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Photo by Carla Waters - - Nicole Gotter, 4, helps pick up limbs from her yard after yesterday morning's storm.

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Accidents: Iroquois County Sheriff's Police investigated a two-vehicle accident in Chebanse Township on Friday.

Controlled pheasant hunting at public sites will fly again in Illinois, despite asinine recommendations earlier this year from Gov.

Zoning Administrator Gloria Schleef told the Iroquois County Planning and Zoning Committee Friday morning that Airtricity is still interested in putting wind towers in Iroquois County.

The tornado sirens sounded twice last night throughout Iroquois County. Beginning about 7 p.m. last night Emergency Services and Disaster Agency began receiving calls from the Buckley area, said ESDA Director ...

“The purpose of the game is for the students to learn information about the pope”

The April 6 crash happened not far from the family's tidy country home - ' about a mile south of Herscher, where in the days since the crash, a steady steam of family, friends and relatives have stopped to ... via Daily Journal/Sunday Journal

Limestone Elementary School teacher Patricia Jensen, 52, of rural Herscher, died Sunday following a motorcycle accident six miles west of Clifton on Sunday afternoon. via Daily Journal/Sunday Journal

“I'll give them a hard time about it when I see them”

It turns out that the three cheerleaders who posed as part of the annual April Fool's Day joke pulled a prank, in turn, on The Daily Journal. via Daily Journal/Sunday Journal

“An Illinois home has a connection to Abe Lincoln, and a New York house with a presidential past.”

By Janeen Burkholder Clinton Journal CLINTON - An episode of If Walls Could Talk featuring the C.H. Moore home on the northeast edge of the city is scheduled to air at 5:30 p.m. Central Time on April 7 on HGTV. via Clinton Daily Journal

“I certainly don't know exactly what it is about Central Illinois if it's Caterpillar's strength or if it's just local business strength, but I've just not seen Central Illinois experiencing the slow down.”

Though President Bush says we will persevere through what he calls "uncertain" times, the commerce department reported that consumer spending has slowed. via WMBD-TV Peoria

Due to flooding throughout The Daily Journal home delivery area, some subscribers to The Daily Journal may not receive today's edition of The Daily Journal before 5:00 p.m. or at all. via Daily Journal/Sunday Journal

Woodstock's population growth from 10,220 in 1978 to almost 24,000 today explains the urgency in constructing a greatly enlarged public-works headquarters. via Northwest Herald

CITY Watseka Accidents: Watseka Police investigated a two vehicle-accident at 9:55 a.m. Nov. via Iroquois Times-Republic

“The club is open to all WCHS students. The kids have a lot of fun helping and doing things”

Photo by Wendy Davis -- Debra Wilson, freshman, got enough items in the WCHS Kappa Club's scavenger hunt to make herself into a 'devil granny from the '70s'. The Watseka Community High School Kappa Club had its ... via Iroquois Times-Republic

COUNTY Accidents: Iroquois County Sheriff's Police investigated a two-vehicle accident in Clifton Oct. via Iroquois Times-Republic

“Everybody's first instinct was to get their kids”

The thoughts and feelings extended to loved ones following terrorist attacks on Sept. via Daily Journal/Sunday Journal

“It's quite an accomplishment for a school this size”

The thoughts and feelings extended to loved ones following terrorist attacks on Sept. via Daily Journal/Sunday Journal