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The Bourbs Daily
Monday, September 21, 2026 🌧 63°/56° — Slight Chance Rain Showers
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Editor's Note
Monday, September 21st. The fall equinox hits tomorrow, which means today is technically the last full day of summer -- though K3 might argue the corn harvest already told us the season changed. Hispanic Heritage Month is rolling through week three, football schedules are stacking up, and if you woke up to a cool morning, Dale says that's the county's way of telling you to go outside. Good week to be in the Bourbs.
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📅 Out & About in Kankakee County
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Quiet Monday -- the fall equinox hits tomorrow, so today's technically summer's last stand. Kankakee Community College (KCC) hosts a Loteria game for Hispanic Heritage Month, the libraries are packed with fall programming, and a couple of varsity matchups round out the evening.
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★ Featured
10:00AM
¡Lotería! Come play - win prizes!
Kankakee Community College
Kankakee Community College (KCC) hosts a game of Loteria -- Mexican bingo played with picture cards instead of numbers -- from 10 to 1 in the student center, part of KCC's Hispanic Heritage Month programming. Free to play, prizes for winners.
FREE ARTS
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3:00PM
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Book Bingo FREE
Manteno Public Library District, 10 S Walnut St
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Throwback
Perry Farm Park's Scarecrow Festival wrapped up Sunday despite the rain in the forecast -- if you missed the scarecrows, the Bourbonnais Township Park District (BTPD) usually leaves the display up for a few days after.
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Plan ahead
Manteno's biggest weekend of the year starts Thursday. Manteno Oktoberfest runs four days downtown with bike night, tribute bands, and beer tents through Sunday. See event
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📜 Dale's Corner
The First Frost
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The first frost of the season in Kankakee County usually arrives somewhere between late September and mid-October, depending on the year. It announces itself the night before: the temperature drops fast after sunset, the air goes dry, the sky clears completely. If you're paying attention, you know what's coming. The morning after the first frost is one of the more striking mornings of the county year. The low areas — the frost pockets in the fields, the ditches along the road, the low spots on the river road — are white. The tender garden plants that made it through the summer are blackened. The squash and pumpkins curing in the garden are fine. For gardeners, first frost means final harvest — whatever is still on the vine comes in or it doesn't. For farmers mid-harvest, it's mostly irrelevant; the crops are dry enough by then that frost doesn't affect them significantly. For everyone else, it's the moment the season closes for good. The evidence is on the windshield when you go to start the car in the morning.
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The best Monday is the one where you already know what you're doing by 8am.
— Dale
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🏛 This Week in Local Government
What your boards just did — and what they take up next.
Three agendas are now posted for Monday's meetings (Sept. 21). Bourbonnais takes up a second reading on a PSI Construction special use permit for a new development near Route 45 and Bourbonnais Pkwy — the vote could happen Monday.
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Manteno · Village Board
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MET — OUTCOMES NOT YET POSTED Wed, Sep 16 Agenda →
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SPECIAL MEETING at 7:00 AM today (Sept. 16) — board voted on a Professional Service Agreement with B&F Construction Code Services, Inc. |
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Also on the agenda: approval of amended Aug. 3 and Aug. 17 meeting minutes — outcomes not yet posted |
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MEETS TONIGHT — ON THE AGENDA Mon, Sep 21 · 6:00 PM Agenda →
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Appointment: Chief Rick Peterson as Fire Protection Bureau Chief; plus new fire inspection services agreement with Manteno Community Fire Protection District |
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Appointment: Jim Paicz as Village Building Inspector |
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Collective Bargaining Agreement with LIUNA (Laborers International) on the agenda for discussion |
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Bourbonnais · Village Board
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MET — OUTCOMES NOT YET POSTED Wed, Sep 16 Agenda →
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Finance Committee met today (Sept. 16) to preview bill lists and upcoming ordinances — outcomes not yet posted |
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Items discussed: automobile renting occupation/use tax proposal, Downtown Master Plan RFP, Marcotte Park fence, Kankakee County Soccer Academy/Chicago City SC practice field… |
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Sept. 8 Village Board: first reading of Cannabis Retailers' Occupation Tax (Ord. 26-2559), TIF administration agreements — minutes not yet posted |
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MEETS TONIGHT — ON THE AGENDA Mon, Sep 21 · 5:30 PM Agenda →
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SECOND READING: Ordinance 26-2562 Special Use Permit for PSI Construction LLC — Planned Unit Development at Route 45 & Bourbonnais Pkwy (M-1 district); second reading means… |
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Auto rental taxes (Ord. |
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Bradley · Village Board
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MET — OUTCOMES NOT YET POSTED Mon, Sep 14 Agenda →
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R-09-26-03 was on the agenda: resolution accepting a demolition proposal for 1441 E. Larry Power Rd — outcomes not yet posted |
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Executive session held on personnel, collective bargaining, and real estate |
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Fire & Police Commission special meeting (Sept. 15): reviewed Stanard lateral officer hiring proposal — outcomes pending |
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COMING UP — ON THE AGENDA Mon, Sep 28 · 6:30 PM Agenda →
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Fourth Monday regular meeting — no agenda posted yet |
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Kankakee · City Council
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MET — OUTCOMES NOT YET POSTED Tue, Sep 8 Agenda →
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Three new Kankakee Police Department officers sworn in: Zachary Johnson, Caden Martin, and Miguel Ceja |
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Street closure resolution for Clocktower building at S. Schuyler Ave & E. Merchant St (Stark Construction project) was on the agenda |
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Ordinance amending Chapter 27 (Police) of the Municipal Code — minutes not yet posted |
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MEETS TONIGHT — ON THE AGENDA Mon, Sep 21 · 7:00 PM Agenda →
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SECOND READING: Ordinance amending Chapter 27 (Police) of the Municipal Code — can pass tonight |
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New business: Ordinance for pre-development loan agreement with Gallagher Building, LLC |
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Resolution accepting low bid for HVAC replacement at 1600 E. Willow Street; Resolution of support for IDOT Court St. to W. River St. project |
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Kankakee County · County Board
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MET — OUTCOMES NOT YET POSTED Wed, Sep 16 Agenda →
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Executive Committee met today (Sept. 16 at 9 a.m.) — monthly reports from Information Services, Health Dept, Veterans Assistance, and County Administration; Tinker Parker… |
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Finance Committee meets tomorrow (Sept. 17) — agenda includes public bid opening for roof replacement on four county buildings and medical/dental insurance renewals |
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County Board's Sept. 8 meeting had zoning cases (ZBA 26-08 and 26-09) and CH-23 highway reconstruction resolution — minutes not yet posted |
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COMING UP — ON THE AGENDA Tue, Oct 13 · TBD Agenda →
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Next full County Board meeting is 2nd Tuesday of October (Oct. 13) |
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Historic Preservation Commission meets Sept. 21 at 4:00 p.m. — Perry Farm House at 459 N Kennedy Dr, Bourbonnais is up for a Certificate of Appropriateness |
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Essex · Village Board
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MET — OUTCOMES NOT YET POSTED Thu, Sep 3
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Essex Village Board met September 3 (1st Thursday) — no agenda posted on village website |
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Video recording shared by Nicole Shores on the Little town of Essex 2.0 Facebook group (27 min 52 sec); no agenda items have been extracted from it yet |
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COMING UP — ON THE AGENDA Thu, Oct 1 · 6:00 PM Agenda →
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Next regular meeting: 1st Thursday of October (Oct. 1) at 6:00 PM — no agenda posted yet |
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🎓 This Week in Your Schools
School boards and parent groups — decisions made, and what is on deck.
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Bourbonnais SD 53's September 22 meeting just got bigger: a separate Special Meeting at 7:00 PM will formally open the FY2027 budget for public comment, immediately followed by the regular board meeting where the budget adoption vote is on the agenda as item 7.01. The full confirmed agenda also includes a personnel termination and the second reading of the PRESS Plus 122 policy package. Manteno CUSD 5 meets September 29; SD 61 and BBCHS already have their September meetings in the books — minutes pending for both.
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⛽ Cheapest Gas in K3 Today
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Love's Travel Stop
— 3407 S State Rd, Kankakee
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$4.69
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Speedway
— 2925 Riverstone Pkwy, Kankakee
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$4.69
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Gas Depot
— 400 North Dixie Hwy, Momence
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$4.69
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Prices sourced from GasBuddy and may be inaccurate or out of date — always confirm at the pump.
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