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26 May Wind Turbine Fire Pics from Livingston County, IL. –

Posted at 13:27h in feature, Livingston County, Logan County, Vermilion County, Wind Turbine by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 6 Comments

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More photos were taken of the turbine burning in Livingston County this past weekend and they came from the facebook page of: Rt66 & 17 Illinois Fire Ground Photos Please visit their page to see lots of pictures of this fire and give them a thumbs-up!  ...

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26 May School Choice – Parental right?

Posted at 08:10h in feature, IL State Reps, School Boards, State Board of Education by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 8 Comments

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Illinois  (ECWd) - The answer to a simple question is proving to make a world of difference in the understanding of our children’s future. If money were no object, would you send them to public school, private school, or would you home-school? As a product of public and...

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25 May Mt. Pulaski CUSD-23 School Board selling its soul to Meridien & Relight Wind Farms –

Posted at 21:04h in feature, Logan County, School Boards, Vermilion County, Wind Turbine by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 12 Comments

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Mt. Pulaski, IL. (ECWd) - After reading through the proposed "contract" between the Mt. Pulaski Community Unit School No. 23 School Board and Meridien LLC., it is clear this is no ordinary contract. This contract was discussed during the May 2015 school board meeting and is presumed...

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24 May BREAKING: Livingston Co., Emington, IL. Wind Turbine Fire (pics) –

Posted at 21:37h in feature, Livingston County, Vermilion County, Wind Turbine by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 18 Comments

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Livingston Co., IL. (ECWd) - Update: May 25, 2015, 9:15 a.m.: This is the second Iberdrola Renewables turbine fire in the past 10 days. The previous was on May 14 and was located in the Locust Ridge II Wind Farm near Westboro, IOWA. (news article here). Update: May...

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24 May Vermilion County loses round two on Nikki Bogart’s termination –

Posted at 21:15h in feature, Vermilion County by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 6 Comments

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Vermilion Co., IL. (ECWd) - FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Nikki Bogart wins round 2:  An Administrative Law Judge for the Illinois Department of Employment Security ruled in a Decision issued recently that Nikki Bogart did not commit misconduct or insubordination as defined by Illinois law. After seven and a half years of...

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24 May Clark Co. Park District violates FOIA, prints over 4500 pages of records –

Posted at 14:35h in Clark County, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 6 Comments

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Clark Co., IL. (ECWd) - In one of the more disturbing claims coming out of the Clark County Park District Executive Director's office, Charity Murphy has now claimed that even though I asked for electronic records, and even though the park district has the capability to...

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24 May Charity Murphy’s proof of FOIA training has Commissioner Ewing’s address on it –

Posted at 12:04h in Attorney General, Clark County, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 5 Comments

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Clark Co., IL. (ECWd) - After we reported that the Clark County Park District's Executive Director, Charity Murphy, had not taken any FOIA training, she decided to take the mandated training. Failure to take the training is a policy violation of the Park District and State...

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24 May Edgar Co. Airport eliminates position –

Posted at 08:37h in Edgar County, Edgar County Airport, Edgar County Board, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 8 Comments

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Edgar Co., IL. (ECWd) - It has been reported to us, and we have verified thru Edgar County administrative contacts, that the Administrative Assistant position at the Edgar County Airport has been eliminated, effectively putting long time employee Lisa Gill out of a job. This decision was...

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24 May Clark Co. Park District Exec. Director caught violating park campsite policy –

Posted at 08:15h in Clark County, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 5 Comments

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Clark Co., IL. (ECWd) - It's one thing to run around the campground ensuring the campers are abiding by campground rules and policies - and it's another thing to do that while violating those policies yourself...

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23 May Bloomington’s Nora Dukowitz refuses questions, files restraining order on reporter –

Posted at 22:30h in Bloomington, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 3 Comments

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BLOOMINGTON, IL. Another public employee that thinks they do not have to answer questions - and this one has the job of answering questions...

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