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LASALLE -LaSalle City Council held its first in-person meeting since March, with a few new improvements to the council chamber. The room now features two large monitors behind the mayor and aldermen. Mayor Jeff Grove said that these screens may help the council avoid having to print out ...Read more

OGLESBY- The Park Rangers at Starved Rock State Park and Matthiessen State Park warned visitors about disturbing the rocks in and around streams.   They announced yesterday that they have had some destruction of the native habitat at Matthiessen State Park caused by a person or persons moving ...Read more

MENDOTA- It was announced that Mendota High School principal Denise Aughenbaugh will become the next Superintendent in the summer of 2023.  Aughenbaugh has been with MHS   since 2004.   Current Superintendent  Jeff Prusator informed WGLC of the Mendota High School Board’s decision Monday ...Read more

PERU – The Route 251 bridge was closed for over an hour after a head-on crash injured two.   The Peru Police say as many as five vehicles were involved after a southbound vehicle reportedly drove head-on into a northbound vehicle around 6 PM, striking it and a number of cars behind it.  ...Read more

MENDOTA – Mendota City Council approved a $6,700 donation to the Mendota Area Chamber of Commerce at Monday night’s meeting. The city normally donates $1,500 to the Chamber of Commerce for fireworks and $5,200 for the Sweet Corn Festival. 2nd Ward Alderman John Holland proposed the ...Read more

DEKALB – The Dekalb County Health Department reported an additional 15 positive cases of COVID-19 on Monday. There have been 509 confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the county since the start of the pandemic, as well as 15 deaths. 10 of these reported deaths were from Pine Acres Rehab and ...Read more

PONTIAC – Livingston County’s Health Department announced that the county is currently free of active coronavirus cases. LCHD has received 2,006 COVID-19 tests since the start of the pandemic with 37 of those confirmed positive. Although two cases have resulted in death due to ...Read more

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health announced 473 new cases of COVID-19 in the state on Monday. This is the lowest number of daily confirmed cases since March 29th.  With this, they also announced 19 additional deaths from complications related to the coronavirus, all ...Read more

OTTAWA – Three additional confirmed cases of COVID-19 were announced in LaSalle County on Monday. These cases, three males in their teens, 30’s, and 50’s, are recovering in isolation. This brings the county total of confirmed coronavirus cases to 183 since the pandemic began. In ...Read more