Sheriff’s Police Investigating Lockport Township Homicide

February 9, 2024 / Comments Off on Sheriff’s Police Investigating Lockport Township Homicide

On 02/08/2024, shortly after 7:00 PM, deputies with the Will County Sheriff’s Office were sent to 200 Block of Riverview Avenue in Unincorporated Lockport Township…

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Summit Hill D161: District Doubles Down on Closure of Two Schools

February 8, 2024 / Comments Off on Summit Hill D161: District Doubles Down on Closure of Two Schools

By Nick Reiher With the closure of Lincoln-Way North in 2015 after a scant seven years of operation, parents in a grade school district that…

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The Diamond Coal Mine Disaster of 1883

February 8, 2024 / Comments Off on The Diamond Coal Mine Disaster of 1883

By Sandy Vasko February and floods, they go together. The recent flooding in Wilmington proves it yet again. All across Will County, we were all…

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Farm Days Gone By

February 8, 2024 / Comments Off on Farm Days Gone By

Bettenhausen Farm, John & Elizabeth Bettenhausen Family 1892 Andy Partak of Manhattan shares this photo of John & Elizabeth Bettenhausen’s family on the Bettenhausen Farm…

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Bill Addresses Estate Tax Onus for Farmers 

February 8, 2024 / Comments Off on Bill Addresses Estate Tax Onus for Farmers 

Members of the Illinois General Assembly joined the Illinois Farm Bureau recently announced introduction of  the Family Farm Preservation Act – a measure being spearheaded…

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Farm Bureau Annual Meeting 2024

February 8, 2024 / Comments Off on Farm Bureau Annual Meeting 2024
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Will County Forest Preserve Programs

February 8, 2024 / Comments Off on Will County Forest Preserve Programs

Here are the Forest Preserve District of Will County programs for the week of Feb. 5. Online program registration is available on the Event Calendar…

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Hidden Oaks to Close for Renovations Feb. 19

February 8, 2024 / Comments Off on Hidden Oaks to Close for Renovations Feb. 19

Hidden Oaks Nature Center in Bolingbrook is about to be transformed, but the process will require the facility to be closed for most of the…

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Pet Owners Know to Hold Them While You Can

February 8, 2024 / Comments Off on Pet Owners Know to Hold Them While You Can

By Nick Reiher March 8, 2015: I was walking around a pet store in North Aurora, holding a Netherland Dwarf rabbit who had not long…

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Pothole Patching on I-80 Wednesday

February 6, 2024 / Comments Off on Pothole Patching on I-80 Wednesday

CHICAGO –The Illinois Department of Transportation announced today that pothole patching is scheduled to take place in both directions of Interstate 80, between Houbolt Road, in…

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