McHenry Co. (ECWd) - We have seen a lot of shady stuff in our time but I think this one may well make the bucket list as an all-time stupid move. We exposed Bob Miller's position as President of the Northern Illinois Township Highway Commissioners Association (NITHCA)...
COLES CO., IL. (ECWd) - Defendant Barry Wolfe appeared in Coles County Court today for a hearing and entered a Guilty Plea to 4 counts of sexual abuse of a minor. He plead guilty to the following: 2017CF420, Count 9 - Criminal Sexual Assault / force, Class...
BLOOMINGTON, IL. (ECWd) - Apparently, this candidate for public office is still living the fantasy life of a child, thinking she can simply issue threats and no one is going to pay attention. We are paying attention and threats like this from political candiates need called...
Bloomington-Normal, Illinois - (ECWd) - Watch this disgusting display as Judith (Judy) Valente was stopped by the Illinois State University Police on March 28, 2018 for driving on an expired license plate. The plate had been expired since December 2017. She was allegedly on her way...
CHATHAM, IL. (ECWd) - UPDATE: After more than 10 weeks, hoping the audio problems would have been worked out by now, the audio for the June 12, 2018 meeting is still horrendous and at times barely audible (start at about the 38:40 and listen for a...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - Last week we exposed former Algonquin Township Road District Highway Commissioner Bob Miller as a walking conflict of interest in this article. Also in that article was the exposure of James Kelly's law firm being the agent of record for the private corporation that Bob...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - Just about the time you think you have seen it all, up jumps another rat hole to run down. The digging into this rat hole started with this article. How many people are familiar with the Northern Illinois Township Highway Commissioners Association? Don't...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - One of the primary issues that created all the legal turmoil for the Algonquin Road District was the secret unionization of the Road District prior to Bob Miller's departure as Highway Commissioner. Ed Komenda with the Northwest Herald claimed this unionization was because: "The...
McHenry Co. (ECWd) - Does anyone know what triggered an audit of sick days in the year 2000? A Freedom of Information Act request for all such audits done in 1999 and 2000 was submitted on June 7, 2018, and to date, it has been ignored. Why would...
DANVILLE, IL. (ECWd) - During their monthly meeting this morning, the Vermilion County Airport Authority Board of Commissioners met in open session. During public comment time, I informed the board of their requirement to follow state law in regards to qualifications of office of commissioners. "No person...
