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 on private property (see the previous article here). The Mayor did not attend, presumably because the...
Lake Land College Blows $1,017,697.20 "Into the Wind" . Question: What does an Illinois junior college do with industrial wind turbines which are 4 years old (The answer may surprise you, but it does not surprise us.) . Answer: Â The new wind turbines will be TORN DOWN!!!! . Yes, tonight, Lake Land College...
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - The Township Officials of Illinois ("TOI") is having its annual conference this week. One of the sessions taking place this afternoon caught our eye - and incidentally had a similar subject during the Public Library Association's Conference a couple of years ago.. On page...
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 dig away the dirt from a corner of his building foundation. This was so Kienast could rebuild the...
WARREN COUNTY, IN. (ECWd) - Last night, former Vermilion County Board Member, Rick Knight, presented information to the Warren County decision makers at the Orion Wind Energy application special use permit hearing held at the Seeger Fine Arts Center. Rick Knight served on the Vermilion County Board...
PARIS and HARRISBURG, IL. (ECWd) - RIDES Mass Transit District (RIDES) has filed its answer to Edgar County’s Motion to Dismiss. Here is our opinion on their argument(s); RESOLUTION IS VOID AT ITS INCEPTION The Edgar County Ordinance and Resolution never set forth the five requirements to form a...
CAHOKIA, IL. (ECWd) - Commonfields of Cahokia Water District Board Chairman, Curtis McCall, started their most recent public meeting with a threat to the public. He stated that the meeting would be video taped and the tape would be used to prosecute people. Nice way to make people feel comfortable...
DECATUR, IL. (ECWd) - WAND Â I-TEAM Reporter, Doug Wolfe: "As newspapers struggle to survive many no longer keep an eye on tax dollars and government corruption. Citizen watchdog groups, like the Edgar County Watchdogs, fill the void." Reporter: Doug Wolfe Aired: November 3, 2016. WAND TV -...
Rolly Waller Candidate, DuPage County Board, District 1 630-865-5744, [email protected] Date: Oct. 30, 2016 For Release: IMMEDIATE HYPOCRISY OR FLIP FLOP? DUPAGE COUNTY BOARD CHAIRMAN DAN CRONIN  AND MEMBER DONALD PUCHALSKI AGREED WITH COUNTY BOARD CANDIDATE ROLLY WALLER  THAT ONE PUBLIC OFFICE WAS ENOUGH...
SANGAMON COUNTY, IL. (ECWd) - In true self-serving fashion, one of the contracted Engineers for the South Sangamon Water Commission has reaped a benefit no other person in this state can touch - he managed to get the SSWC to give him an easement for recreational, hunting,...
