ALPHA, Ill. (AP) — A western Illinois post office has been named in honor of a 26-year-old soldier who died while serving in Afghanistan. The Alpha Post Office was formally named the Capt. Joshua E. Steele Post Office during a ceremony last week. Steele was raised on his family farm in North ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois Conservation Foundation has named Crystal Curfman its executive director. The organization that raises money to protect and enhance wildlife and its habitat made the announcement last week. Curfman had served as managing partner of Curfman Group, a real ...Read more
DEPUE – Multiple agencies swarmed into the Bureau County community of Depue during the Labor Day holiday for a pair of unrelated structure fires. The first was a five alarm blaze in the 1100 block of Marquette Street around 1 PM, the second after 3 PM in the 12000 block of 2775th ...Read more
LOSTANT – An early Saturday morning call to I-39 for a trailer fire left a mess until dawn along the interstate of burnt cheese. Lostant and Wenona Fire Departments extinguished the blaze at the Route 18 interchange. No injuries were reported. ...Read more
SUBLETTE – A child suffered significant burns after a fall Saturday in Lee County. The Sublette Fire Department and EMS were called around 4:30 PM to Woodhaven Lakes for a report of an injured child. They say a 3-year-old had fallen into a fire pit and was taken to a Dixon hospital ...Read more
PERU – The Illinois Valley Food Pantry was able to help fill the shelves to close out summer after the “Fill the Truck” event Friday. Studstill Media, Hyvee, and Illinois Valley Auto Group all partnered up to not only gather over 3300 lbs of food, plus a sizable cash donation as ...Read more
OTTAWA – OSF HealthCare donated $1,650 to Ottawa Township High School athletic programs. This donation is a result of the sports physical fundraiser that took place at Ottawa Township High School on May 30. “Ottawa High School is extremely fortunate to have a partnership with OSF ...Read more
OGLESBY – Dynamic Controls Inc. donated $10,000 to the Illinois Valley Community College Foundation to endow a scholarship for students seeking the Heating, Ventilation and Air-Conditioning certificate. The first recipient of the scholarship, Guadalupe “Gio” Ortiz of Spring Valley, ...Read more
PERU – Illinois Valley Community Hospital is proud to be the home of the Illinois Valley’s first human milk depot. Pasteurized donor human milk in an important nutritional therapy for many at-risk Neonatal Intensive Care Unit babies, as it provides numerous benefits in the absence of ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — State officials are taking another step toward selling a downtown Chicago building that house Illinois government offices. The Department of Central Management Services has issued a request for proposals seeking management and technical project management so Illinois can get ...Read more
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