PEORIA – OSF HealthCare has been named one of the best employers for women in the country for 2020 by Forbes magazine, and is the highest ranked Illinois-based health care system earning the distinction. OSF HealthCare is ranked #20 on Forbes’ annual list of America’s Best ...Read more
OTTAWA – The spread of COVID-19 across North Central Illinois is happening in many ways, but according to officials, not from Starved Rock crowds. Jenny Barrie, educator with the LaSalle County Health Department, says the source of many of those infected is from what is known as community ...Read more
OTTAWA – All bars, restaurants and gaming centers with a liquor license in Ottawa will have to close at 10 PM every night after a new executive order issued by the mayor Saturday. Ottawa Mayor Dan Aussem stated it is to ensure a reduced opportunity of the spread of COVID-19. The IDPH ...Read more
PRINCETON- The Bureau, Putnam, & Marshall County Health Departments reported Saturday five new COVID-19 infections, including an infection in an infant, and one COVID-19 related death, a woman in her 80’s. The Illinois Department of Public Health notes that three residents or staff of ...Read more
OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Health Department announced Saturday 47 new infections of COVID-19, bringing the overall total since the pandemic began to 743. A dozen of the new cases reported were in children in their teens and younger. 290 individuals are considered recovered from the ...Read more
MORRIS – Grundy County has been moved into the Warning stage due to rising COVID-19 infections according to the public health indicators listed by the Illinois Department of Public Health. The warning was triggered by the IDPH reporting Saturday 5.5% of ER visits for residents of the county ...Read more
CHICAGO – One day after Governor J.B. Pritzker threatened penalties on businesses if they fall short with coronavirus measures, Illinois saw its highest daily case count since late May. The Illinois Department of Public Health reports 2,190 people have been confirmed in the past day to ...Read more
OTTAWA – Illinois Valley Community College’s Continuing Education Center will be offering a Food Service Sanitation course face-to-face from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, Aug. 18-27 at the Ottawa Center in Ottawa. The course assists the manager or potential manager in ...Read more
OTTAWA – OSF HealthCare Saint Elizabeth Medical Center has been named to Newsweek magazine’s 2020 list of Best Maternity Care Hospitals. The distinction recognizes facilities that have excelled in providing care to mothers, newborns, and their families as verified by the 2019 ...Read more
OTTAWA – The Vote By Mail application forms have started to be delivered to residents in LaSalle County this week for the November General Election. Registered voters simply need to sign their pre-filled applications and send them to the LaSalle County Clerk’s Office by October 29 to ...Read more
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