UTICA – More visitors will find more places to park Saturday at Starved Rock State Park. The west entrance off of Route 178 is now back open, along with the boat ramp, and lower main parking lots. Crews were busy over the last few days clearing silt and debris from the spring floods ...Read more
OGLESBY – The Illinois Valley Community College ag storage and routine maintenance building is on schedule for completion by the end of June. In his monthly report, IVCC President Jerry Corcoran said a grand opening for the facility is underway. “That event will be an opportunity to ...Read more
OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Health Department Friday confirmed two women have tested positive for COVID-19. The women, one in her 30’s and the other in her 60’s are in isolation. Since the pandemic began there have been 177 cases. 116 people previously diagnosed with the ...Read more
DEKALB- Two more residents of a DeKalb long term care facility hard hit by a novel coronavirus outbreak have died The DeKalb County Health Department reported Friday that two additional residents from Pine Acres have died, men in their 80’s and 90’s, from complications of COVID-19. The ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health Friday announced 595 new confirmed cases of coronavirus disease in Illinois, including 77 additional confirmed deaths. Of the reported deaths, 10 were from outside Chicagoland. Since the pandemic began there have been 131,198 cases, ...Read more
SHERIDAN – For the first time since early April, the Sheridan Correctional Facility reports no active COVID-19 cases among inmates or staff. Since the beginning of the pandemic, a total of 8 staff and 18 inmates had come down with the novel coronavirus. During the outbreak, the Illinois ...Read more
OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Health Department confirmed Thursday an additional four COVID-19 cases, bringing the total since the pandemic began to 175 cases. The additional cases were found in three men and a woman, ages ranging from their teens to their 50’s. The health department ...Read more
OGLESBY – Illinois Valley Community College announced they will be spending over $165,000 on internet technology upgrades after a spring semester marred by a compromised computer hack that disabled the systems at the school in April. The IVCC board approved an “Information ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health announced 766 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the state on Thursday, including 91 additional deaths. It’s been one week since the IDPH last announced a daily death toll over 100. There’ve now been a total of 130,603 total cases, ...Read more
OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Health Department is holding a drive-thru COVID-19 Community Based Testing Site beginning June 17th. The site will be open from 9am to 1pm at the LaSalle County Emergency Management Agency Building, and will be run by appointment only. The testing site is open ...Read more
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