Press Releases

     Over the past few months, members of the Will County ETSB (Emergency Telephone System Board), and other public safety stakeholders, have been meeting to discuss options for consolidation of the county’s six 9-1-1 dispatch centers. The passage of Public Act 99-0006 in May 2015, requires Will County to reduce from the existing six centers to three regional dispatch centers across the County. 

Workforce Services Division of Will County has announced the Mobile Workforce Center’s February schedule. 

Workforce Services Division of Will County has announced its workshop schedule for February.

The Will County Division of Transportation will be hosting five (5) Open Houses throughout the County in January for Will Connects 2040, the County's Long Range Transportation Plan. The public is invited to attend one or all of the Open Houses to provide input on transportation investment priorities throughout Will County. This is the second round of Will Connects 2040 public meetings; the first series of Open Houses were held in late Spring/early Summer 2015.  

      The 2016 HERO-HELPS-Southwest Coalition Community Summit will focus on the implementation of a sweeping new state law designed to tackle the deadly heroin epidemic that has plagued Will County, Illinois and our entire Nation.

Workforce Services Division of Will County has scheduled its January workshops for job seekers at its new location.

Workforce Services Division of Will County has announced the Mobile Workforce Center’s January schedule. 

     At today's Committee of the Whole meeting of the Will County Board, updated plans for a future judicial complex were revealed. This new courthouse is proposed to be constructed on the site of the former First Midwest Bank building at the corner of Jefferson and Ottawa Streets in downtown Joliet. The county purchased this building in 2014. Rendering courtesy of Wight and Company. 

Friday the 13^th turned out to be a lucky day for Melanie Howard this year.

Workforce Services Division of Will County has announced the Mobile Workforce Center’s December schedule.