MENDOTA – At the Mendota City Council meeting on Monday night they chose the last dates the burn pit would be open and the final day of leaf pick-up. The last day the city burn pit off of 1st Ave will be open is Monday, November 29th. The last day for leaf pickup will be Monday, ...Read more
STREATOR – The Streator Salvation Army’s annual Christmas applications are now available. Executive Director Judy Booze says Christmas gifts will be available for the forgotten ages of 13-17. Senior citizens can also apply for a free voucher to Kroger. Applications are ...Read more
OTTAWA – With Thanksgiving and the holidays approaching, the American Red Cross urges donors to continue to make appointments now and in the weeks ahead to help overcome the ongoing emergency blood and platelet shortage. At least 10,000 more donations are needed each week in the coming weeks to ...Read more
LASALLE – The Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs relaunched “Operation Rising Spirit,” asking service organizations, volunteers, and residents across Illinois to continue raising the spirits of military veterans at the state veterans’ home in LaSalle. This letter writing ...Read more
OGLESBY – Retired Illinois Valley Community College counselor Kathy Notbohm of Tonica recently created an endowed scholarship through the college Foundation. Notbohm’s $5,000 scholarship will award single parents; preference will be given to survivors of domestic violence. Notbohm ...Read more
OGLESBY – O.J. Stoutner of Peru and Jack Cantlin of Earlville were honored for their decades of service to the Illinois Valley Community College Foundation Monday. Cantlin joined the Foundation in 1992 after being recruited by then-President Ralph Bowermaster and has served 29 years, ...Read more
OGLESBY – Helena Ogle of Streator is the Illinois Valley Community College Foundation’s 21st Century Scholar for 2021. The 15th annual 21st Century celebration is available online at www.ivcc.edu/foundation. Ogle is majoring in nursing and plans to transfer to Loyola University in ...Read more
CHICAGO – A cold snap will move through North Central Illinois starting next week bringing temperatures well below normal for the first days of November. According to some models, a shot of arctic air will move south out of Canada starting on Monday behind a cold front that will settle in ...Read more
MENDOTA – The Mendota Trojans Boys Soccer Team fell in a heartbreaking double overtime thriller that went to penalty kicks against Bloomington Central Catholic in Super-Sectional Play. The undefeated Trojans fought hard to a 2-2 tie, but after two 10 minute periods the game switched to ...Read more
AURORA- A security guard was rescued after a fall pinned him underground in Aurora. Around midnight authorities were called to the scene in the 2300 block of West Indian Trail for a security guard who was walking around the exterior of a building who fell about 15 feet into a hole that was ...Read more
