https://www.facebook.com/perupolice.org/posts/3636391976470493 PERU – The Peru Police Department are mourning the loss of former K-9 Mackey. Mackey served with Handler Sgt. Art Smith from 2008-2012 and passed away Thursday. He was the city’s first K-9, and assisted in many incidents, ...Read more
MARSEILLES – The city of Marseilles is looking to the public for help after multiple instances of vandalism. On Friday they announced a $500 reward for information leading to identifying whomever is responsible for the damage at Knudson Park. Among the items broken include playground ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity announced the recipients for the 2020 Community Development Block Grants for Public Infrastructure. A total of $18.2 million will be awarded statewide for water and sewer system improvements. The Village of Buda, ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White has extended all driver’s license and ID card expiration dates an additional two months. All expired driver’s licenses and ID cards, as well as those expiring over the next four months, are now valid until Aug. 1, 2021. This ...Read more
PERU – A Galva man is dead and others injured after a multiple vehicle crash on Route 6 in Peru on Thursday. According to the LaSalle County Coroner’s Office, 51-year-old Joseph L. Janz succumbed to his injuries after his involvement in a crash near 21 W. U.S Route 6 on the west end of ...Read more
OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Health Department has gone two weeks without reporting a COVID-19 related death. This is the longest time the county has gone without a coronavirus related death since early October. The LCHD reported 24 new cases of COVID-19 on Thursday, totaling 11,560 since ...Read more
STREATOR – Illinois American Water’s Streator District has a new facility. A ribbon-cutting was held with employees and the Streator Chamber of Commerce at their new facility located at 1301 West Main Street. The new 12,000 sq. ft. facility represents an investment of approximately ...Read more
Dr. Maureen Rebholz PHOTO IVCC OGLESBY – Dr. Maureen Rebholz of LaSalle is Illinois Valley Community College’s 2021 nominee for the state’s top community college alumnus award. Rebholz was nominated for the Illinois Community College Trustees Association (ICCTA) Distinguished ...Read more
STREATOR – The Illinois Department of Transportation announced that a total of $7 million has been awarded to projects statewide to help with the transportation of goods around the state. The Truck Access Route Program helps upgrade and maintain roads that can accommodate 80,000 lb ...Read more
MENDOTA – A non-verbal man who was located in a field south of Mendota on Wednesday morning remains hospitalized. The Mendota Police Department say that a passer-by called them to an area near 7th Avenue and Cherry Street for a person wearing only socks and a pair of sweatpants. The ...Read more
