Edgar Co. (ECWd) - The Edgar County Public Health Department Board is holding a meeting Wednesday of this week at 7 AM. There are several agenda items for action, including salaries, base hours, and the effective dates for those items. We submitted Freedom of Information Act requests...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) The Shelby County Board held its regular meeting Thursday of last week. We apologize for the delay in posting as our live stream failed to upload and the video had to be uploaded manually. There were several votes taken which were declared to have...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - The Shelby County Farm has been the subject of more misinformation than we thought possible, and just when we thought things were going in the right direction, the current contract is ignored. For months we have raised the issue of selling the crop,...
Coles Co. (ECWd) - We recently received multiple requests to investigate the Oakland Fire Protection District Trustees as it was alleged meetings were not being held as required in the Open Meetings Act and people felt something was going on that was just not right. September...
Edgar Co. (ECWd) - The Edgar County Health Department Board held a special meeting Friday morning to discuss meeting schedules and administrative salaries. We first exposed the allegedly fraudulent documents, illegal compensation, and illegal meetings in this article. During the meeting, Oliver Smith confirmed the record he...
Edgar Co. (ECWd) - After we exposed serious problems at the Edgar County Health Department in this article, the Prairie Press (PP), comes to the coverage late and with misleading and bogus information. According to the Prairie Press: "A meeting between the Edgar County States Attorney, the...
Edgar Co. (ECWd) - The Edgar County Health Department is once again plagued with financial malfeasance and disregard for the law. In 2013 and 2019, two employees were charged with theft of funds. We covered those events in the articles linked here and here. The County Health...
Edgar Co. (ECWd) - The Kansas Township Board will be discussing the upcoming tax levy for the Township, which includes a potential tax spike above the 5% increase above last year's levy.  Their meeting is on October 1, 2022, at 8 am at the Township Office. The...
Edgar Co. (ECWd) - The Edgar County Jail is once again making a name for itself under the leadership of Sheriff Jeff Wood. The Illinois State Police are investigating the alleged videotaping by a corrections officer of an inmate on the toilet engaged in some kind of...
Shelby Co. (ECWd) - The Shelby County Board awarded the custom farming contract to Kenny Compton during last week's special meeting as covered in this article. We received a copy of the 6 bids received which can be downloaded at this link or viewed below. While the full...
