Frankfort OKs $60M sewage treatment loan
Frankfort trustees signed off Monday on borrowing as much as $60.5 million over the next few years to modernize the village's sewage treatment system. The project will be financed by...
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Orland School Dist. 135 hikes student fees, delays possible bus firm switch
The Orland School District 135 board voted Monday to raise student fees but delayed a decision on whether to switch bus companies. The board postponed until April 11 on whether...
Orland School Dist. 135 expected to decide Monday on replacing bus firm
The Orland School District 135 board is scheduled to make a decision Monday on whether to replace the bus company that embarrassed the district last fall. District officials said Wednesday...
Frankfort approves new upscale movie theater
Frankfort village officials approved plans for a new upscale movie theater Tuesday night. The Village Board voted 4-0 to approve Emagine Entertainment's proposal to build a 10-screen theater inside the...
10-screen movie theater proposed for former Frankfort Dominick’s
A Michigan company wants to buy the former Dominick's grocery store in Frankfort to convert it to an upscale 10-screen movie theater. Officials from Emagine Entertainment of Troy, Mich., had...
Orland Dist. 135 hires new superintendent from Lockport
It took only one call for Orland School District 135 to find its new superintendent. Orland Dist 135 gets new supt. from Lockport "When I received the phone call asking...
Frankfort trustees approve salon offering massages and new fitness studio
A "high-end salon" can now offer massages and a fitness studio is slated to open in Frankfort under plans approved for the businesses by village trustees on Monday night. Adryenne...
Frankfort approves new demolition standards
Frankfort has approved new demolition standards in response to neighborhood complaints about recent downtown home tear-downs. Trustees also voted Tuesday to study what would be the village's first tax-increment financing...
Orland D135 superintendent quits after three years
Orland School District 135 will be looking for its fifth superintendent in seven years after the school board voted unanimously Monday night to accept the resignation of Janet Stutz, who...
Frankfort hires finance director
A local accountant who has volunteered for the village is Frankfort's new finance director. Jenni Booth, whose hire was announced Monday at the Frankfort Village Board meeting, will be paid...