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IDOT reports clean-up efforts continue from the snowfall.  Area roads are still slick and caution is the word of advice from transportation officials and Illinois State Police. Bridge decks and exit ramps pose slippery...

American Red Cross Illinois says blood donations are desperately needed as the country faces its most severe blood supply shortage in 20 years. Officials report the number of blood donors has fallen by 40% over the past couple of...

Grants often can be the lifeblood of a nonprofit organization so knowing how to write a grant application is beneficial.  The Unired Way of Kankakee and Iroquois Counties will host a free traning program...

Kankakee school district #111 has its new school leader in place.  The school board was in special session Monday to announce a veteran educator from Illinois has been hired. The Kankakee School Board unanimously approved...

Officials in the Village of St. Anne have opened a warminbg Center.  The community Civic Center is now available for those who need to escape the cold.  The center will be open into next week ---when colder weather is...

A boil order that's been in place for Gilman is finally lifted.  E.R.H. Enterprises the order that affected the 400 and 500 blocks of Hartwell Street.   94.1 WGFA
Motorists need to allow extra time and give snow plows room to maneuver as clean-up moves forward from the first elements of the season messed up roads today.  School districts are on delay or have closed.  Bridge decks...

 Brook-Iroquois Township and Kentland-Jefferson Township firefighters were alerted to a residential structure fire Monday morning shortly after 8am.  No one was injured at 150 South Home Street in Brook.  Brook...

 A winter weather advisory goes into effect tonight (Monday) at 8 o'clock and continues through Tuesday evening. Two to four inches of snow are expected Monday night into Tuesday with another one to three inches expected on...

                                          Donors urged to give now as nation faces lowest number of blood donors in decades...