ILLINOIS – The American Red Cross urgently needs blood donors to give now to help ensure blood remains available for vital medical treatments and emergencies. According to the Red Cross a decline in donations happens from Thanksgiving to New Year’s Day, when donors get busy with ...Read more
LASALLE – Minor injuries were reported in a crash involving a LaSalle Police Department vehicle on Saturday. According to the Illinois State Police an SUV was traveling north on Crosat Street and failed to stop at the stop sign located on Third Street, reportedly entering the path of a ...Read more
ANNAWAN – A fatal roll over crash was reported in Bureau County early Wednesday morning. According to the Illinois State Police, 24-year-old Jamal R. Rodgers of Chicago had his vehicle parked on the shoulder on I-80 westbound in the area of milepost 39 in Annawan, reportedly to adjust a ...Read more
PERU – Minor injuries were reported in a crash involving a Mendota Fire Department vehicle on Monday. According to the Illinois State Police, just after 9 a.m. 58-year-old Dennis Ruthishauser, the Fire Chief of Mendota was responding to the Witzak Brothers structure fire in Peru with ...Read more
PERU – A press conference Wednesday morning talked about the massive response to the New Years Eve fire in Peru at Witczak Brothers Auto Repair. The building was destroyed that housed the shop, however, nobody was injured in the blaze that drew over 100 firefighters and 22 police officers ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Preliminary numbers indicate that homicides in Chicago fell by about 100 last year compared to 2017, though the total again eclipses the number of homicides in Los Angeles and New York combined, according to data released Tuesday. Police in Chicago, the nation’s third ...Read more
LASALLE – Nearly 60 new Illinois State Police Troopers graduated last Friday morning in Springfield, with a few being assigned to the post in LaSalle. ISP Director Leo Schmitz commissioned the 59 cadets of the Cadet Class 128 after a 27 week training program. Two of the cadets will ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — The light rail system used to move passengers around Chicago’s O’Hare Airport is shutting down until next fall. The Automated Transportation Service has only operated on weekends since spring. Starting this week service will be fully suspended and passengers will need ...Read more
ROCK FALLS, Ill. (AP) — Planning officials in a Whiteside County community are opposing a proposed community solar farm just outside its city limits. The Rock Falls Planning Commission recommended that the city object to the project, saying it is incompatible with comprehensive plans of the ...Read more
MORRIS – Farm bureau members in Grundy and Kendall County will vote on a merger this month. According to Kendall Farm Bureau Manager Dan Reedy, his retirement announcement sparked the idea the farm bureau once had several years ago. Reedy who supports the merge, says because over half of ...Read more
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