Author Archives: Nancy Caddigan

The Iroquois County Board met Tuesday, among the issues taken up was ordinances dealing with wind and solar farms in Iroquois County as well as battery storage facilities. Iroquois County Board Chairm...

Grundy County Sheriff's Police report the arrest of a man believed to have been responsible for a robbery in Dwight Monday. Reports say Grundy County Deputies along with officers from the Morris Polic...

The Village of Bourbonnais last night, officially took possession of land gifted to the Village next to Riverfront Park. Mayor Paul Schore Mayor Schore said he suspects most of the property will be a ...

The Kankakee City Council last night okayed a new contract between the city and the city's administrative assistance and code officers. Mayor Chris Curtis has the details Also during last night's meet...

A traffic stop Sunday netted Iroquois County Sheriff's police a drug arrest. According to reports, 35-year-old Mollie E Clifton of Woodland was a passenger in a car pulled over for a traffic violation...

Sewer rates will be going up in the City of Kankakee. During last night's City Council Meeting, Aldermen passed an ordinance increasing rates starting next month. Mayor Chris Curtis says the new ordin...

Iroquois County's Times-Republic reports some 50 hogs at a rural Loda farm will have to be euthanized after being injured in a tornado last Wednesday. The National Weather Service says the tornado was...

Prosecutors are asking a judge to drop a bribery charge against former Chicago Alderman and federal mole Danny Solis. The ex-City Council member helped the feds by wearing a wire, which led to the con...

A trial begins today for State Senator Emil Jones the third. The Chicago Democrat faces federal bribery charges accusing him of taking money from a red-light camera company executive to kill legislati...

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