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Watseka is a city in and the county seat of Iroquois County, Illinois, United States. It is located approximately 15 miles (24 km) west of the Illinois-Indiana state line on U.S. Route 24 . The population of Watseka was 5,255 according to the 2010 census, which was a 7.3 percent decrease from the 2000 census.
WGFA-FM. / 40.793611°N 87.754722°W / 40.793611; -87.754722. WGFA-FM (94.1 MHz) is an adult contemporary formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Watseka, Illinois, serving Central Illiana. WGFA-FM is owned and operated by Iroquois County Broadcasting Company. [3]
Nationality. Potawatomi, Native American. Other names. Watseka Hubbard, Watseka LaVasseur, Watseka Bergeron, Josette Bergeron. Watseka or Watchekee (c. 1810–1878) was a Potawatomi Native American woman, born in Illinois, and named for the heroine of a Potawatomi legend. Her uncle was Tamin, the chief of the Kankakee Potawatomi Indians.
WIQI. / 40.82278°N 87.74833°W / 40.82278; -87.74833. WIQI (95.9 FM) is a radio station in Watseka, Illinois owned by Smash Hit Media. The station currently carries a classic rock format covering Watseka along with Iroquois County and Kankakee with an output of 6000 watts ERP. [2]
Lurancy Vennum. Lurancy Vennum. Mary Lurancy Vennum was born in 1864 near Watseka, Illinois. In the summer of 1877 she suffered a series of epileptic fits, often lapsing into unconsciousness. After awakening, she told her family that she had been to heaven, had seen angels, and had visited her younger brother and sister who had died before her.
www .wibkradio .com. WIBK (1360 AM) is a currently silent classic country -formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Watseka, Illinois, serving Watseka and Eastern Iroquois County, Illinois and Western Benton and Southern Newton counties in Indiana. WIBK is a daytime only station and is owned and operated by Iroquois County Broadcasting ...
FIPS code. 17-075-48814. Middleport Township is one of twenty-six townships in Iroquois County, Illinois, USA. As of the 2010 census, its population was 4,375 and it contained 2,099 housing units. [2] Middleport Township changed its name to Watseka Township in September 1863, but then changed back to Middleport Township on an unknown date.
Daily newspapers. The Beacon-News – Aurora. Belleville News-Democrat – Belleville. Belvidere Daily Republican – Belvidere. The Benton Evening News – Benton. The Breeze-Courier – Taylorville. The Carmi Times – Carmi. Centralia Morning Sentinel – Centralia. The Chicago Defender – Chicago.