OTTAWA – The city of Ottawa is eliminating impact fees to spur residential development. At Tuesday night’s council meeting an impact fee pilot program was approved of that would eliminate some fees and reduce others to provide a way for new homeowners or developers to get ...Read more
MENDOTA – Mendota’s city council announced they will be addressing the issue of legal cannabis in the near future. according to Alderman Bill Hunt, the city will have a committee meeting to explore the ideas of manufacturing sites or the selling of cannabis. He says the ...Read more
OTTAWA – State Rep. Lance Yednock, D-Ottawa, issued the following statement following Vistra executive’s decision to close the Hennepin Power Plant: “Vistra Energy’s decision to close the Hennepin power plant, and several others across Illinois, will only hurt local employees and ...Read more
Springfield – Today, Vistra Energy announced it will be closing its Dynegy Power Station in Hennepin along with three other power plants throughout the state. State Senator Sue Rezin (R-Morris) says this closure will have a large impact on the small community, which is located in ...Read more
HENNEPIN – The coal-fueled Hennepin Power Station is slated to close in an announcement today by parent company Vistra Energy. In a press release Wednesday, they announced multiple plants in Illinois would be phased out in order to meet the requirements of the recently approved revisions ...Read more
MENDOTA – The announcement Tuesday that the Del Monte Foods processing plant was to close wasn’t the only news the company shared. In a press release yesterday they also announced the closure of a processing plant in Minnesota and the upcoming sale of a Wisconsin facility. The ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Equipment failure left a window washer dangling outside a Chicago apartment building. Chicago Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford says the window washer was left hanging from scaffolding Tuesday when one of the ropes he was fastened to snapped, causing him to fall from the ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — A federal lawsuit filed Tuesday alleges two security guards who worked at a public high school in suburban Chicago had sex with female students, and the school failed to adequately protect girls from purported predators. The 22-page suit says school officials knew or should have ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Nearly three dozen people have sued the operator of a suburban Chicago medical equipment cleaning plant they claim emits fumes that have adversely affected their health, lawyers for the plaintiffs announced Tuesday. The 32 lawsuits filed against Sterigenics LLC this week in Cook ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — New security measures will be put in place next month for tours of Illinois’ Governor’s Mansion in Springfield. State Police acting director Brendan Kelly says individuals will have to sign up in advance for tours, provide a photo ID for proof of identity ...Read more
National News
