An organization that oversees job training and workforce development programs in Boone and Winnebago Counties is expanding to include Stephenson County.
John Strandin is a spokesman for the Boone and Winnebago Counties Workforce Investment Board.
Strandin says the Board had worked closely with Stephenson County on workforce issues before, so the two are familiar with each other. Strandin says, for a number of reasons, this merger makes sense.
