The Chinese-based company Gotion will soon transform the 1.5-million-square-foot former Kmart distribution center on South Spruce Street into a high-tech lithium battery manufacturing plant.
Ten hours, 12 minutes and 6 seconds. That s how long Jake Smith, a Manteno resident and mental health advocate, spent walking Saturday as he completed 26 miles around Manteno to
Kankakee County is at the top of a short list to land a global manufacturer of lithium batteries at the former Kmart distribution center in Manteno as revealed Wednesday. The
Illinois Department of Natural Resources Conservation Officers are reminding visitors to Kankakee River State Park to put their valuables out of sight and lock their vehicles.
Kankakee County Health Department Administrator John Bevis said that there have been two or three different COVID viruses in the past couple months that the health department has been watching