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MENDOTA – Like many other locals towns, Mendota will implement a municipal sales tax on legal marijuana. On Thursday night, Mendota’s City Council held a special meeting to approve  the 3% sales tax before the state’s September 30th deadline. City Attorney says the city is acting now ...Read more

SUBLETTE – Farmers of Lee County gathered at Rod’s Seed Building in Sublette to learn more about the farm programs of the 2018 Farm Bill. USDA’s Lee County Executive Director Jerald B. Quinton broke down four programs, Price Loss Coverage,  Ag Risk County Coverage, Ag Risk Individual ...Read more

  LASALLE – LaSalle Peru High School’s Board approved an annual salary increase for the new collective bargaining agreement between the local teacher’s union. After a closed session on Wednesday night, LaSalle-Peru High School’s Board of Education reported that they ...Read more

PERU – Better known as the man with unlimited levels of fearlessness, Levi LaVallee, a 13 time Winter X Games Medalist will be celebrating with Leone’s Polaris in Peru for their 50th anniversary this weekend. LaVallee’s snowmobile can be seen hanging upside down inside the ...Read more

CHICAGO – Statewide and local unemployment rates made a small decrease, but are now back to similar numbers seen in the spring. Local rates have remained steady throughout the summer, but the reduction experienced for the month of August takes numbers back even further to those of May, ...Read more

NEW YORK (AP) — Hundreds more Americans have been reported to have a vaping-related breathing illness, and the death toll has risen to 12, health officials said Thursday. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said 805 confirmed and probable cases have been reported, up 52% from the ...Read more

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The former chief executive officer of a central Illinois economic development organization has pleaded guilty to a theft charge for allegedly stealing thousands of dollars from it. Eric Berglund of Springfield was sentenced to two years’ probation Wednesday and a ...Read more

  SEATTLE (AP) — Seventeen states sued the Trump administration Wednesday to block rules weakening the Endangered Species Act, saying the changes would make it tougher to protect wildlife even in the midst of a global extinction crisis. The lawsuit, in federal court in San Francisco, ...Read more

BLOOMINGTON – The Illinois Farm Bureau President responded to the trade agreement with the U.S. and Japan. On Wednesday. the United States and Japan signed a limited trade deal that will open Japanese markets to American farm goods.The deal will reduce Japanese barriers to American beef, ...Read more

  CHICAGO – Local pump prices are showing signs of stabilization after attacks on two oil facilities in Saudi Arabia earlier this month. According to the American Automobile Association, gas stations reacted just as swiftly as the market, raising local prices by as much as a quarter. ...Read more