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Kankakee Public Library Announces Walk-In Services Only

January 2, 2022

Kankakee Public Library, 201 E. Merchant Street, will return to walk-in services only, until further notice. For the safety of patrons and staff, masks will be required while inside the library, and staff ask patrons to maintain social distancing, plus please utilize the hand sanitizer provided throughout the library. There will be no public seating…

Forest Preserve’s January Schedule Includes MLK Day of Service Activities

January 2, 2022

Looking for diversions in January? Consider signing up for one-of-three MLK Day of Service activities offered by the Forest Preserve District of Will County. Also on tap is an owl hike and programs about 18th-century hats, hot tea, and tree bark. Online registration is available on the Event Calendar at ReconnectWithNature.org. Channahon – Hoot Hoot…

Weather dampened the Wreaths Across America ceremony but did not stop it. –Photo by Karen Haave.
Wreaths Across America Honors Heroes
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Asylum Seekers Arrive in the South Suburbs
Along with other festivities, the Crete Country Christmas also had a live nativity scene. Photo by Karen Haave.
Crete Country Christmas Improvements Made a Fantastic Event
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Vedette Sports Report
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“The Closet” Provides Manteno Students with Free, Everyday, Necessities
Building Committee Looking to Set Standards
Peotone Christmas in the Village
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Kankakee County Board Chairman to Step Down Next Year
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Frankfort Opposes Proposed Solar Facility
Political candidate Phil Nagel addressed the Manteno Village Board on December 4. Photo by Andrea Arens.
Contentious Manteno Board Meeting Ends with I-2 Zoning Approval
Dan Seggebruch gave details about the donations the family made to the Monee Historical Society and Crete Area Historical Society recently. He is holding a timber taken from one of the original buildings constructed 170 years ago on the Monee homestead. That spinning wheel in the photo is real, presumably used by his great-great-great-grandmother. –Photo by Karen Haave.
Seggebruch Family Marks Anniversary with Donation
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Crete Looking at Golf Carts
Village President Peter March got gas and made the first purchase at the Peotone Travel Center. –Photo by Jim Piacentini.
Peotone Travel Center Now Open for Business
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Lady Bobcats Kept Tri-Point on Point
Christmas in Manteno
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Gotion Rezoning Unanimously Approved
Vedette Sports Report 12/7/23. Photo submitted.
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Zackary Johnson led the Bobcats to victory with 19 points in the 80-49 rout against GSW. – Photo by Jim Piacentini.
Beecher Basketball
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It Was a Banner Year in Monee