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 By Breein Suver,  on May 22, 2013, 1:54 pm NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING FOR AMENDMENT TO THE IROQUOIS COUNTY ZONING ORDINANCE
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE: To comply with the Iroquois County Zoning Ordinance, a public hearing shall be held at the Clifford Bury Administrative Center, 1001 East Grant Street, Watseka, Illinois on the 28th day of May 2013 at the hour of 7:00 p.m. to consider the application of Crop Production Services to request an M-2 (manufacturing) for an anhydrous ammoniafacility in an Agriculture District. This parcel is zoned A-1 (Agriculture). This tract is located in Section 4, Sheldon Township, T 26N, R 11W of the Second P.M. This parcel would be a split from Permanent Identification Number 27-04-200-001. This tract is located south of US Highway 24 & at County Highway 2800 E.
Russell Perkinson, Acting Chairman
Iroquois County Zoning Board of Appeals
By Carl Gerdovich, on May 1, 2013, 9:46 am It’s tornado season here in the Midwest, and no matter the age, we need to discuss with our families what we should do in the case of an emergency or natural disaster.
Business and government also needs to plan and implement emergency operations.
Preparation is key for any emergency. Evaluation your own situation for response to tornadoes, ice storms, floods, etc and know what your reaction plan is all about.
Your Emergency Management Agency office is always ready to assist in organizing your response plans. See MORE at www.iqesda.com
By Breein Suver, on April 29, 2013, 11:04 am For meeting dates, times and locations check the EVENTS section under County Offices
Agendas will be posted as they become available; subject to change without notice.
By Carl Gerdovich, on April 21, 2013, 7:54 pm Monday Morning Update: 4/22/13
As the new work week gets underway, the threat of flood waters in Iroquois County have weakened. The Iroquois River and Sugar Creek have crested. River levels have been dropping.
Minor flooding at Chebanse and Iroquois continue, but any threat of severe flooding appears to be over, barring no additional heavy rainfall.
The City of Watseka has barricades in place at usual flood sites, but water levels have been receding. Watseka Public Works Department has barricades in place at N. 4th Street (near the Nettie Davis School), N. 5th and Elm, 6th and Ash. Radio Station Road (1973 E 1950 N) was under water, closed by Middleport Township.
” AS ALWAYS, SHOULD YOU EXPERIENCE A FLOODED ROAD, TURN AROUND AND FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.
MORE Details… www.iqesda.com
By Carl Gerdovich, on April 20, 2013, 5:03 pm Flood Update: 4:55 pm Sat 4/20/13
Motorists in Watseka need to use caution and be aware of flooded roadways. Barricades are in place on N. 4th Street near the Nettie Davis School and on Radio Station Road (1973E 1950N).
Although the monitoring points on the Iroquois River at Iroquois and Sugar Creek at Milford shows the water levels have crested and are dropping, water is flowing to Watseka. There’s no immediate danger to serious flooding of homes or businesses, but roadways will be impacted.
MORE — details at www.iqesda.com
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