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A public hearing before the Kankakee County Zoning Board of Appeals will consider an expansion of the Pilot Hill Wind Farm near Herscher. The Kelly Creek wind farm project includes 108 counties extending into Ford County. Kelly...

Area counties in 94.1 WGFA listening neighborhood are under a Flash Flood Warning thru mid-day today (Thursday). Rainfall ranging from 2 up to over four inches has been recorded. Several roads are flooded, some routes closed or...

Watseka native Helen Todd is back in Iroquois County producing and directing the opera's 'The Magic Flute' this weekend. The Sugar Creek Opera again offers professional opera talent. It's the 13th year for the opera in Iroquois...

The Illinois Department of Agriculture has scheduled a meeting for 6 pm Monday (7/6) to provide information about a proposed expansion of a hog operation in Ford County. The Steidinger swine facility northwest of Gibson City is...

Iroquois Memorial Hospital in Watseka is announcing that Rodney Alford, M.D., Internal Medicine/Pediatric specialist, will begin seeing patients at the IMH Multi Specialty Physicians Clinic in early August. Dr. Alford graduated...

Lanes opened where possible to improve traffic flow ...... SPRINGFIELD – To improve traffic flow and reduce congestion for Fourth of July holiday travelers, the Illinois Department of Transportation today announced that...

The Kankakee County Emergency Management Agency is stepping up to organize a resource center to assist flood victims. Several organizations will take part Thursday. It's sort of a one-stop shop. The resource center will be...

The clock is ticking for area farmers as the June flooding has forced some farmers to make important decisions about planting. June 5 was the planting date for corn. For soybeans, it was June 20. The 25-day late planting period...

Indiana State Police report a two-vehicle crash Monday on an I-65 exit ramp left one person dead and two others seriously injured. The crash happened just after 1 pm on the Interstate 65 exit ramp to U.S. 231 in Remington...