The Kankakee County Clerk’s office has increased its revenue and cut its expenditures and budgets since 2007, according to an office financial performance report.

Running on a platform of prioritizing local issues and fiscal responsibility, Colton Ekhoff is challenging Kankakee County Board Member Jim Vickery for the District 2 seat in the upcoming Republican primaries.

Kankakee County residents have been targeted by services offering them copies of their property deeds and profiles even though those items can already be accessed cheaply through the county, according to a press release from Kankakee County Recorder Lori Gadbois.

Limestone Township is putting money into a pension for Highway Commissioner Glenn Kramer even though he is not entitled to one, the Edgar County Watchdogs (ECW) contended recently.

Two Kankakee County prosecutors will serve on the newly created Animal Cruelty Prosecutions Unit to enforce the county’s zero-tolerance position on animal cruelty, according to a release from the Office.

Kankakee County residents who want to run for a county office can collect their nominating petition packets from the county clerk’s office or download them from the clerk’s website, according County Clerk Bruce Clark.

Limestone Township Supervisor Dennis Rettke displayed a profound lack of understanding of the relationship between the township board and the highway commissioner at a recent meeting, according to the Edgar County Watchdogs (ECW).

Women and girls over age 12 are being invited to learn about self-defense, including techniques like avoidance, taking offensive actions and defensive escapes, in a free workshop hosted by Rep. Lindsay Parkhurst (R-Kankakee) and One Light Self Defense on Sept. 29, according to a press release.

Members of an advisory council may no longer receive grant money thanks to a bill sponsored by Rep. Lindsay Parkhurst (R-Kankakee) and turned into law on Aug. 22, according to a press release.

Kankakee-area residents area are being invited to help fight Alzheimer's disease by taking part in a fundraising walk on Sept. 16, according to the Kankakee County Chamber of Commerce.

The Kankakee County State’s Attorney is encouraging high school seniors, college undergrads and law students to apply for internships, according to the office's website.

Former Essex Township Clerk Traci Freytag has been sentenced to four years in prison after pleading guilty to stealing nearly $100,000 of taxpayer money, according to a release from Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan.

The average Kankakee County family of four would pay approximately $9 more a month for water under Aqua Illinois' requested rate increase, the county board posted on Facebook recently.

Manteno residents are no doubt seeing a lot going on in their community.

Kankakee County is on pace to post a $1 million balance at the end of the fiscal year, auditor Jacob Lee recently reported, but the county is not out of the woods yet, he warned.

CSL Behring, owner of the largest manufacturing plant in Kankakee County, needs more room.

A recent report indicates that 63,000 public servants across Illinois receive at least $100,000 each year as part of their taxpayer-supplied salaries.

The Kankakee County Clerk’s Office has ended its 10th consecutive fiscal year under budget, according to its annual report.

School’s out in the summertime. So when Harrisburg’s Mike and Angella Gauch decided they would drive to Springfield earlier this month, getting out of work wasn’t a concern.

A measure that would require homeowners in Chicago’s suburbs to pay off Chicago Public Schools’ $17 billion in debt is expected to go to Gov. Bruce Rauner’s desk for his signature later this month.