During Thursday morning's meeting of the Kankakee County Board's Finance Committee, County Auditor Colton Ekhoff gave the committee an update on requests for reimbursement that have come into his office so far this year Ekhoff added the county has saved some 20-thousand dollars in the last nine months by combining requ...

You might now be able to tell it by the weather today, but drought concerns have started to make their way back into the area. The latest map jsut released Thursday from the US Drought Monitor places all of Kankakee, Will and Grundy Counties in the "abnormally dry" category. Additionally, the northeaster thir...

Due to Saturday's severe weather forecast, CIRKA's 6th Annual Estival Festival has been moved indoors. In an email from Public Relations Coordinator Aren Michael, the free music and arts festival will now be held at the Kankakee Valley Park District's Bill Sprigg's Civic Auditorium on Eight Avenue. Michael says there w...

The 44th annual Kankakee and Iroquois River Clean-Up day is scheduled for this Saturday on the Kankakee River. Ken Munjoy is the President of the Northern Illinois Anglers Association which is sponsoring the event and he says there will be five sites along the Kankakee and Iroquois River where you can register come Sat...