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October 10, 2024

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Will Co. (ECWd) - During this week's DuPage Township meeting I raised the issue of Trustee Oliver's lack of being a person of her word.  For months Oliver went to great strides to flaunt her knowledge of a criminal complaint allegedly against a Trustee and that...

McHenry Co. (ECWd) - Once again, the Algonquin Township Board (Circus Clowns), played games, and again, the Board's ignorance and their Attorney's silence will cost the taxpayers more money. Back in December of 2018, the Township board played games with the Road District Levy to include fabricating...

Freeport, IL. (ECWd) - Apparently the Freeport Housing Authority is under a federal criminal investigation. The US Department of Justice issued a Federal Grand Jury Subpoena to the Freeport Housing Authority on November 19, 2019. Pursuant to an official criminal investigation, the subpoena asked for records, dated...

Freeport, IL. (ECWd) - The Freeport Housing Authority has provided the following document as a response to our article entitled "HUD issued scathing report on Freeport Housing Authority; Designated as "Troubled" - Read their response in full, below: [pdf-embedder url="https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/1HACFs-Edgar-County-Watchdog-Reply12182019.pdf" title="1HACF's Edgar County Watchdog Reply12182019"] . ...

Onarga, IL. (ECWd) - [caption id="attachment_55818" align="alignleft" width="374"] Onarga Public Library Board Dec 2019[/caption] During the December 16, 2019, Onarga Public Library District's Board of Trustees meeting, the Board voted to go into closed session to discuss pay raises for all of their employees. After closed session, we...

HANOVER TOWNSHIP (ECWd) - On reviewing several of the board packets from Hanover Township, we noticed questionable expenditures from the township's general assistance fund.  For those not familiar with General Assistance, it is Public Aid administered by the Township. Since April of 2018 thru April of 2019,...

FREEPORT, IL. (ECWd) - In a report issued by the Chicago Office of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), it is clear the Freeport Housing Authority has major problems. HUD designated the Freeport Housing Authority as "Troubled" - which generally means that the...

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