Fraud

A 58-year-old Farmer City man has pleaded guilty to swindling boat owners and banks out of about $4.7 million.

Dianne and Tom Clemens of Normal say they don’t want pity from this story. They made a determined decision to share how they lost their life savings of $600,000 in a swindle to prevent others from falling prey as they did.

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul has settled a labor dispute with three companies doing work at the Rivian plant in Normal for $390,000 in back wages and penalties.

Former McLean County Board chair Matt Sorensen was sentenced Tuesday to a year in federal prison for his role in a billing-fraud scheme against his State…