IROQUOIS CO., IL. (ECWd) - During an almost two-hour meeting of the Iroquois County Tax Committee, a local reporter falls out of her chair. Pay close attention to the top-right of the video: https://youtu.be/6I15rY5Fh0w Please consider a donation to the Edgar County Watchdogs. [wp_eStore_donate id=1] ...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - "The Hiring Game" Barbara R. Jones-Kavalier was named as one of the three finalists for the position of College of DuPage during last night's meeting. Turns out she is also an author who has written a book that deals with how to "Improve...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - Congratulations Jodi S. Cohen and Stacy St. Clair, investigative journalists with the Chicago Tribune. "Chicago Tribune reporters Jodi S. Cohen and Stacy St. Clair were honored Friday as winners of a National Headliner Award for their investigation of improprieties at the College...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - The three finalists for the position of College of DuPage President have been selected by the Committee in charge of narrowing the selection down from 300 applicants to just three. As we understand it, they will be interviewed by the Full Board...
SPRINGFIELD, IL. (ECWd) - Marshall, Illinois Alderman Warren LeFever traveled to Springfield to give oral testimony at the Illinois House of Representative Judicial-Civil hearing this afternoon. It was for HB4630, seeking to amend the Open Meetings Act with the language of: Synopsis As Introduced Amends the Open Meetings Act. Requires that...
DuPage Co., IL. (ECWd) - The College of DuPage is set to act on the first reading of Policy No. 10-200, which is a new policy concerning the retention of electronic communications. On page 134 of the Board Packet for April 7, 2016 (here) is the proposed...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - We now have Bruce Schmiedl's own emails that appear to prove he outright lied to the Board of Trustees. Schmiedl claim to the board: “I was contacted by a gentleman with the Illinois Department of Professional Regulations, asked whether or not I...
DuPage Co. (ECWd)- In what appears to be an unprecedented move in the State of Illinois, the Chief Deputy Director of Office of the Secretary of State, Illinois State Archives Records Management Section, has now taken pro-active steps against the College of DuPage. All record disposal...
DuPage Co. (ECWd) - We first raised the flag of the College of DuPage destroying records in violation of the Local Records Act in this article. We have confirmed that the college has destroyed all e-mails older than 4-30-2014 as well as other documents. Mission Accomplished!...
Tinley Park, IL (ECWd) - TINLEY PARK, IL. (ECWd) - On 4/4/16, the Attorney General's Office informed the Village of Tinley Park and its attorney Thomas Melody of the determination that the Open Meetings Act was violated at the February 4th, 2016 Planning Commission meeting, since...
