Lake Land College’s $987,697.20 Wind Turbine Waste –

10 Apr Lake Land College’s $987,697.20 Wind Turbine Waste –

Posted at 22:14h in Coles County, feature, Invenergy, Lakeland College, Mattoon, Vermilion County, Wind Turbine by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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MATTOON, IL. (ECWd) - Lake Land College has reportedly discussed taking down the wind turbine that was struck by lightning last year due to the cost of repairs - and because it never really worked as they thought it would. Lake Land College (LLC) wind turbine...

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10 Apr College of DuPage – Boogie Man exposed

Posted at 17:29h in College of DuPage, DuPage County, feature by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 6 Comments

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DuPage Co. (ECWd) - During the October 2014 Board of Trustees meeting, the entire finance department at COD stood behind their leadership, Lynn Sypata and Thomas Glaser, both were later terminated from COD (click here),  in what appeared to be a very well prepared full frontal...

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10 Apr College of DuPage – McGuire’s confusion on legal firm (video) –

Posted at 07:42h in College of DuPage, DuPage County, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 2 Comments

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College of DuPage (ECWd) - During the April 7, 2016 College of DuPage Board of Trustees meeting, Trustee McGuire spent a considerable amount of time on legal bills again. This time, it was questioning on the lines of "who authorized this" and "who hired them" - forgetting...

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09 Apr College of DuPage – Why we need lawyers….or hayseeds from Southern Illinois

Posted at 17:33h in College of DuPage, DuPage County, feature by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 2 Comments

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DuPage Co. (ECWd) - What does over $1.5 Million dollars in salary to one person in 9 years get you at the College of DuPage? (7 of those years here) Dr. Chuck Currier, Vice President of Information Technology is center stage of record destruction practices...

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08 Apr Reporter falls out of chair during meeting –

Posted at 22:44h in feature, Iroquois County by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 0 Comments

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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] ...

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08 Apr College Shopping – The Hiring Game master – Final 3 at College of DuPage and Butte College –

Posted at 20:20h in College of DuPage, DuPage County, feature by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 2 Comments

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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...

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08 Apr College of DuPage – Congratulations Chicago Tribune reporters Jodi S. Cohen and Stacy St. Clair

Posted at 17:08h in College of DuPage, DuPage County, feature by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 3 Comments

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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...

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07 Apr College of DuPage “final three” President candidates named –

Posted at 19:15h in College of DuPage, DuPage County, feature by Kirk Allen & John Kraft 2 Comments

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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...

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06 Apr Warren LeFever Testifies at Legislative Hearing –

Posted at 21:45h in City of Marshall, Clark County, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 6 Comments

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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...

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06 Apr College of DuPage to vote on new electronic communications retention policy –

Posted at 00:01h in College of DuPage, DuPage County, feature by John Kraft & Kirk Allen 1 Comment

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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...

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