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December 23, 2024

Author: Kirk Allen & John Kraft

Shelby Co.  (ECWd) - Shelby County Treasurer Erica Firnhaber received a written legal opinion prior to the County Board meeting held last night. (see video below of meeting) Over the past year of reporting on the Shelby County farm lease and tax issues, the written opinion provided...

Shelby Co. (ECWd) - The Shelby County State's Attorney, Nichole Kroncke, has asked the Illinois Attorney General for their legal opinion on several matters dealing with public property and tax obligations for both the city and the County.  Letter 1, Letter 2. While we greatly appreciate the...

DuPage Co.  (ECWd) - According to a sworn declaration in the Federal court case involving the College of DuPage and its former president, Dr. Robert Breuder, former College of DuPage Trustee Dianne McGuire has leaked privileged information to Cory Atkinson, also a former COD trustee and...

UNITED  STATES - (ECWd) - Former President Donald Trump has filed his Answer to the Article of Impeachment.  Considering the Constitutional is crystal clear on who can be impeached, we wonder if our Constitution matters any longer in this country. Regardless of your position on the former...

Will Co. (ECWd) - Update: Corrected to eliminate reference to "A Fractional CFO" as the alleged "Company A". The Plainfield Township Supervisor Anthoney Fremarek is facing a 6 count Federal Indictment.  According to the indictment docket, Fremarek has been charged with the following in part: Count 1...

DuPage  Co. (ECWd) - The Board of Trustees of The College of DuPage approved a $587,773.00 restitution payment from Vortex Commercial Flooring Inc. during the December 2020 board meeting. "Vortex Commercial Flooring Inc., a Chicago-area commercial flooring contractor, has been charged for its role in a long-running...

DuPage Co.  (ECWd) - When people are denied public records they routinely reach out to us for assistance and more often than not, we are able to request the same records and we get them.  When this happens it is an indicator of a problem because...

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