Will County News

First a Debbie Halvorson sign was defaced on Rt. 45 in Kankakee County. Now a Youtube video shows a Cedra Crenshaw sign cut up and dumped in a ditch: This is ridiculous.  The elections are obviously very highly contested this year, but it is wrong to deface or destroy anyone else's property, period.  We have received reports from numerous other campaigns in the area that signs were stolen, knocked-down, or otherwise tampered with. Is this the work of a few bad apples?  Teenagers having "fun"?  Maybe.   The point is regardless of how you are going to vote in the election, we are all citizens of this area and need to do our part to maintain law and order.

by ann baskerville Will County News  recently sat down with Republican candidate for the 43rd State Senate seat Cedra Crenshaw .  Crenshaw faces incumbent Democrat AJ Wilhelmi in this November's election. Issue One: Claims regarding Legislative Scholarships  Background: During a recent WJOL debate between Crenshaw and Wilhelmi, Crenshaw claimed Larry Walsh appointed Wilhelmi to his State Senate seat, and Wilhelmi then awarded Walsh's nephew Kevin Walsh a legislative scholarship. What was said on the WJOL debate : Wilhelmi: "My opponent has said that Larry Walsh appointed me to the Senate Seat.  That is not true....That is a falsehood.... Larry Walsh never appointed me to the Senate seat.... Secondly, Elwood's a small town, we get applications from Elwood, Manhattan, Joliet, Romeoville, Rockdale, Bolingbrook. The fact of the matter is, I have a very fair and balanced application process.  I have limited numbers of folks applying....and I don't think L...

Adam Baumgartner explained why he is running for the Illinois State Senate during the Tax Town Hall held by Adam Baumgartner and Nick Been.  The 40th State Senate District includes parts of Cook, Will, Kankakee, and Iroquois County.  Baumgartner's opponent is Democrat  Toi Hutchinson . Adam Baumgartner explains why is running for State Senate and some of his positions:  

Beautiful fall colors are on display at Gerdes Grove and the Laughton Preserve in Wilton Center, Illinois.  The preserves are part of the Will County Forest Preserve District.  Laughton Preserve, Wilton Center, Illinois  Laughton Preserve, Wilton Center, Illinois  Laughton Preserve, Wilton Center, Illinois Gerdes Grove, Wilton Center, Illinois According to the Forest Preserve District of Will County's website : " Laughton Preserve began with the District's acquisition of an 8-acre parcel from the Gerdes family, and has grown to 430 acres from extensive acquisitions in the 1990s and in 2006.  The preserve contains approximately 2 miles of Forked Creek and has been left largely undisturbed, as it protects a remnant of the historic Twelve Mile Grove (a prairie grove 12 miles along the road from Joliet to Danville), portions of the 1832 Ce-Na-Ge-Wine and Joseph Laughton Reservations, and the historic Wallingford Settlement in Wilton ...

  Fall Colors of the Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie along the Wauponsee Glacial Trail in Symerton, Illinois Fall Colors and corn crib along the Wauponsee Glacial Trail in Symerton, Illinois Fall Colors and old railroad ties along the Wauponsee Glacial Trail in Symerton, Illinois Fall Colors along the Wauponsee Glacial Trail in Symerton, Illinois, looking into the Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie

Responding to a recent  willcountynewsviewpoints post , Greg Bales--New Media Director for Debbie Halvorson for Congress--provided Congresswoman  Halvorson 's position on the estate tax-- "Congresswoman Halvorson believes that no family farm or small business should ever be lost because of the estate tax. That is why she is proud to co-sponsor H.R. 3905 the Estate Tax Relief Act.    This bipartisan bill raises the estate tax exemption level from $3.5 million to $5 million and indexes the exemption level to inflation, which would prevent the estate tax from hitting small businesses and family farms.  The legislation also reduces the top estate tax rate from 45% to 35%.  These changes are phased in over 10 years to minimize the impact on the deficit.  Congresswoman Halvorson believes that Congress should act on this legislation immediately in order to prevent the estate tax rate from rising back to 55% in 2011. " This is in line with the  Illi...

Photos of beautiful fall colors in Will County!  Wauponsee Glacial Trail over Prairie Creek  Wauponsee Glacial Trail  Wauponsee Glacial Trail near Manhattan, Illinois  Looking west from the Wauponsee Glacial Trail Wauponsee Glacial Trail near the Midewin National Tallgrass Prairie