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  PERU – Construction for Peru’s North Peoria Roadway improvement and roundabout project will begin soon. On Monday night, the city approved a $3.9 million dollar bid from Advanced Asphalt to take on the project, with some of the work set to start this fall. City Engineer Eric ...Read more

STEATOR – The city of Streator is tasked to get the highest amount of money in LaSalle County’s opioid settlement. LaSalle County State’s Attorney Karen Donnelly recently filed a comprehensive 320 page complaint against the manufacturers and distributors of opioids, like Purdue ...Read more

  CHICAGO (AP) — Officials say the ex-fiance of an Illinois woman charged in the beating death of her 5-year-old son has died of an apparent drug overdose. The Chicago Tribune reports that officials confirmed 36-year-old Daniel Nowicki Jr. was pronounced dead Sunday in a hospital in ...Read more

  DIXON – A Dixon man is in custody after reportedly chasing a woman with a knife, ending in an alleged pursuit with authorities. According to the Lee County Sheriff’s Office, on Tuesday at 6:30 a.m. they responded to a disturbance in the 150o road on Route 52 in rural Dixon. ...Read more

PERU – Four neighbors were commended for their efforts in notifying authorities and saving pets in a Sunday evening house fire in Peru. At Monday night’s city council meeting, Mayor Scott Harl presented the, “Good Neighbor” award to a couple who called the authorities and two men ...Read more

    OGLESBY – Portions of Starved Rock and Matthiessen state parks are closed due to flooding over the weekend. With more wet weather in the works for this week, Site Superintendent Kerry Novak says those places will likely be closed this weekend. Currently, the lower main parking ...Read more

OTTAWA – Wet weather is set to delay most farming in LaSalle County this week. According to LaSalle County’s Farm Bureau President David Isermann, crops are yet to recover from the previous rain they experienced a week before. ISERMANN: “The reports I’ve heard in the ...Read more

  OTTAWA – A Flood warning remains in effect for the Illinois River until further notice, and more rain is headed our way. On Friday, the area was hit heavy with rain, hail and severe thunderstorms leaving folks with flooded basements. According to weatherology Meteorologist Ray ...Read more

  WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is warning that the Democrat-driven impeachment proceedings and any move to oust him from office amount to “treason” and would spark a civil war, prompting outrage from a Republican congressman. Trump tweeted a conservative ...Read more