Will County News

Elwood, Illinois During a march and rally in support of warehouse workers who are on strike for unfair labor practices, several members of the clergy were arrested for blocking the road.   The clergy sat and formed a line in front of WalMart's giant warehouse.  The Elwood police gave several warnings that people needed to be out of the street.  The people sitting in the road were arrested by officers from the Illinois Law Enforcement Alarm System after those officers also gave a warning.  According to its website , the Illinois Law Enforcement Alarm System, " was formed in 2002  in response to the September 11th attacks as a joint venture of the Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police, the Illinois Sheriffs’ Association, and the Illinois Emergency Management Agency.  We were created to meet the needs of local law enforcement throughout the State of Illinois in matters of mutual aid, emergency response and the combining of resources for public safety and ...

People opposed to a proposed Detention Center in Crete are marching from Chicago to Crete to draw attention to the issue.  The marchers left Our Lady of Guadalupe in Chicago on Friday, March 30, 2012.  Marchers plan to arrive in Crete at noon on April 1, 2012 and will march through Crete to the site of the proposed Detention Center. UPDATE: photos and video from the march and rally in Crete . The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement has selected Crete as the future site of a possible immigrant detention center. The possible Crete Detention Center was discussed at a recent Crete Village Board Meeting: For more videos of the meeting, please visit: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyUhr5bZIRU&feature=results_main&playnext=1&list=PLBAD8068C65AB976A

The Wisconsin Farmers Union is planning a "Tractorcade" to Madison, Wisconsin, read the full press release from the Wisconsin Farmers Union website : "WISCONSIN FARMERS UNION For immediate release : March 9, 2011 For More Information Contact:  Scott Schultz 715-723-5561 (office) or 715-533-5906 (cell) sschultz@wisconsinfarmersunion.com   Hightower to join farmers during farmers’ ‘tractorcade’ and rally   Madison, Wis. (March 9, 2011)  –  Nationally syndicated populist columnist Jim Hightower will join Wisconsin family farmers during a tractorcade and rally Saturday at the state capitol in Madison. The Farm Labor Tractorcade, sponsored by Wisconsin Farmers Union and Family Farm Defenders, will have a tractor parade 10-11 a.m. from John Nolan Drive to Capitol Square. The tractor parade will be followed by an 11:30 a.m. rally at the capitol. Hightower, a long-time political activist and former Texas agriculture commissioner, will add to voices from farmers ...