OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Health Department would like to encourage smokers to quit the habit for World No Tobacco Day. They say smoking is the most preventable cause of death in the United States today. Over 400,000 deaths annually in the U.S. are directly related to smoking. The tobacco ...Read more
MERCER, WI – A woman from Mendota has died after a UTV crash in Wisconsin. The Iron County Sheriff’s Office reports around 5:30 PM on Sunday they were called to the town of Mercer where a UTV with six occupants had apparently left a roadway and became submerged upside down in a body of ...Read more
UTICA – Multiple agencies responded to Grand Bear Resort for a fire at one of the cabins at its vacation home area on Memorial Day. Officials for the Utica Fire Protection District says the call came at approximately 5:20 pm for a porch on fire. With high winds on Memorial ...Read more
UTICA – Multiple agencies responded to Grand Bear Resort for a fire at one of the cabins at its vacation home area on Memorial Day. Officials for the Utica Fire Protection District says the call came at approximately 5:20 pm for a porch on fire. With high winds on Memorial ...Read more
OGLESBY _ Applications for the 2022 GRAINCO FS and AgView FS “Earn and Learn” programs at Illinois Valley Community College have been extended to June 30th. The first AgView FS intern was Jolene Bobinski of Magnolia. Albert Gutierrez of Streator was the first GRAINCO FS recipient. GRAINCO FS ...Read more
LASALLE – The LaSalle Public Library has partnered with PCs for People, a non-profit that promotes digital equity through device access, connectivity, and digital literacy and skills training to provide affordable computers to eligible households. The event will take place this Thursday ...Read more
STREATOR – A memorial service for former Streator Mayor Jimmie Landsford will be held at City Park this weekend. The family and friends of Former Mayor Lansford are making arrangements to have a public service on Saturday at 11 am at Plumb Pavillion in City Park. ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD –With the weather warming up, the Illinois Department of Public Health is warning the public to beware of rabid animals, especially bats, as they become more active this time of year. IDPH has received reports of four rabid bats in the state since May 15 from Champaign, Jackson, ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD, IL – Residents of Putnam County and nine other Illinois counties can dispose of unwanted agrichemicals for free this year through the Illinois Department of Agriculture’s agricultural pesticide “Clean Sweep” program. A “Clean Sweep” collection has been scheduled in late ...Read more
OGLESBY – Illinois Valley Community College’s Sabrina Belmonte of Mendota is a recipient of the U.S. State Department-sponsored Gilman Program scholarship to aid in her study abroad to Costa Rica this summer. The Gilman Program offers grants for undergraduate students of limited financial ...Read more
