Lena, IL. (ECWd) - Elected Officials of municipalities are supposed to pay amounts owed to the municipality on time. After hearing about compensation being overpaid for years, we submitted a FOIA request for copies of water and sewer bills for the Village's elected officials. That information is...
Lena, IL. (ECWd) - The Village of Lena, Illinois is a small municipality of around 2,900 residents and is located in Stephenson County. It is well-known that public officials and public bodies cannot pass resolutions or ordinances which violate state law or the constitution. Apparently, the Village...
Freeport, IL. (ECWd) - Apparently the Freeport Housing Authority is under a federal criminal investigation. The US Department of Justice issued a Federal Grand Jury Subpoena to the Freeport Housing Authority on November 19, 2019. Pursuant to an official criminal investigation, the subpoena asked for records, dated...
Freeport, IL. (ECWd) - The Freeport Housing Authority has provided the following document as a response to our article entitled "HUD issued scathing report on Freeport Housing Authority; Designated as "Troubled" - Read their response in full, below: [pdf-embedder url="https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/1HACFs-Edgar-County-Watchdog-Reply12182019.pdf" title="1HACF's Edgar County Watchdog Reply12182019"] . ...
FREEPORT, IL. (ECWd) - In a report issued by the Chicago Office of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), it is clear the Freeport Housing Authority has major problems. HUD designated the Freeport Housing Authority as "Troubled" - which generally means that the...
