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UpdatedTue, Apr 6, 2021 at 9:14 pm CT Reply The races for township supervisor and assessor are uncontested. (Kristin Borden/Patch) NEW LENOX, IL — Republicans running on the Citizens for New Lenox Township slate had a strong election Tuesday, as all the slates candidates are the projected winners for their races. The projected winners include: Dave Medema as township clerk; Ronald Sly as highway commissioner; Philip Juarez as township collector; and Martin Boban, Barbara Kaupas, Kathy Hilton...

Mario Mollo - 1,664 For the unopposed races, Michael Shackel is running for township supervisor and Barbara Buschman is running as township clerk. Labno is the current township highway commissioner, and he works as the project manager and head estimator for Hoppys Landscaping. Durham has previously served as a Lemont Fire District trustee, and is a facility operations and maintenance manager. Blatzer is a current trustee and was appointed to the township board in June 2020. She previously serv...

UpdatedWed, Apr 7, 2021 at 12:13 am CT Reply Ott Jr. and Thomson are separated by just 3 votes, and the county has yet to count provisional ballots cast on Election Day and all late vote by mail ballots postmarked by Election Day. (Kristin Borden/Patch) NEW LENOX, IL — Incumbent New Lenox Park District commissioners Bill Thomson and Ted Schulz are the projected winners of the April 6 election. According to Tuesdays unofficial results, Mark Ott Jr. received 1,842 votes, Thomson received 1,845 ...

UpdatedTue, Apr 6, 2021 at 9:59 pm CT Reply The referendum question asked Lemont voters for a 29-cent increase for the operating tax rate of District 113A. (Kristin Borden/Patch) LEMONT, IL — Second time is the charm for District 113A, as its referendum question is projected to be successful. The referendum question asked Lemont voters for a 29-cent increase for the operating tax rate of District 113A. With the projected success of the referendum, the district said it will reopen Central Sc...

UpdatedTue, Apr 6, 2021 at 10:03 pm CT Reply Check back with Patch for vote totals for the village president race. (Kristin Borden/Patch) FRANKFORT, IL — Keith Ogle is the projected winner of the race for Frankfort Village President, according to Tuesdays unofficial results. Ogle faced fellow village trustee John Clavio in the election. Last year, current mayor Jim Holland announced he would not seek re-election. Holland has served as mayor for 16 years. This opened up the field to mayoral c...

UpdatedTue, Apr 6, 2021 at 2:15 pm CT Replies(2) Election Day in New Lenox is Tuesday. (Kristin Borden/Patch) NEW LENOX, IL — Election Day is almost here. There are several elections in New Lenox for school districts, township, park district, village board, fire district, and library, although many candidates are running uncontested. Contested races in New Lenox include the race for New Lenox District 122 Board of Education, New Lenox Community Park District Board of Commissioners, Lincoln-W...

Fleischer is the current village president for Mokena, and Metanias is a current trustee for the village. Fleischer and Metanias, as well as Fedora and Dauphinais are running on the Friends of Mokena slate. Fedora currently serves as the Executive Director for the Mokena Chamber of Commerce, and has a degree in journalism, according to the slates website. Dauphinais works in the nonprofit industry, and has also served as a member of the planning and zoning commissioner for the Village of Moken...

Reply If the referendum is approved, the district said it will reopen Central School to provide more space for learning, reduce class sizes across all grade levels, and add a full-day kindergarten program. (Kristin Borden/Patch) LEMONT, IL — Election Day is finally here. There are several elections in Lemont for school districts, village, township, park district, fire district, and library, although most candidates are running unopposed. Contested races include the race for Lemont Township T...

Replies(5) Construction of the new plant is expected to begin this fall and is estimated to cost approximately $40 million. (Shutterstock) WILL COUNTY, IL — The Will County Board is being proactive about the environment as it finds ways to convert methane gas produced at the Prairie View Landfill in Wilmington into compressed natural gas. The board voted Thursday to select SCS Energy to design and build a plant to convert the methane to renewable natural gas. Harbour Contractors from Plainfi...

UpdatedThu, Jan 21, 2021 at 11:31 am CT Replies(19) Tables must also be six feet apart under Tier 1 mitigation measures. (Shutterstock) WILL COUNTY, IL — Public health officials lifted some coronavirus restrictions in Will County Thursday, meaning the county has moved to the least restrictive of the states three tiers of COVID-19 resurgence mitigation measures. The Illinois Department of Public Health said in a news release that Region 7 (Will and Kankakee) will be moving from Tier 3 to Tier ...