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It’s an event ‘Where Friends and Family Meet’ - and the Iroquois County Fair is ready to greet visitors again. The 2021 event is on the July calendar (13-18). And the always popular, well-attended fair at Crescent City is so, so...

A 54-year-old man killed Wednesday night in Iroquois County was identified today (Wed) by County Coroner Bill Cheatum.  Greg Brutlag of Las Vegas, Nevada was pronounced dead at the scene after his pickup truck ran into the...

E.R.H. Enterprises issued a boil order for the entire Village of Buckley Wednesday.  Residents should boil all drinking and cooking water until further notice. 94.1 WGFA
WALK-INS WELCOME AT TODAY’S VACCINATION CLINIC WATSEKA, IL – The Iroquois County Public Health Department (ICPHD), in partnership with Iroquois Memorial Hospital, is hosting a community-based, Moderna COVID-19 vaccination clinic...

Ten fire departments responded to a structure fire about 6:15 (Tues) morning in Aroma Township. A family of three lost just about everything. The Red Cross is assisting. The fire had spread also damaging a neighboring home. The...

A car crashed into a ditch this (Wednesday) morning on I-57 in Champaign County. It happened near the Illini Prairie Rest Stop on southbound I-57. That’s between Tolono and Pesotum.  The accident forced the closure of the...

One person is dead following a collision between a vehicle and a train (Tuesday night). The driver of a pickup was pronounced dead at the scene. The identity is being held pending notification of family. Iroquois County...

Board Chairman Andy Wheeler was given the authority to sign an agreement with the Illinois Department of Transportation to take over maintenance along Armour Road – once construction is completed at Route 50. A re-construction...

The Iroquois County Board’s Policy & Procedure Committee got some help from the full Board (Tuesday) in passing a Resolution to oppose proposed legislation in Springfield concerning governing wind farm operations. SB 602 and...

A 28-year-old Indianapolis man was extricated from the wreckage of his pickup truck (Tuesday) after a rollover crash in Jasper County, IN.  Dustin Schilling was  flown to South Bend Memorial Hospital.  Extent of...