OTTAWA – North Central Area Transit is partnering with the city of Ottawa and Illinois Valley Community Hospital for emergency evacuation transportation. At Tuesday night’s Ottawa City Council meeting, a resolution was passed to authorize an evacuation agreement with the hospital ...Read more
MENDOTA – The city of Mendota approved of adding traffic safety signs along 3rd Avenue. According to Alderman Jim Fitzpatrick the Mendota Police Department performed a study on several intersections and recommended stop and yield signs on 3rd Avenue. At Monday night’s meeting, ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — An investigation of sexual harassment in House Speaker Michael Madigan’s office found that control has been too centralized and discourages complaints about mistreatment. Madigan on Tuesday released a report he ordered by former state executive inspector ...Read more
RIVERTON, Wyo. (AP) — The body of an Evanston, Illinois man has been recovered in Wyoming mountains by authorities after he died in a climbing accident. Media outlets reported Monday that a five-person team of search-and-rescue volunteers retrieved the body of 63-year-old Zijah Kurtovic ...Read more
MINNESOTA – Del Monte Foods is reportedly closing another facility in Sleepy Eye, Minnesota. According to media outlets, on Tuesday the company notified the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development that it plans to permanently shut down the 89-year-old plant at the end ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – State Rep. Lance Yednock, D-Ottawa, passed a new law that updates current firefighter training policy to cover the history and impact of the labor movement. Yednock worked with the Associated Fire Fighters of Illinois to pass this legislation. “The history of the ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – State Rep. Lance Yednock, D-Ottawa, passed a new law that updates current firefighter training policy to cover the history and impact of the labor movement. Yednock worked with the Associated Fire Fighters of Illinois to pass this legislation. “The history of the ...Read more
SPRING VALLEY – Multiple agencies were called Monday afternoon in Spring Valley for a man who allegedly physically assaulted his neighbors and police officers. According to the Spring Valley Police Department, they were called to the 600 block of East Cleveland Street just after 2 ...Read more
MENDOTA – Del Monte Foods will be announcing on Tuesday plans to close the Mendota Plant by spring of 2020. The 431 acre facility on the East side of Mendota has been a part of the community since 1949. According to multiple sources inside the plant, the company says the permanent ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Two Chicago women charged with killing a 19-year-old have pleaded not guilty to murder charges in the death of the victim’s child. Yovanny Jadiel Lopez died weeks after prosecutors say 49-year-old Clarisa Figueroa and her daughter, 24-year-old Desiree, cut the child from ...Read more
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