PERU – A bloodmobile will be coming to Peru Library on Saturday and residents are encouraged to schedule an appointment to donate. ImpactLife is the exclusive provider of blood products and services to more than 120 hospitals in Illinois, Iowa, Missouri and Wisconsin. ...Read more
OGLESBY – The Illinois Valley Community College board audit finance committee meeting on Monday proposed a few ways to spend some of the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund. A full-time COVID-19 specialist paid in part by the fund was proposed, along with HVAC and technology upgrades for ...Read more
EVANSTON, Ill. (AP) — A sandhill crane that couldn’t eat because a piece of plastic was wedged on its beak is on the mend after getting a helping hand from a group of suburban Chicago volunteers. The Chicago Sun-Times reports that Shana Conner, a volunteer with the Chicago Bird ...Read more
MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. (AP) — A towering sand dune at the Indiana Dunes National Park has kept up its inland creep, covering up an access road and threatening to bury a parking lot in the coming years. The park’s landmark Mount Baldy has largely been closed to public climbing since a ...Read more
Jack Dorsey, CEO and co-founder of social media platform Twitter, said on Monday that he is stepping down as CEO. The 45-year-old Dorsey will remain on Twitter’s board of directors until next May, according to an email to staff that Dorsey tweeted. Twitter’s chief technology officer, ...Read more
President Joe Biden said on Monday the new Omicron variant of COVID-19 is a “cause for concern, not a cause for panic.” While health experts work to learn more about the quickly spreading strain, Biden said researchers believe that current vaccines should be adequate against the ...Read more
By DON BABWIN and SARA BURNETT Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Jussie Smollett’s defense attorney says he is a “real victim” of a racist and homophobic attack in Chicago in January 2019. Defense attorney Nenye Uche told jurors at the ex-“Empire” actor’s trial ...Read more
OTTAWA – Three coronavirus deaths were reported in LaSalle County’s weekly COVID-19 report. The individuals are males in their 60’s, 70’s, and a man in their 80’s. There were 167 new COVID-19 cases, 100 of those cases from individuals in their 30’s or younger. ...Read more
UNDATED – If your old pumpkins and gourds from Halloween and Thanksgiving have overstayed their welcome and you’re thinking of feeding the wildlife, think again. While posts on social media have been recommending feeding wild animals, the Illinois Department of Natural ...Read more
GRAND RIDGE – The mayor of Grand Ridge is asking for village residents to write a short letter or email in support of a project to improve the community. The North Central Illinois Council of Governments could be giving Grand Ridge a grant to renovate the village hall and demolish a ...Read more
