BOLINGBROOK, IL. (ECWd) – After a nearly 3-hour closed session, the DuPage Township Board of Trustees entertained a vote to appoint Felix George as Township Supervisor. The vote was a 2-2 tie, […]
ALGONQUIN TOWNSHIP (ECWd) – UPDATE: Copy of Court Order inserted at end of article. Today, the McHenry County Circuit Court granted our Emergency Motion To Quash a subpoena from Algonquin Township directed […]
ALGONQUIN TOWNSHIP (ECWd) – Below are the unredacted Closed Session Minutes of the January 9, 2019 meeting of the Algonquin Township Board. The Board had previously released a redacted version, but this […]
BOLINGBROOK, IL. (ECWd) – We made a short video explaining what happens when a Township Supervisor resigns. It is a fairly straight-forward process, once you understand that the Township Code, the Open […]
BOLINGBROOK, IL. (ECWd) – View the video from February 4, 2019 below. There was a meeting of the DuPage Township Board called for Feb 4th, Trustees Maripat Oliver and Ken Burgess decided […]
DeKalb Township (ECWd) – In April 2015 the DeKalb Township Supervisor announced a new program he was running thru General Assistance, and it dealt with the township becoming an independent agent of […]
NEWTON, IL. (ECWd) – The Jasper County Community School District No. 1 has received a Motion for Sanctions against it alleging one of its employees committed witness tampering by threatening and intimidating […]
WHEELING, IL. (ECWd) – The Illinois Attorney General has determined that the Village of Wheeling violated the Open Meetings Act during its September 5, 2017 public meeting. According to the written determination, […]
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) – Illinois Senator Melinda Bush, (D) 31st District, apparently thinks more government secrets are better. Bush filed Senate Bill 0196 on January 30, 2019. This Bill would permit a […]
DuPage Township (ECWd) – Q: When Township Supervisor resigns, who signs checks? A: Nobody. (is the short answer) Q: Then how do the township bills and payroll get paid? A: They don’t […]
BOLINGBROOK, IL. (ECWd) – During the DuPage Township meeting last night, an agenda item for appointment of Trustee Burgess was a point of contention with the four trustees. Not for appointing him, […]
DuPage Township (ECWd) – We have reviewed a copy of the DuPage Township meeting agenda for the special meeting scheduled for January 29, 2019. Among the items on the Agenda are: Accept […]
McHenry Co. (ECWd) – Anna May Miller began working at the Township Road District for her husband in August of 1998 according to records obtained from the Road District. August of 2013 […]
Algonquin Township (ECWd) – When Algonquin Township Trustee Melissa Victor was contemplating taking an open position for another public body, she asked the Township Attorney for advice on any conflict of interest […]
Algonquin Township, IL (ECWd) – When the rights of the people to petition their government for redress are met with fierce opposition by the very institutions whose livelihood is dependent upon that […]
ALGONQUIN TWP (ECWd) – Is Trustee Victor intimidating Gasser using threats of police action and the withholding of official action? According to the executive session minutes of a recent special meeting, the […]
Bolingbrook, IL. (ECWd) – During a portion of public comment at the January 15, 2019 DuPage Township board meeting, Christine Mayer, wife of supervisor William Mayer, made allegations against DuPage Township Trustee […]
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) – Over the past year, we have fielded several questions from various parties about our organization. Here are the answers (with the correction of we were founded on January […]
Bolingbrook, IL. (ECWd) – During the January 15, 2019 DuPage Township Board of Trustees meeting, Supervisor William Mayer announced his last day as Supervisor would be Tuesday, January 22, 2019. He states […]
ALGONQUIN TWP. (ECWd) – NWH’s Editor Jon Styf titled his latest piece: “What in the World is going on in Algonquin Township“ We ask: “What in the World in going on at […]
Lincoln, IL. (ECWd) – The Logan County Electoral Board met again on January 9th to hear an election petition objection against the nomination packets of Mr. Robert Letterley, who file his petition […]
KANSAS, IL. (ECWd) – There was a 2-vehicle accident on Route 49, just north of Kansas, IL. earlier this morning. 3 patients transported to the hospital; 1 by Kansas FPD, 1 by […]
ALGONQUIN TOWNSHIP (ECWd) – The Algonquin Township Road District has filed suit in McHenry County against Charles Lutzow, current Algonquin Township Supervisor, Road District Treasurer, and Principal at CAL Financial Group Inc. […]
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) – According to recent tips, and an article by WTHI (here), Edgar County has been included in the “Hepatitis A outbreak” in Illinois. Tips to our hotline pointed to […]
Champaign-Vermilion, IL. (ECWd) – January 8, 2019 This is a GE 1.6 mW wind turbine located in Champaign County Illinois., in the InvEnergy Wind Farm. The turbine is near the Champaign County […]
Atlanta, IL. (ECWd) – During today’s Atlanta Electoral Board, the Board hear objections against the nomination packets of Dale Colaw and Linda Evans. Both candidates were alleged to have failed to file […]
REDMON, IL. (ECWd) – At approximately 4:30 p.m. today, there was a barn fire a couple miles east of Redmon, Il. at the intersection of Edgar County C.R. 800E and 1200N, according […]
Driver stayed calm…
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) – The Paris Family Restaurant, on Illinois Highway 1 south of Paris, caught fire this evening, January 5, 2019, and the Paris Fire Department, Paris Police Department and the […]
Belleville, IL. (ECWd) – Alorton Mayor Jo Ann Reed made an appearance at the Hearing scheduled today on her charges related to vote buying, disregard election code, official misconduct (forbidden act) two […]
