ROCK ISLAND – A man attempting to float down the Mississippi River on a log to Kentucky was rescued in Rock Island on Monday. According to the Rock Island Fire Department, just after 1 p.m. on Monday. they responded to a report of a subject in the water near the Crescent Bridge. ...Read more
LASALLE -Alderman voted to approve an ordinance approving a redevelopment agreement between LaSalle and Kaskaskia Development, LLC, and CL Real Estate Development, LLC at Monday night’s city council meeting. Although some alderman expressed concern for parking at the hotel, Nathan Watson, ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot says five people have been detained by federal immigration authorities at a South Side pizzeria near the Indiana state line. Lightfoot publicized the immigration action Monday on Twitter, saying city officials were “actively monitoring the ...Read more
WHEATON, Ill. (AP) — The owner of a Whiteside County ice cream company who pleaded guilty to child pornography charges has been sentenced to nine years in prison. Martin Hey Sr., the owner of Hey Brothers Ice Cream Co. in Sterling, was caught secretly recording women and young girls and posting ...Read more
STREATOR – One bedroom and the living room suffered damage but nobody was home at the scene of a house fire Monday night in Streator. The Streator Fire Department say a neighbor walking their dog discovered smoke and called 911 to report the fire in the 600 block of South Otter Street ...Read more
SPRING VALLEY – Spring Valley’s City Council approved imposing a municipal tax on cannabis. At Monday’s city council meeting, an ordinance amending the city’s municipal code by enacting a cannabis retailers occupation tax was passed. Attorney Jim Andreoni says the state will be ...Read more
LASALLE – LaSalle-Peru High School’s buildings and grounds committee is putting solar panels back on the discussion table. Over the summer, Superintendent Steven Wroblewski says he was approached by a company that’s willing to invest $11 million to install a solar garden ...Read more
LAS VEGAS – An Ottawa man received an award for excellence for his reporting of the first full-time news reporter to wear a traditional Muslim head scarf on air. The Voice of America’s Midwest correspondent, Kane Farabaugh, received the award for excellence at the Religion News ...Read more
OTTAWA – Flu season is right around the corner and the LaSalle County Health Department is hosting clinics this week. The health department has received its shipment of flu vaccine and will host the flu clinics from 1 to 4 p.m. on Thursday. Seasonal Influenza Vaccine and Influenza High Dose ...Read more
STREATOR – Streator’s Elementary School District is no longer on the state’s financial watch list. According to Superintendent Lisa Parker, the Illinois State Board of Education voted last week to remove Streator Elementary School District #44 off of their list of ...Read more
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