Mystiques is the women's choir and in 2010 they won numerous awards at Ben Davis High School (3rd place) and Lawrence Central High School (3rd place), and in Watseka, Illinois they won Grand Champion of the women's division and 5th place in the collective finals.
On several trips throughout Illinois, he became the adopted son of Chief Waba of the Kickapoo and married Watseka, niece of Chief Tamin of the Kankakee Potawatomi.
Rex Everhart, Broadway actor who voiced the role of Maurice in the Disney Film "Beauty & The Beast," born in Watseka in 1920
The River Valley Metro has been actively studying a number of proposals for expanding bus service, that include a commuter routes to Watseka and an express route along IL 50.
WGFA-FM, a radio station (94.1 FM) licensed to Watseka, Illinois, United States
WIQI, a silent radio station (95.9 FM) licensed to serve Watseka, Illinois, United States, that held the WKQX call sign from 2011 to 2014