illinois Department of Transportation reports the closure — from Monday to...
32-year-old Nicole Turner of Watseka was jailed in Iroquois County after her arrest Thursday. Watseka Police assisted a Department of Corrections parole agent in making the arrest in the 300-block of N. Market...
Paxton city leaders will join Ford County officials and state legislators later this month to memorialize the site where a police shootout nearly 40 years ago claimed the lives of law enforcement officers along I-57.
Paxton...
It's the 39th annual Harvest Daze in Watseka. It all begins at 4 pm today (Friday) at the Olde Courthouse Museum. The annual event features crafts, entertainment and food. The weekend event is the big fundraiser...
An apartment building on W. Station Street in Kankakee sustained significant damage last night. No injury was reported. The cause is under investigation, according to Fire Chief Damon Schuldt.
Four apartments were in the...
