...the constitution. A public body cannot pass ordinances or policies that violate state law. Not so long ago, Ryan Kienast, Mayor of LaHarpe, Illinois was charged with Official Misconduct for...
LaHarpe, IL. (ECWd) – Ryan Kienast, former mayor of LaHarpe, Illinois, plead guilty in Hancock County Circuit Court for the activity we exposed last year thanks to local residents and...
...former Mayor of LaHarpe in Hancock County who used a city backhoe for less than 30 minutes (here), or the former Mayor of Pekin, Illinois where he thought he could...
LaHarp, IL. (ECWd) – On August 18, 2017, the Illinois Attorney General’s Public Access Counselor issued an opinion stating that the LaHarpe City Council violated the Open Meetings Act on...
LaHarpe, IL. (ECWd) – Ryan Kienast, the long-embattled Mayor of LaHarpe, Illinois tendered his resignation prior to the May 22, 2017, city council meeting by placing a copy of his...
Hancock Co. (ECWd) – We first reported on the alleged violation of law by the LaHarpe Mayor when he used public equipment and personnel for personal gain on his property...
LaHarpe, IL. (ECWd) – We attended the LaHarpe City Council Meeting last night to observe discussion on Agenda item number 8, which was to discuss the use of city equipment...
LaHarpe, IL. (ECWd) – Yesterday we were informed the Mayor of LaHarpe, Illinois, Ryan Kienast, had directed a city worker to bring the city backhoe down to Kienast’s home and...
LAHARPE, IL. (ECWd) – On September 26, 2016, the City of LaHarpe decided it would go to closed session to discuss whether or not to send the City Mayor a...
