Iroquois County News

Photo by Carla Waters -- Sara Schoolman of Sheldon is the new Iroquois County Fair Queen.

Iroquois County Clerk Mark Henrichs swore in Bret Schmid, Gilman, at yesterday's county board meeting.

Iroquois County States Attorney James A. Devine has released the grand jury indictments from June 5. The grand jury indicted 13 people.

LODA – An Onarga man died following a one-vehicle accident in Loda on Monday afternoon.

A woman who has been accused of abusing animals will be examined by an expert to determine her mental fitness.

The Iroquois County Finance Committee found out the county's insurance committee has begun investigating CIRMA , an insurance pool program.

Photo by Wendy Davis -- Maureen St. Peter, Gilman, has taught most of her 45 years at Chebanse Elementary School.

The Iroquois County community boasts several activities this summer that can help residents have some summer fun without spending a lot of money on gasoline to get there.

The Donovan School Board last night unanimously approved the master contract with teachers.

Watseka's Thelma Shaw has spent nearly all of her life in Iroquois County. As a teacher she remembers days past when education in a country school was a bit different than it is today.

Children need to feel special and know that they have special gifts to offer society.

Three zoning requests were recommended by the Iroquois County Zoning Board of Appeals last night.

Permit reservation information and 2006 season dates for the controlled pheasant hunting program at 14 Illinois Department of Natural Resources sites are now available online. via Illinois Department of Natural Resources

Just wanted to say thanks for helping to keep an Illinois ex-pat now living in a small Georgia town near Savannah reasonably free from being too homesick. via Illinoisreview

Chicago Tribune: When they finally decided to close Sheldon High School in Iroquois County in 2003, the decision ended fights between neighbors and generations of families, but left an unanswered question: What ... via Daily Journal/Sunday Journal

ASHKUM – Centrue Bank plans to close its branch in the Iroquois County community of Ashkum on June 27, according to Thomas A. Daiber, president of the bank's holding company. via News-Gazette Business Stories

“I pledge my head to clearer thinking, my heart to greater loyalty, my hands to larger service and my health to better living for my club, my community, my country and my world.”

One of the good things about our country is Small Town, USA. This is despite some city folks' chagrin that anyone would want to live in Hicksville that doesn't have a Starbucks just around the corner. via Illinoisreview

URBANA – A sentencing hearing for a judge's wife who admitted embezzling money from a Watseka bank where she worked will include arguments on whether or not her mental illness and civic involvement should ... via News-Gazette Local Stories

“They may charge 700 percent annually for a four-month loan.”

Vermilion County's ranking plummeted on a statewide poverty report released today by the Heartland Alliance's Mid-America Institute on Poverty. via The Commercial-News, Danville, IL

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"I pledge my head to clearer thinking, my heart to greater loyalty, my hands to larger service and my health to better living for my club, my community, my country and my world." The 4-H pledge is burned into ... via Chicago Sun-Times