The Cissna Park and Crescent-Iroquois Ag Hall-of-Fame is a new creation this year. And the annual Cissna Park FFA Scholarship Auction today (Sat) will feature the first inductees into the Hall-of-Fame.
Today's dinner and auction...
Watseka American Legion Post #23 is hosting a Veterans Day event Monday, November 11th. The public is invited to the 11 am observance at the Legion Park home.
Desert Storm Veteran Alex O'Brien is the featured speaker.
The...
A balanced budget is expected to be approved by the Iroquois County Board next Tuesday (11/12).
Numbers were reviewed, on file for the last month, and now ready for the new fiscal year on December 1st.
Finance committee...
Indiana State Police at Lowell reported a semi rolled near Lowell this (Thurs) morning. The rig left I-65, injuring the driver. The semi was hauling produce.
State police also reported a related-accident.. a little further south...
Targeting heroin trafficking, The Vermilion County Metropolitan Enforcement Group (V-MEG) arrested five people on drug related charges. Three of the five were women, according to a press release from Illinois State Police.
A...
A Kankakee man facing a murder charge for the shooting of 24-year-old Tyrone Kennedy Sr. and the wounding of Kennedy's cousin wants to be his own lawyer in the case.
32-year-old Luther Starkey was in Kankakee Circuit Court...
A scheduled-sentencing for 21-year-old Dushawn Johnson of Kankakee was delayed in Circuit Court (Wed). A mental evaluation will have to be reviewed after the court learned from the defense attorney that Johnson was "hearing...
A tentative agreement has been reached between Iroquois County and members of the Fraternal Order of Police union. Details are not available, but a ratification vote is likely by the December County Board meeting.
An agreement...
State Representative Josh Harms did not waiver from his stance on same-sex marriage this week, saying his belief is that "marriage is between one man and one woman."
The Watseka Republican voted against legislation to legalize...
