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  OTTAWA – Ottawa’s I-80 pedestrian bridge project could be completed by next year. At Tuesday night’s city council meeting, a resolution authorizing federal grant participation and a maintenance agreement to care for the bridge was passed. Mayor Dan Aussem says the city ...Read more

PRINCETON – Attorneys involved in the case of a Spring Valley man charged with murder agreed for further pre-trial on Wednesday. 37-year-old Eddie L. Mentgen is charged with first degree murder for his alleged involvement in the April homicide of 28-year-old Marissa Roberts. On Wednesday ...Read more

  MORRIS – Pretty soon Pebbles the bison will have a companion at Buffalo Rock State Park. 14-year-old Pebbles has been living alone since her mother Holly’s passing in September. Site Superintendent Daniel Bell for the Illinois & Michigan Canal State Trail says he’s ...Read more

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Police say officers arrested an Illinois man after finding marijuana hidden in his minivan along Interstate 80 in Nebraska. The Lincoln Police Department says the vehicle was stopped for speeding Monday in Lincoln. Lancaster County Court records say a police dog alerted ...Read more

POINTE-AUX-CHENES – A Pekin, Illinois man has died after a mishap at a dock involving an ice chest in Louisiana. The Terrebonne Parish Sheriff Jerry Larpenter said that on Monday afternoon 70-year-old Johnny Martin was a passenger on a small boat when they attempted to offload a 50-quart ...Read more

LASALLE – A man who allegedly fled a traffic stop and then later was pursued by the Princeton Police is in custody. According to Illinois State Police District 17, the unnamed person is now in custody. His identity is yet to be released nor have specific charges been announced. The Bureau ...Read more

OTTAWA – The key to the city of Ottawa was awarded to Don and Betty Gillette at Tuesday night’s council meeting. Comissioner Wayne Eichelkraut says the parade product business owners have become synonymous with music and holiday festivities. The couple of 62 years developed the festival ...Read more

  CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) — Illinois’ congressional delegation is backing Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s appeal to the Federal Emergency Management Agency to reverse its decision to deny aid to individual flood victims. FEMA in September determined the flooding 22 counties sustained along ...Read more

  LASALLE – The city of LaSalle is amending their zoning ordinances to allow growth, manufacturing and dispensing of cannabis. On Monday night, Mayor Jeff Grove said that the passing of the ordinance is to prepare for potential opportunities in the future. The zoning board will ...Read more

PRINCETON – A Spring Valley man accused of killing his girlfriend is scheduled for pre-trial on Wednesday. 37-year-old Eddie L. Mentgen, charged with first degree murder for his alleged involvement in the April homicide of 28-year-old Marissa Roberts. In August, Mentgen waived his rights to ...Read more