LASALLE – LaSalle-Peru High School’s Building and Grounds committee is putting the brakes on a solar panel proposal, for now. Plans for the solar garden proposed at the high school’s sports complex included a $25,000 annual rental fee over 20 years. The original design and ...Read more
STERLING – A Peru man is one of 57 cadets who recently graduated from the Illinois State Police Academy. Earlier this month, Trooper Tavis Fivek reported for duty at District 1 in Sterling. Fivek a former telecommunicator for the ISP will ride along with a field training officer for the ...Read more
LASALLE – One man is in custody after a buy/bust operation in LaSalle. According to the Tri-County Drug Enforcement Narcotics Team on Monday afternoon, a buy/bust operation conducted in the 1300 block of 5th Street in LaSalle resulted in the arrest of 28-year-old Blake A. Couch of ...Read more
PERU – Children brought to the Illinois Valley Community Hospital urgent walk-in clinic are receiving “busy bags” to help them pass the time while waiting for treatment. Sue Manning of Spring Valley, has already been putting bags together bags for kids at the emergency department and ...Read more
STERLING – A coyote was rescued after being struck by a vehicle near Sterling Monday afternoon. The Whiteside County Sheriff’s Office say they were called around 5:20 PM for a car that had struck an animal in the road. Upon arrival they discovered a live coyote wedged in the ...Read more
MENDOTA – Mendota Aldermen discussed the police and fire pension at Monday night’s city council meeting. Alderman Bill Hunt announced that the police pension fund would be increased by 4.47%, up to just over $611,000, with the fire pension fund increasing by .81% to around $182,000. Hunt ...Read more
LASALLE – LaSalle’s City Council approved a number of rules for food trucks that wish to vend in the city. At Monday night’s council meeting, city Attorney presented several ordinances previously discussed to be approved for food truck sales. Mobile food vendors will only be allowed in ...Read more
OTTAWA – This Thursday, smokers will be challenged to quit for the day as part of the Great American Smoke Out. The LaSalle County Health Department is in on the movement sponsored by the American Cancer Society to encourage smokers to give up cigarettes for 24 hours. LaSalle ...Read more
LASALLE CO. – Harvest season is continuing to pose challenges for farmers across LaSalle County. Illinois Farmers are weeks behind in harvesting mainly due to the various weather extremes that began in the Spring. Now they’re faced with cold and wet grounds from recent rain and ...Read more
VANDALIA, Ill. (AP) — A small Illinois school is grieving the deaths of two students in a weekend crash that also killed the grandparents of one of the girls. Fourteen-year-old Vandalia High School freshman Jenna Protz died along with her grandparents, 73-year-old William Protz and 72-year-old ...Read more
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