Posts Tagged ‘hecker’
No cannabis biz for Hecker, Randolph County
Hecker will not have any cannabis businesses, at least for the time being. The Hecker Village Board voted last Tuesday night at its regular meeting to prohibit all types of…
Read MoreTwo-vehicle crash near Hecker
The Monroe County Sheriff’s Department and Hecker Fire Department responded around 1:40 p.m. Wednesday for an automobile accident involving two vehicles on Route 156 just west of Hecker. The cars…
Read MoreCrash victim was ‘emblematic of service’
James “Mitch” Ellis joined the U.S. Marine Corps in the early 1990s, serving on active duty from November 1992 to August 1996. After he got out, Ellis earned a master’s…
Read MoreTwo die in crash near Hecker
The Illinois State Police is investigating a three-vehicle, head-on crash with two fatalities that occurred about 11 p.m. Thursday in the 6100 block of State Route 159 near Nu-Deal Oil…
Read MoreRollover crash near Hecker
The Monroe County Sheriff’s Department, Hecker Fire Department and Monroe County EMS responded to a pickup truck rollover crash shortly after 11 p.m. Saturday in the area of 6774 State…
Read MoreMonday evening crash south of Hecker
The Red Bud Fire Department, Monroe County Sheriff’s Department and Monroe County EMS responded to a two-vehicle crash on Route 159 near LL Road south of Hecker shortly before 7…
Read MoreHecker turning 125
The Village of Hecker will be celebrating its quasquicentennial, or 125th anniversary, in 2020. Village officials are organizing a dinner and dance, fish fry, fireman’s muster, and parade in 2020…
Read MoreFire destroys screenhouse near Hecker
The Hecker and Waterloo fire departments responded about 4 a.m. Thursday to a fully engulfed screenhouse on the property of Delbert and Sandy Wittenauer at 5924 KK Road. No injuries…
Read MoreCrash on Route 159 south of Hecker
The Monroe County Sheriff’s Department and Hecker Fire Department responded shortly after 10:30 a.m. Wednesday to a two-vehicle crash on Route 159 at Wiegand Road south of Hecker. Both lanes…
Read MoreTattoo magic in Hecker
Last March, Mark Bertram of Waterloo tripped and fell into a fan belt on an air conditioning unit at work. In the accident, he lost the tips of his left…
Read MoreFelony arrest after eluding police near Hecker
A 33-year-old Belleville man was arrested for aggravated fleeing and eluding police, possession of a stolen firearm and possession of a firearm by a felon following an early morning incident…
Read MoreRollover crash south of Hecker
Emergency personnel responded shortly after 10:30 p.m. Tuesday to a vehicle rollover crash in the area of 5165 State Route 159 south of Hecker. The male driver was reported to…
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