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It was the Honorable Judge Gordon Lustfeldt's 100th career jury trial, and Wednesday a jury in Watseka found 50-year-old Doug Depatis guilty of all charges in a local Meth Manufacturing case. When sentenced in October (10/22)...

The Iroquois County Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) voted 2-2 (Tuesday night), with three members absent, after hearing comments about proposed changes to the county's wind ordinance. Proposed changes, reported on earlier, were...

Investigators believe a house fire in Loda was the result of an arsonist. The State Fire Marshall is assisting Iroquois County Sheriff's Police in the investigation. A single-story home at 409 E. Jefferson Street was being...

Pembroke community officials are meeting today (Wednesday) to discuss ways to hopefully make the community a safer place. A 10 am meeting is scheduled. It's being held at the Special Education Conference Room at the Lorenzo R...

DECATUR -- Record setting numbers are expected for this year's Farm Progress Show. The Decatur Area Convention and Visitors Bureau bases the increase on the number of booked hotel rooms. In 2009, almost 9765 rooms within 50...

A 17-year-old former Peotone High School student was arrested Monday night, accused of threatening to bomb the school. Kyle Koran, of Monee, is being charged as an adult for a threatening message he posted on Twitter. Peotone...

Someone in Hoopeston is holding a winning lottery ticket. The unidentified person purchased a $3 dollar Crossword Scratch Off ticket at the Hoopeston Marathon Station. 94.1 FM, WGFA
The Iroquois County Republican Women and Creekside Community Center would like to invite the public to the Cissna Park Fire Station for a reception honoring first responders on September 11, 2013 at 6:30pm. The event will feature...

The Illinois State Water Survey says this may be the second-driest August on record. And the dry weather is beginning to worry farmers. Rainfall has been limited to just 4-5 days this month. It's the second-lowest amount in the...

-- Initiative Aims to Improve Water Quality, Control Erosion and Increase Yields -- SPRINGFIELD – Governor Pat Quinn today announced the start of a three-year demonstration project by the Illinois Department of Agriculture to...