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This was the week, where after 21 days, six classrooms around Vermilion County expected their little chicks in an incubator to start hatching. As Tom Fricke from the Vermilion County Farm Bureau expla...

Same Goal. New Approach. Leadership Tomorrow is a community leadership program with the mission to equip and challenge the next generation to get involved and shape the future and direction of the com...

After over 20 years with first the Danville Economic Development Commission and then Vermilion Advantage, Machelle Dykes is retiring as the Chamber Director. It was back in 2002 that the Economic Deve...

The Vermilion County Board approved some work on county roads in the Catlin and Danville areas during Tuesday evening's meeting. Afterwards, County Board Chairman Larry Baughn described the projects, ...

Through their partnership with the OSF Healthcare Foundation, Balloons Over Vermilion has expanded over the last couple of years from running an annual balloon fest at Vermilion Regional Airport to al...

The Danville Fire Department was called to Quaker Oats at about 1 AM Tuesday after a two-foot wide extruder pipe going from the 5th floor to the roof became clogged. Firefighters were on the scene for...

THE FOLLOWING IS THIS WEEK'S "I AM, YOU ARE, WE ARE" HONOREE FROM ASHTON GREEN AND NICOLE VAN HYFTE:   We all have many opinions about our downtown areas in Vermilion County. But how many of us a...

March is here, so that means spring is coming, and so is severe weather season. Danville Fire Chief Don McMasters recently joined 1490 WDAN's News Makers program, and reminded us of some very importan...

THE FOLLOWING IS AN ILLINOIS JAYCEES RELEASE: March 6, 2022-The Illinois Jaycees selected Danville resident Alexandra Gale as honoree of its Outstanding Young Persons of Illinois awards program. The O...

THE FOLLOWING ARE CHAMPAIGN COUNTY RELEASES:   Coroner Duane Northrup is releasing the name of a St. Joseph, Illinois manwho has died after being involved in a motor vehicle crash vs. pedestrian ...