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District Adopts 2021 International Fire Codes to Align with Municipalities

January 22, 2026

Manhattan Fire Protection District Meeting | Dec. 15, 2025 Article Summary: The Fire District updated its fire codes to the 2021…

January 21, 2026

Article Summary: Will County’s proposed federal agenda warns that critical emergency preparedness funding is being withheld due to a federal…

January 20, 2026

Manhattan Fire Protection District Meeting | Dec. 15, 2025 Article Summary: The Manhattan Fire Protection District Board of Trustees voted to…

January 20, 2026

Will County Ad-Hoc Ordinance Review Committee Meeting | Jan. 13, 2026 Article Summary: The Will County Board Ad-Hoc Ordinance Review…

January 19, 2026

Article Summary: A proposed federal policy platform presented to the Will County Board takes a hard line against a federal…

January 19, 2026

Village of Peotone Board Meeting | January 12, 2026 The Peotone Village Board met on Monday, January 12, 2026, to…

January 18, 2026

Article Summary: Beecher firefighters faced a fully involved garage fire and equipment challenges due to the cold weather on Saturday…

January 18, 2026

Will County Board Meeting | January 15, 2026 Article Summary: The Will County Board engaged in a vigorous and at…

January 17, 2026

By Andrea Arens A massive fire tore through Woldhuis Sunrise Nursery late Thursday morning, destroying one greenhouse building, a food…

January 17, 2026

Article Summary: A 24-year-old Manhattan woman died Thursday morning after her vehicle crossed the center line and collided head-on with…

January 17, 2026

Will County Board Meeting | January 15, 2026 Article Summary: Citing the emergence of “new freight clusters,” Will County is…

January 16, 2026

By Andrea Arens Village officials will host a public open house on the proposed overlay district for downtown from 5…