A Zero Waste Task Force plan has been created to reduce waste intake to the DeKalb County Landfill, 18370 Somonauk Road in Cortland.The goal of the task force is to reduce the amount of waste going into county landfill and implement a plan that improves...
A Cortland ambulance exits the drive from Cortland Elementary School Tuesday. More than 60 people were treated for low-level carbon monoxide exposure after gas from a landfill swept over the school, 370 E. Lexington Ave.
The Illinois Supreme Court has delayed the decision on whether to expand the Cortland Township landfill. If expanded, the landfill, located on Route 88 in Cortland Township, will be the waste removal option for 17 counties in the Northern Illinois area....
I am a resident of DeKalb County BoardDistrict 6. One of the most important local issues in the upcomingelection is the planned expansion of the county landfill.The current County Board District 6member, Steve Walt, voted yes to create the 17-county dump...
Over the course of the summer, the citizens' action group, "Stop the DeKalb County Mega-Dump," has been in the process of filing an appeal to the Illinois Pollution Control Board. This appeal would halt the proceedings of the expansion of the current...
