SPRINGFIELD – Governor J.B. Pritzker received his COVID-19 vaccine Wednesday at a mass vaccination site in Springfield. The Governor visited the Illinois National Guard and the Sangamon County Department of Public Health mass vaccination site at the Illinois State Fairgrounds and spoke ...Read more
LASALLE – LaSalle’s City council approved of an electric car charging station for the downtown area. Economic Developement Director Leah Inman says the $8,000 station that supports charging two electric vehicles will be ready by the summer time. A location is yet to be decided. After ...Read more
OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Health Department confirmed that an individual in his 80’s has died with COVID-19. This is now the 285th COVID-19 related death the county has reported. In addition to the death, 14 new cases of coronavirus were confirmed in the county, individuals ranging in ...Read more
STREATOR – Prom season is underway and Streator high schools are hashing out plans to make the special event possible. Woodland High School is planning a prom under the conditions that students who plan to attend take a COVID-19 test on two Fridays before the event and all dates must ...Read more
CHICAGO – The Illinois Governor’s Office of Early Childhood Development (GOECD) today announced a new pilot program to address obstacles faced by rural child care providers in meeting the state’s quality of care standards. In partnership with the Illinois Department of ...Read more
OTTAWA – 23 new cases of COVID-19 were reported by the LaSalle County Health Department, making a total of 11,237 cases seen in the county since the pandemic began last year. In addition to these cases, the LCHD also confirmed 34 more recoveries. Of the positive cases reported in the ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – County unemployment rates spiked in January according to the Illinois Department of Employment Security. LaSalle County unemployment for the first month of 2021 was the highest locally at 8.5%, compared to 6.3% in December. Putnam and Bureau County were not far behind ...Read more
MENDOTA – The Mendota Police Department are still looking into the whereabouts of a man they say has been missing since September 22nd. Authorities say that 33-year-old Wesley J. Shaver of Mendota was last seen around Rockford six months ago wearing an olive green hooded sweatshirt, grey/blue ...Read more
OTTAWA – The 100 block of West Washington Street from Columbus Street west to the alley will be closed to all traffic beginning Monday, March 22nd, by 7:00 a.m. The alley will remain open but equipment needed for roof repairs at St. Columba Church will require closing the east half of ...Read more
OTTAWA – It was one year ago that the pandemic first arrived in LaSalle County. A teen was the first reported case, according to the LaSalle County Health Department. Since then, over 10,000 residents have tested positive with 258 deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus. Vaccine ...Read more
