Iroquois County News

The National Weather Service has issued a Wind Advisory for East Central Illinois, in effect from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday.

Burglary A stereo, MP3 player, DVDs and a video game console were reported to Kankakee police Monday as stolen from an SUV in the 500 block of North St.

Editor's note: The following is a roundup of area Memorial Day events. If you have an event that's not listed here and would like to publicized it in The Daily Journal, send the information to us by 5 p.m. Thursday.

Two downtown bars were among the nine businesses in Ford and Iroquois counties that were issued citations recently for allowing smoking inside their establishments, according to information obtained by the Paxton Record through the Illinois Freedom of Information Act.

Three of the last few miles of historic one-lane "concrete slab roads" in Iroquois County will disappear under widening and resurfacing approved this month by the county board.

Desperate to see his girlfriend for his 20th birthday, Jordan Jackson got into a car with a friend who was drunk for an early-morning trip to Indiana.

Battery * Miranda Williams, 19, of Watseka, was arrested at 3:11 p.m. Monday by Watseka police for battery following a fight in the 200 block of South Third Street.

Retiring U.S. Rep. Tim Johnson, R-Urbana, will hold town-hall meetings in Ford and Iroquois counties next week.

The developer of the Pioneer Trail Wind Farm near Paxton is making good on its contract to repair the 35 miles of township and county roads used to build the 94-turbine wind farm last fall.

The Illinois Department of Public Health reported on Friday evening that an Iroquois County resident has been diagnosed with hantavirus pulmonary syndrome.

Assault Jeffery D. Minard, 54, of Watseka, was arrested at 5:45 p.m. Tuesday by Watseka police for aggravated battery, disorderly conduct, resisting a police officer and criminal damage to property following an incident at his residence.

FIRST PHOTO; Watseka Fire Chief Dave Mayotte directs the placement of one of the shipping containers during the construction of the Watseka Fire Department's training facility.

Armed robbery Two men, one with a silver revolver, attempted to rob a person in the 600 block of North Fifth Avenue at 12:22 a.m. Saturday.

The storm that rumbled through The Daily Journal readership area Sunday evening produced winds up to 100 mph, and included southern Iroquois County's first tornado since June 2010.

Police arrested three people accused of robbing Sumner National Bank Monday morning.

The northern Illinois and Chicago metro area had a real mix of weather on Sunday, none if it very good.

High winds and possible tornadoes Sunday afternoon affected nearly all parts of Iroquois County.

Posted: 7:54 PM 5/6/12 A warm front moved northeast in the morning and brought storms by the middle of the afternoon.

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The Iroquois County Emergency Services Disaster Agency has received several reports of tornadoes in the county, said Director Carl Gerdovich.