Press Releases

Will County has launched a grant opportunity aimed at supporting small businesses and non-profits in enhancing their physical spaces and promoting accessibility. $300,000 has been made available to support external improvements, Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) accessibility projects, and sustainability enhancements.

Will County’s Resource Recovery & Energy Division has released its Fall 2025 Will County Green recycling and collection event schedule. The schedule includes collection events for electronics, household items, household hazardous waste, motor oil, scrap metal, and other items.

Will County’s Workforce Services Division is hosting a Job Fair on Thursday, August 28, 2025 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. at the Workforce Center of Will County, 2400 Glenwood Ave, Joliet. The fair gives an opportunity for residents to meet face-to-face with 16 local employers.

Will County Executive Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant delivered her annual State of the County address at the August meeting of the Will County Board. In her address, Bertino-Tarrant spotlighted the growing Will County economy and continued efforts by county government to improve services for residents.

Will County, the City of Joliet, and the Joliet Slammers are teaming up to host Water Conservation Night during the Tuesday, August 26 Slammers game against the Washington Wild Things at Duly Health and Care Field in Joliet.

Will County residents are invited to attend two pop-up events for free fruits and vegetables in Joliet and Romeoville thanks to a partnership between Will County Executive Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant, State Senator Meg Loughran Cappel and State Representative Natalie Manley.

Local officials and community leaders joined representatives from Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library and the State of Illinois to officially launch the Imagination Library of Will County at a kick-off event today. Parents in Will County can now register to have free, high-quality, and age-appropriate books mailed directly to their children from birth until their fifth birthday. 

The Will County Division of Transportation (DOT) will host a Public Information Meeting to present an identified improvement option for the Mills Road-Cherry Hill Road Phase I Study from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, August 5 at the Nowell Park Recreation Center, 199 Mills Road, Joliet.

Local first responders, school safety personnel, and emergency management agencies from across the region will gather at the University of St. Francis Main Campus in Joliet for a full-scale School Reunification Exercise on Wednesday, July 23. The public is advised of an increased presence of emergency vehicles in the vicinity from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on that day.

Will County has received the Distinguished Budget Presentation Award for its budget quality and transparency from the Government Finance Officers Association (GFOA). The award is given as a recognition that state and local governments are achieving the goal of preparing budget documents of the very highest quality that reflect both the guidelines established by the National Advisory Council on State and Local Budgeting and the GFOA’s best practices on budgeting.