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Meeting Summary and Briefs: Manhattan Fire Protection District for March 16, 2026

Manhattan Fire Protection District Meeting | March 16, 2026 The Manhattan Fire Protection District Board of Trustees held its regular...
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Manhattan Fire Board Reviews Financials, Navigates ‘No Tax on Overtime’ Law

Manhattan Fire Protection District Meeting | March 16, 2026 Article Summary: The Manhattan Fire Protection District reviewed its early 2026 financial...
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Manhattan Fire District Details Kankakee Tornado Response, Station and Apparatus Progress

Manhattan Fire Protection District Meeting | March 16, 2026 Article Summary: The Manhattan Fire Protection District Board of Trustees received comprehensive...
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Manhattan Fire District Fills Full-Time Vacancy, Welcomes Part-Time Members and Interns

Manhattan Fire Protection District Meeting | February 17, 2026 Article Summary: Following a recent disability hearing, the Manhattan Fire Protection...
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Meeting Summary and Briefs: Manhattan Fire Protection District for February 17, 2026

Manhattan Fire Protection District Meeting | February 17, 2026 The Manhattan Fire Protection District Board of Trustees held its regular...
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Construction Progresses on New Manhattan Fire Station, August Completion Anticipated

Manhattan Fire Protection District Meeting | February 17, 2026 Article Summary: The Manhattan Fire Protection District's new fire station is...
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Manhattan Fire District Hires Three Full-Time Paramedics, Reports Progress on New Station

Manhattan Fire Protection District Meeting | Jan. 19, 2026 Article Summary: The Manhattan Fire Protection District Board authorized the immediate...
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Traffic Crash Closes Wilmington-Peotone Road Near Manhattan

Update: At approximately 5:54 this morning, January 27/2026, there was a two-vehicle crash involving a car and a tractor trailer...
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Meeting Summary and Briefs: Manhattan Fire Protection District for Dec. 15, 2025

Manhattan Fire Protection District Meeting | Dec. 15, 2025 The Manhattan Fire Protection District Board of Trustees met on Monday,...
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Fire District Establishes Fees for Lift Assists

Manhattan Fire Protection District Meeting | Dec. 15, 2025 Article Summary: The board approved a new ordinance establishing fees for "excessive"...
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District Adopts 2021 International Fire Codes to Align with Municipalities

Manhattan Fire Protection District Meeting | Dec. 15, 2025 Article Summary: The Fire District updated its fire codes to the 2021...
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Manhattan Fire Trustees Extend Chief Contracts Through 2029

Chief Steve Malone Manhattan Fire Protection District Meeting | Dec. 15, 2025 Article Summary: The Manhattan Fire...
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Manhattan Woman Killed, Students Uninjured in Head-On School Bus Crash

Article Summary: A 24-year-old Manhattan woman died Thursday morning after her vehicle crossed the center line and collided head-on with...
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Meeting Summary and Briefs: Manhattan Fire Protection District for Nov. 17, 2025

Manhattan Fire Protection District Meeting | Nov. 17, 2025 The Manhattan Fire Protection District Board of Trustees met on Monday,...
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Construction Advances on New Manhattan Fire Station; Ambulance Repairs Scheduled

Manhattan Fire Protection District Meeting | Nov. 17, 2025 Article Summary: Fire Chief Steve Malone updated the board on the...
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Manhattan Fire Trustees Approve 2026 Budget and Tax Levy; Workers’ Comp Costs Jump 20%

Manhattan Fire Protection District Meeting | Nov. 17, 2025 Article Summary: The Manhattan Fire Protection District Board of Trustees adopted...
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Meeting Summary and Briefs: Manhattan Fire Protection District for October 2025

Manhattan Fire Protection District Meeting | October 2025 The Manhattan Fire Protection District Board of Trustees on Monday, October 20,...
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Manhattan Fire District Grapples with Surging Insurance Costs in Draft Budget

Manhattan Fire Protection District Meeting | October 2025 Article Summary:The Manhattan Fire Protection District is facing significant increases in insurance...
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Manhattan Fire District Approves Final Bid for New Station Landscaping

Manhattan Fire Protection District Meeting | October 2025 Article Summary: The Manhattan Fire Protection District Board of Trustees has awarded...
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Meeting Summary and Briefs: Manhattan Fire Protection District for September 15, 2025

Manhattan Fire Protection District Meeting | September 15, 2025 The Manhattan Fire Protection District Board of Trustees took a major...

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Recent Peotone News Stories

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Peotone Township Board Unanimously Opposes Earth Rise Solar Farm Variances

The April 27 207U Committee of the Whole meeting lasted hours and discussed several topics including a referendum. Photo by Andrea Arens

207U Weighs Facility Plans, Fees, and Finances as Referendum Talk Emerges

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Meeting Summary and Briefs: Manhattan Fire Protection District for March 16, 2026

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Manhattan Fire Board Reviews Financials, Navigates ‘No Tax on Overtime’ Law

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Will County Passes Comprehensive Adult Entertainment Ordinance

The Peotone Sportsmen's Club will lose access to water service and the ponds once ties are officially severed. Photo from the Sportsman's Club Facebook page.

Peotone Weighs Options for Village-Owned Ponds as Neighboring Sportsmen’s Club Faces Water Crisis

Special events, like the annual car show, will be required to get permits, but also carry insurance, and have sanitation requirements with a proposed special event ordinance. Photo by Andrea Arens.

Peotone Village Board Debates Comprehensive Special Events Ordinance, Targets Cost Recovery and Fairgrounds

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Manhattan Fire District Details Kankakee Tornado Response, Station and Apparatus Progress

Peotone 207U School Board meeting on April 20, 2026. Photo by Andrea Arens.

District 207U Board Tables Technology Fee, Advances Long-Term Facilities Planning

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Will County Takes Jurisdiction of Countyline Road in $1.84 Million Agreement with Kankakee County

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Will County Board Approves Controversial Solar Farms Following Court Mandate

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Meeting Summary and Briefs: Peotone Public Library District for March 19, 2026

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Oldest preserve expansion pushes acreage past 24,000 milestone

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Peotone Library Board Approves Up to $15,000 for Feasibility Study

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On the road to 100 years: How the Forest Preserve District expanded

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Peotone Library Board Appoints Rebecca Markus to Fill Vacant Trustee Seat

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Executive Committee Advances Sweeping Updates to Adult Entertainment and Wireless Facilities Ordinances

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Ad-Hoc Committee: County’s Lack of Home Rule Stifles Effort to Ban Kratom and Non-Nicotine Vapes

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Indiana Man Faces Federal Indictment, Potential Death Penalty for Momence Bar Owner’s Murder

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Ad-Hoc Committee: New State Laws Force Shift in How Police Handle Student Cannabis and Tobacco Violations