Edgar County Watchdogs
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Pleasant View Luther Home – Past abuse, now a death
The Pleasant View Luther Home is once again in the line of fire, this time for a death of an elderly person. A year ago today NBC 5 covered an abuse case by this same facility and reports that they were fined in that case.
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Edgar County Watchdogs alleges Bruce Township erred on meeting notice
The Edgar County Watchdogs (ECW) issued a public statement about the Bruce Township supervisor alleging township leadership failed to inform the public about a local meeting as required by law.
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Towne claim of no involvement in changing law doesn't jibe, group says
Former LaSalle County State's Attorney Brian Towne told a Chicago publication that he was not involved in tryng to change state law to protect his State’s Attorney Felony Enforcement (SAFE) program, which the Edgar County Watchdogs (ECW) say seems awfully coincidental.
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Former State's Attorney Towne described as laughing off court hearing
Former LaSalle County State's Attorney Brian Towne was all smiles at his Sept. 21 hearing on 17 felony counts of official misconduct, according to the Edgar County Watchdogs (ECW).
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Towne indictment long in coming but worth wait, watchdogs say
Justice has been served, even if the wait time was excessive in the case of former La Salle County State Attorney Brian Towne, the Edgar County Watchdogs say on their Illinois Leaks website.
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Edgar County Watchdogs file suit in connection with Mautino investigation
It’s been nearly a year-and-a-half since an Illinois good government group raised eyebrows over questionable campaign spending by the state’s auditor general, and now the organization is suing over Auditor General Frank Mautino’s failure to respond to records requests.
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Lawsuit accuses LaSalle policing unit of illegal activities
LaSalle County and former LaSalle County State’s Attorney Brian Towne are facing a class-action lawsuit for the alleged actions of the State’s Attorney Felony Enforcement (SAFE) unit, which the suit claims was an unauthorized police force that Towne formed that conducted illegal searches and seizures, according to a government oversight group.