"I know it seems like four years is forever, but it goes by so fast," said Arielle Piper. The Coal City High School senior and her classmates are putting the final touches on their high school careers as they prepare for the pomp and circumstance that will usher in a new chapter in their lives.

The Wilmington City Council Tuesday approved hiring an engineer to create plats of survey for the Kankakee River dam and the surrounding embankments in preparation for transfer of the structure to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources.

On May 8, Mayor Bill Rulien spent a few moments talking about the accomplishments of the council in that time, during a brief address at the regular city council meeting on the state of the city.