Will Brumleve | March 21, 2024
WATSEKA — The former head of the Iroquois County Public Health Department was arrested and charged Wednesday with 33 felonies alleging she stole more than $100,000 from the agency over a two-year period by billing it for overtime and backpay she never earned. Dee Ann...
March 21, 2024
PAXTON — The Paxton Police Department released the following list of recent activity: -- Arthur J. Degarmo, 45, of Paxton, was arrested for driving with a revoked driver’s license and unlawful possession of a controlled substance and was ticketed for unlawful possession of adult-use cannabis...
Will Brumleve | March 15, 2024
PAXTON — A former Paxton man now living in St. Elmo who was convicted in Ford County last year of sex crimes involving children has allegedly violated the terms of his probation by failing to undergo sex offender treatment and by engaging in prohibited behavior,...
March 15, 2024
PAXTON — The Paxton Police Department released the following list of recent activity: -- Three Paxton residents — Lyndie L. Benison, 22; Dakota J. Degarmo, 25; and Douglas J. Akerlund, 34 — were arrested for possession of methamphetamine following the execution of a search warrant...
Andrew Rosten | March 12, 2024
PAXTON — The Paxton Park District’s Board of Commissioners agreed Tuesday, March 12, to open the public swimming pool at Coady Park this summer, with an opening date to be determined. “I think we have to,” the board’s president, Denver Piatt, told fellow commissioners during...