LaHarpe, IL. (ECWd) - Ryan Kienast, former mayor of LaHarpe, Illinois, plead guilty in Hancock County Circuit Court for the activity we exposed last year thanks to local residents and their tips. This is yet another example as to how the system is supposed to work. The...
LaHarp, IL. (ECWd) - On August 18, 2017, the Illinois Attorney General's Public Access Counselor issued an opinion stating that the LaHarpe City Council violated the Open Meetings Act on September 26, 2016, when it entered into closed session without a finding of imminent and probable...
LaHarpe, IL. (ECWd) - Ryan Kienast, the long-embattled Mayor of LaHarpe, Illinois tendered his resignation prior to the May 22, 2017, city council meeting by placing a copy of his resignation at every seat of the city council. His most recent scandal involved the firing of a water...
Hancock Co. (ECWd) - We first reported on the alleged violation of law by the LaHarpe Mayor when he used public equipment and personnel for personal gain on his property in this article, published November 11, 2016. After that article, we attended a village meeting...
LaHarpe, IL. (ECWd) - We attended the LaHarpe City Council Meeting last night to observe discussion on Agenda item number 8, which was to discuss the use of city equipment on private property (see the previous article here). The Mayor did not attend, presumably because the...
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...
LAHARPE, IL. (ECWd) - On September 26, 2016, the City of LaHarpe decided it would go to closed session to discuss whether or not to send the City Mayor a water bill or to choose not to charge him for it. None of which they have...
La Harpe, IL. (ECWd) - La Harpe, Illinois, City Councilman Kenny Foster issued a stunning rebuttal to our article claiming it was unpatriotic and un-American to post on Facebook a complaint wanting the town's torn and tattered flag replaced. He claims there was no thank you after...
La Harpe, IL. (ECWd) - It started out as something as simple as complaining about the torn and tattered United States Flag at the town entrance, and ended up with a councilman name-calling on social media. Mr. Ed Perce posted a picture on Facebook complaining of the...
