LASALLE – The City of LaSalle will start a sewer separation project in April. City Engineer Brian Brown says the city is getting rid of all cross connections between storm and sanitary sewers due to combined sewer overflow. Brown says west of St. Vincent from Lincoln Elementary School ...Read more
LASALLE – One student was taken into custody Wednesday after allegedly making a threat against LaSalle-Peru High School. According to Superintendent Steven Wroblewski, a police investigation determined all students and staff were safe. Around 11 a.m. authorities were called to the ...Read more
CHICAGO – SNAP benefits will be issued to Illinois customers early. According to the Illinois Department of Human Services, March SNAP benefits will be loaded into customer accounts on the first of the month. Governor J.B Pritzker says communities shouldn’t have to suffer because of ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – Starved Rock State Park could be introducing a parking fee for visitors in the future. 38th District Senator Sue Rezin filed Senate Bill 1310 that would allow the Illinois Department of Natural Resources to charge a parking fee to help keep up with maintenance projects and ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A House committee plans to hear Democrats’ plans to increase the Illinois minimum wage to $15 over six years. The Labor and Commerce Committee has scheduled a Wednesday afternoon hearing on Chicago Democratic Rep. Will Guzzardi’s legislation. The plan would ...Read more
MORRIS – The Morris Police Department issued a warning of counterfeit money being passed around the area after a Chicago man was arrested for allegedly attempting to use counterfeit money at a local business. According to authorities, on Monday they were called to a business on Route 47 for ...Read more
OTTAWA – Ottawa Police are warning residents of a phone scam involving their Apple Device or iCloud account. Officials reported that residents are receiving calls from an individual who claims that the residents’ Apple Device or iCloud account has been compromised. The scammer then ...Read more
DIXON – A North Carolina woman is awaiting extradition after a parole violation arrest in Dixon. According to authorities, 59 year-old Marcella J. Lee was arrested Monday for a North Carolina Department of Public Safety Warrant for Parole Violation on a conviction of Concealing Evidence ...Read more
WHEELING, Ill. (AP) — A suburban Chicago man has been charged with involuntary manslaughter in the hot tub drowning death of his wife. Eric Huska of Wheeling is accused of closing the lid of a backyard hot tub, causing the death late Saturday of Laura Huska. According to Wheeling police, home ...Read more
AURORA, Ill. (AP) — Forecasters are warning of downed power lines and tree limbs due to strong winds forecast through Wednesday morning across Illinois. The National Weather Service issued a wind advisory for much of Illinois, warning of winds with gusts of 45 to 50 mph. Forecasters say the ...Read more
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