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An autopsy completed in McLean County (Wednesday) confirms the man found dead in Gilman Tuesday was the victim of hypothermia. 62-year-old Bruce Martell of Beaverville was discovered unresponsive in a business parking lot, just...

Senator Chris Balkema (R- Channahon), is among the new members of the Illinois General Assembly.  He was sworn-in Wednesday to be the new voice of the 53rd District. The 104th General Assembly began its work as the Lame Duck...

Illinois State Police report the arrest of 35-year-old Joseph Lookingbill of Kankakee.  He faces 3-counts of possession of child pornography.  Agents arrested Lookingbill (Tuesday) at his Schuyler Avenue...

Boil order in effect on South Fourth Street in Watseka, from Fairman Avenue south, Belmont Avenue from Fairman south, and all of Western Avenue until further notice. 94.1 WGFA  
The Illinois Department of Public Health announced that in line with the national trend, the state’s overall respiratory illness level has ticked up from moderate to high, driven by an expected early winter jump in hospital...

Iroquois County authorities are looking into the death of man found lying in a Gilman business parking lot (Tuesday) morning. An un-identified male subject, discovered in the lot off Route 24, is the subject of an...

A Bourbonnais man has been identified as the IDOT snowplow operator killed Monday in Iroquois County when his truck was hit by a train engine.  Two engines were northbound on the Canadian National Railroad when the snowplow...

Illinois’ overall respiratory illness level has jumped from “moderate” to “high,” according to the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH). An IDPH dashboard tracks seasonal respiratory illness and indicates that over 21% of...

County Health Departments urge residents to test their homes for radon during National Radon Action Month. Radon, a radioactive gas with no taste, smell, or color, is the second leading cause of lung cancer in the U.S., according...

A truck vs train collision in Iroquois County Monday morning took the life of an Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) employee. Illinois State Police and the Canadian National Railroad authorities investigated the crash a...