Iroquois County Fair Friday The Iroquois County Fair continues today. Fair Publicity Director Debbie Krones has the details on some of today's events. Drought concerns deepen Despite recent rainfall, drought concerns continue to grow around the area. The latest map just released Thursday by the US Drought Monitor puts...

2 Kankakee County Zip Codes added to Lead Water Testing List The Illinois Department of Public Health has added 180 zip codes to its lead exposure testing list for children who live in those areas. According to a press release, Manteno and Bonfield were just added to the list this month. Kankakee County Health Departme...

Milner Media Farm Services Director Mike Perrine passes at 83 Word reached us Wednesday afternoon of the passing of Milner Media Farm Services Director Mike Perrine. Mike's radio career spanned some six decades, including a stint with Tribune Radio Networks, where he worked alongside industry giants Max Armstrong and O...

Drought concerns grow across the region Drought concerns are growing again across the area. The latest map just released today by the US Drought monitor puts about 19 percent of the county in "moderate drought". That number is unchanged from last week, but the other 81 percent of the county is now considered ...

Kankakee Mayor Youth Advisory Board Meets Tomorrow The City of Kankakee Mayor Advisory Board meets tomorrow afternoon from 1 to 2:30 at Brookmont Bowling Center. Rhonda Currie of the Illinois Coalition for Community Services says this free event is for ages 13 through 21. The club runs from five til 7:30 tonight at S...

Visit Kankakee County has a new Board President. City of Kankakee 2nd Ward Alderman Dave Baron was voted in to be the new Board President of the local tourism organization yesterday morning and says he can't wait to dig in. Baron replaces former Deputy Village Administrator in Bourbonnais, Laurie Cyr. Baron has been ...

Iroquois County Deputies announce weekend arrests Iroquois County Sheriff's Police report a pair of weekend arrests. Friday night deputies were called to Loda for a disturbance. While investigating the disturbance, Iroquois County Sheriff's Police made contact with 33-year-old Skylar Cannon of Hoopeston. Cannon was fou...

Multiple storage units were burglarized on the 4th of July on Kankakee's North side. According to city police reports, officers were called to a storage unit business on North Entrance Avenue yesterday around noon in reference to a burglary. When officers arrived, an employee showed officers camera footage from July 4t...