OGLESBY – Illinois Valley Community College’s Continuing Education Center will offer “Basic Forklift Operation” on Saturdays from 9 AM to 3:30 PM Oct. 10 through Nov. 7. The class will help ensure forklift operators, regardless of experience, have a uniform understanding of the safe ...Read more
STREATOR – Illinois American Water’s Pontiac and Streator Water Treatment Plants and their water quality teams earned national recognition from the American Water Works Association’s partnership for Safe Water program. Both districts were awarded the Directors Award for maintaining a ...Read more
OGLESBY – A starter course at Illinois Valley Community College will help those who need an introduction on how to use a personal computer. IVCC’s Continuing Education Office will offer “Computer Basics” from 6 to 9 p.m. Thursdays, Oct. 1 through 22. Students will learn basic ...Read more
MENDOTA – The 39th Annual Conkey Family Award winner was announced last week at OSF HealthCare Saint Paul Medical Center in the Serenity Garden. Darci Kettleborough, RN from the Surgical Services Department from OSF Saint Paul, was named this year’s winner. Darci has been caring for patients ...Read more
OTTAWA – 21 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in LaSalle County, individuals ranging in age from their teens to their 80s. These cases now make 1,686 in total for the county, with all but 554 now recovered. The county health department announced 42 new recoveries for the county as well. ...Read more
OTTAWA – A fiery crash involving six vehicles killed two, including a LaSalle woman on Friday. The crash blocked the Westbound lanes on Interstate 80 for over four hours. Around 10 AM the Illinois State Police say a life flight helicopter was called in and traffic in both directions ...Read more
LISBON – A man who is wanted in connection with the shooting of a woman near Peoria is still at large after crashing in Kendall County. Thursday around 2:30 PM near Lisbon on Route 52, a silver car allegedly taken after a 25-year-old woman was shot in Canton, Illinois, crashed and the ...Read more
PERU – A road that travels under I-80 will be closed for ongoing bridge reconstruction of the interstate in LaSalle County. The Illinois Department of Transportation announced that East Third Road will be closed starting Friday through the weekend so that the westbound lane bridge of I-80 ...Read more
OGLESBY – Illinois Valley Community College celebrated the opening of its Agriculture Center and the revival of its ag program Thursday in a virtual ceremony. The new building will be used as storage for tractors, tillage tools, planters and other ag equipment. IVCC President Jerry Corcoran ...Read more
LISBON – The Kendall County Sheriff’s Office is looking for a suspect who reportedly was involved in the shooting of a woman in Fulton County who may be armed and dangerous. Around 3:00 PM Thursday they say the person they are searching for was involved in a vehicle crash near ...Read more
