OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Health Department announced 2 additional coronavirus recoveries in the county on Monday. There have now been a total of 190 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in LaSalle County since the pandemic began, with 141 of those recovered. There were no new cases of the ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD- Illinois will be moving to Phase Four of the re-open Illinois plan on Friday, and to prepare businesses and employers to implement the new safety guidelines, the State of Illinois has developed a business toolkit complete with signage, posters, and other resources to ...Read more
OTTAWA – Residents of Illinois now have the option to request a ballot by mail for the upcoming November election. The Elections.IL.Gov website has a complete form you will need to print and mail to your local county clerk. The deadline to request a mail in ballot is October 29th. Ballots ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health Saturday confirmed approximately 23 cases that appear to be linked to a multi-state outbreak of cyclosporiasis, an intestinal illness caused by the microscopic Cyclospora parasite. Cases have been reported in counties across Illinois with ...Read more
COMPTON – The new water tower for the village of Compton has been erected. It will be some time before it is put into service, but the major construction on the corner of Main & 4th Street is complete. The village received a loan of $680,000 and a grant of $956,000 from the U.S. ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health Sunday announced 658 new cases of COVID-19, including 23 additional confirmed deaths statewide. Since the pandemic began there have been a total of 136,762 cases, including 6,647 deaths, in 101 counties in Illinois. The preliminary ...Read more
OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Health Department on Sunday say two new cases of Coronavirus Disease have been discovered. They say two men, one in his teens and another in his 40’s have tested positive for the disease. Since the pandemic began, 139 residents of the county have been ...Read more
OGLESBY – Illinois Valley Community College graduate Devanshi Patel of La Salle was honered with college’s Frederick W. Matthiessen Award. Patel is transferring to Northern Illinois University this fall and plans to eventually attend medical school and become a physician. She was the ...Read more
OTTAWA – OSF HealthCare has opened wound care clinics in Mendota, Ottawa and Streator. “We were referring a lot of our patients off to different towns in surrounding communities for wound care, and when you’re in a rural setting, just driving down the road 30 miles can be burden,” ...Read more
PONTIAC – A Livingston County man is dead after a Friday night motorcycle crash. Authorities say that around 9 PM they were called to Old Route 66 in rural Pontiac for a single vehicle motorcycle crash. The Livingston County Coroner says that 54-year-old Scott N. Lightbody was ...Read more
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