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...
Illinois - (ECWd) - Once again we see that Illinois leads the way in corruption as yet another elected official has been indicted. In this case, it is former Republican Congressman Aaron Shock. And for the record, don't be fooled by the party identifier as corruption...
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...
LaSalle Co. (ECWd) - Our last article on Brian Towne asked the question where does it end? It looks like it ends in December as Brian Towne has lost his re-election efforts. Karen Donelly will be the new LaSalle County State's Attorney! The truth appears to have...
LaSalle, CO. - (ECWd) - Today I received a package of public records from the Illinois Appellate Prosecutor's Office, which as they pointed out, they did not have to turn over because they are not subject to FOIA but they did in the spirit of transparency. ...
Champaign Co. (ECWd) Yes, you read the title correctly. The Champaign Mental Health Department, while under the direction of former Director and current Champaign County Board Candidate, Peter Tracy, has spent $100,000.00 on movies, or more specifically, EbertFest at the University of Illinois. The Champaign County...
