DeKalb, IL. (ECWd) - On May 31, 2017, the Office of the Executive Inspector General publicly released a scathing report of findings in a nearly three-year long investigation into complaints against several employees, including NIU President Douglas Baker, of Northern Illinois University. We have to say,...
PARIS, IL. (ECWd) - We broadcast a live video feed of this meeting (below) on our ECWd Facebook page - The Edgar County Board Finance Committee held a meeting this afternoon at 4 p.m. in the Edgar County Clerk's Office to open the sealed bid submitted for possible purchase...
EFFINGHAM, IL. (ECWd) - Mark Doan, Superintendent of Effingham Unit #40 School District, says he wanted to issue $14,000,000.00 (fourteen million dollars) in Bonds in order to punish voters, by making them freak out, for voting down the sales tax for the second time. After a stunning, but predictable, defeat 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 resignation at every seat of the city council. His most recent scandal involved the firing of a water...
DuPage Co., IL. (ECWd) - This has become routine in Illinois and a large part of why public corruption runs rampant at all levels of Illinois government. Last summer, we wrote about DuPage County Board member Don Puchalski, who was also the appointed DuPage County Public Guardian...
Newton, IL. (ECWd) - The Jasper County Clerk, Linda Huth, imposes unauthorized fees which are inconsistent with state law and thinks she can unlawfully seize and search your personal electronic devices. After our last article written about an individual who was arrested, detained, and forced to provide his...
Newton, IL. (ECWd) - This is what happens when local elected officials think they can do whatever they want, the law be damned. We believe the Jasper County Clerk and Recorder has an illegal fee and electronic device search policy, and the State's Attorney and Sheriff's Department assisted...
Northern Illinois University (ECWd) - NIU and President Doug Baker’s administration continue to dazzle with their numerous creative ways to circumvent state rules. The ban on reimbursement of employee commuting costs seems to be quite clear in the state travel rules, but Baker seems determined to...
CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - Carlinville FOIA Officer and City Clerk, Carla Brockmeier, has violated the law again and kept more public records hidden away in some dark, secret corner of her office. What a complete disgrace to public servants everywhere. On May 5, 2017, I submitted a...
CARLINVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - According to NBC-5 News Investigation, Carlinville High School is on a list found on an "Image Board" soliciting nude photos. There was a total of 67 High Schools across Illinois on the list. Their article, located here (CLICK HERE) concluded a two-month investigation...
