OTTAWA – Overnight on Friday temperatures dipped into the low 30s, creating a light frost, the first of the season. With a record-late corn and soybean moving towards maturity, the timing and intensity of a first freeze has the potential to break a crop. LaSalle County’s ...Read more
OTTAWA – Overnight on Friday temperatures dipped into the low 30s, creating a light frost, the first of the season. With a record-late corn and soybean moving towards maturity, the timing and intensity of a first freeze has the potential to break a crop. LaSalle County’s ...Read more
DEPUE – The Village of DePue will he home to the largest solar farm in Bureau County, advancing the state’s goal of reaching a quarter percent of renewable energy by 2025. Ameresco, Inc., a renewable energy and efficiency company, announced that it will develop a 27 ...Read more
WENONA – Politicians, local business leaders and elected officials announced details of a natural gas line expansion at Hearthside Foods in Wenona, Monday morning. Ameren Illinois completed a natural gas line upgrade from IL-71 and IL-251, south along IL-251 to just west of Tonica. The ...Read more
STREATOR – Beginning Tuesday, County Highway 40 on North 13th Road between East 25th Road and East 26th Road in Streator will be closed. The road will shut down between the hours of 8 a.m. and 12 p.m. for crane crossing for the Otter Creek Wind Farm. Locals are urged to seek alternative ...Read more
STREATOR – A home suffered what authorities called extensive damage Sunday night in Streator. After 9 PM the Streator Fire Department was called to the 1100 block of Arthur Street for a reporter structure fire. It took only 2 hours for crews to fully extinguish the blaze, which had ...Read more
OTTAWA – OSF HealthCare donates $900 to Marquette Academy athletic programs. This donation is a result of the sports physical fundraiser that took place on August 6. “We would like to thank OSF for this wonderful opportunity to not only accommodate our athletes to access their sports ...Read more
Barbara Davis of Sugar Grove recently made a $50,000 donation to Illinois Valley Community College’s agriculture complex capital campaign to memorialize her family’s farming history. The donation, announced at Thursday’s board meeting, was made in memory of her grandparents, Walley and ...Read more
OGLESBY- Illinois Valley Community College offered assistance to those who will be unemployed soon in Mendota. IVCC personnel recently conducted a cover letter and resume writing workshop for 15 Del Monte employees. It was announced in August that the long time canning facility is slated to ...Read more
OTTAWA – OSF HealthCare donates $900 to Marquette Academy athletic programs. This donation is a result of the sports physical fundraiser that took place on August 6. “We would like to thank OSF for this wonderful opportunity to not only accommodate our athletes to access their sports ...Read more
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