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An 87-year-old man is dead after authorities in Newton County, IN investigated a single-vehicle crash Monday. The crash is under investigation by the Sheriff's department and the Coroner's Office. The preliminary investigation...

                          Collections in Watseka and Kankakee The Iroquois County Sheriff’s Department...

A team of firefighters helped control flames that destroyed the D & S Excavating workshop at the edge of Watseka Saturday evening. The structure fire triggered a box alarm, alerting several departments to a...

Tomorrow (Tues) marks two weeks before the November 3rd General Election. And record numbers of early voters have already cast their ballots. County Clerks and the State Board of Elections are reporting steady numbers of people...

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Emergency crews were on the scene of a traffic mishap this (Friday) morning …a 2-vehicle crash at the intersection of Route 52 and 1500 E Road in Iroquois County. Route 52 closed for an hour while clean-up was underway. The...

Illinois public health officials on Thursday announced the highest number newly confirmed cases of the coronavirus in a single day since the pandemic began and the 53 additional deaths are the most in a single-day since late...

An overloaded power strip is to blame for a house fire in Watseka (Thursday). An elderly male occupant was removed from the house by firefighters and treated for smoke inhalation at a hospital. The home at 904 N. Chicago was a...

Long-time Iroquois County Sheriff Joe Mathy of Chebanse has died. He passed away Wednesday evening at the Illinois Veteran's Home in Manteno.  He was 68. Joe Mathy served four-terms as sheriff, having been...

Two people who died in an earky-morning crash in Iroquois County Tuesday are now identified as 26-year-old Aaron Reed of Onarga and 21-year-old Tazia Crite of Pembroke Township. Both were pronounced dead at the scene on I-57 at...