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   Residents and Businesses Can Apply for Low-Interest, Long-Term Loans to Boost Recovery from February Floods Gov. Bruce Rauner today announced the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) approved the state’s request...

The Gibson Area Hospital (GAH) Auxiliary held their annual Spring Banquet on Monday, April 30, at the First Presbyterian Church in Gibson City. The GAH Auxiliary awarded eight scholarships to students pursuing careers in health...

Harris is a member of the Damage exceeded $50,000 when fire broke out in the upstairs of home in Brook, IN Sunday night.  The occupant, Robert Harris, was treated for smoke inhalation.  He was taken to Fransciscan...

Iroquois West 6th grader Noah Gomez was crowned the 2018 spelling champion today (Friday). He bested Crescent City 5th grader Kobie Hendershot in a long, back-and-forth marathon event at the Unit Nine Administrative Center in...

Vermilion County real estate tax bills are on their way to mailboxes. County Treasurer Darren Duncan says the bills are being mailed today (Friday). Taxpayers will have until June 15th to pay their first installment of their tax...

Real estate statements are in the mail and Iroquois County taxpayers have until June 5th to pay the first installment.  County Treasurer Mindy Kuntz Hagan these are 2017 statement spayable here in 2018.  The deadline...

The premiere of a new TV SHOW will again, put Watseka-based Nichols Paint & Fab in the limelight. The Velocity Channel will air “Wrench’d” --- featuring Justin Nichols and what he calls his talented crew from Nichols Paint...

Twenty students from nine Iroquois County schools compete in today's (Friday) 52th WGFA Iroquois Couty Spelling Contest.  The program airs on 94.1 WGFA, just after 10 am from the Unit Nine District Administrative Center in...

A federal grand jury returned a superseding indictment against four Ford County men, charging three of them with attempted arson in the Nov. 7 attempted bombing of a women's health clinic in Champaign. A news release from the...

Stormy weather hit the Bourbonnais-Manteno area last evening. Damage estimates are being accessed. The National Weather Service is reviewing the damage to determine if it was a tornado. A spot storm took down up to 18 utility...