In a marathon three-hour meeting, the Village of Wilsonville’s Board of Trustees on Monday night committed to the purchase of a new emergency siren, provided it...
The individual responsible for keeping the Coal Country Chamber of Commerce Choo Choo chugging along for CCCC events was named the recipient of this year’s CCCC...
After several months of discussion, the Wilsonville Village Board of Trustees voted unanimously on Monday night to move forward with the purchase of an electronic ultrasonic...
Members of the Wilsonville Village Board continued ongoing discussion regarding replacement of a faulty master meter measuring the village’s water usage from the City of Gillespie...
Members of the Wilsonville Village Board voted unanimously Monday night to make formal application for a $20,000 U.S. Department of Agriculture grant to help subsidize the...
A measure to rescind a controversial ordinance requiring property owners on Wilsonville’s main street to mow ditches adjoining their properties failed with a vote of 3-2...
Wilsonville Village Trustees voted Monday night to hire Donald Wayne Watkins of Gillespie to serve as a municipal police officer and authorized approximately $6,000 in expenditures...
The Benld City Council on Monday night took under advisement the adoption of a resolution in support of legislation being sought by a not-for-profit environmental group...
Members of the Wilsonville Village Board of Trustees voted Monday night to amend the village’s noise ordinance with an eye toward making it easier for Ordinance...
‘We need to get into the mindset that we are going to have to spend a lot of money down there’ Wilsonville village officials are bracing...
Members of the Wilsonville Village Board voted unanimously Monday night to hire Bob Reimann of Sawyerville as an ordinance enforcement officer, and approved the Village’s annual...
The Illinois Coalition for Community Services (ICCS) would like to thank the residents of Wilsonville for their generous support of their inaugural “Improving Our Community One...
Wilsonville’s Community Center will get a new sign to identify the building as a result of action taken Monday night by the Wilsonville Village Board. The...
The Village of Wilsonville is seeking a new emergency warning system and the trustees are hoping to secure a $25,000 community facilities grant to cover more...
A house trailer that caught on fire last Friday in Wilsonville suffered heavy damage after firefighters from both Benld and Gillespie responded. Two stations and nearly...
City officials in the Village of Wilsonville are hoping a grant will fix the town’s current lift station and lagoon issues. The board voted unanimously last...
Wrapping up the week in the BenGil area with pictures! Week of July 5 Do you have a picture for the Week in Pictures? Email the...
Two new and two returning trustees, along with the former treasurer and president reelected, were all sworn into office during the Village of Wilsonville’s monthly board...
The Village of Wilsonville voted last Monday, April 6, during their April business meeting to host a community clean-up day on Saturday, May 9 despite objection...
Incumbent Annetta Veres was elected as Village President of Wilsonville on Tuesday, April 7, in the 2015 Consolidated Election knocking off former president Harold Besserman Jr....
