OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Health Department says 142 people have been confirmed infected of the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours. That bests the previous high of 90, set just two days ago, and gives the county a 7 day rolling average of 80 cases a day, also a high. The ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health confirmed a record number of new COVID-19 cases on Thursday. 9,935 new cases were reported as well as 97 additional deaths, bringing the death toll since the start of the pandemic to over 10,000. 3 individuals from LaSalle County were ...Read more
OGLESBY – Grace McCormick of Peru is the Illinois Valley Community College Foundation’s 21st Century Scholar for 2020. McCormick, a 4.0 GPA student, plans a career in nonprofit management and hopes to eventually run an agency aiding the homeless or victims of domestic violence. ...Read more
PONTIAC – The Livingston County Health Department is seeking cooperation from those they contact to help speed up their job in slowing down the spread of COVID-19. They say that since contact tracing began in March, nearly 74,000 hours have been dedicated to contact tracing at the ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – Illinois Supreme Court Justice Thomas Kilbride did not meet the required threshold to remain on the bench after the election Tuesday. The former Chief Justice only received 56.4% of the vote, short of the 60% required to retain his position. Kilbride said Wednesday that he was ...Read more
DEKALB – The DeKalb County Health Department reported 68 additional cases of COVID-19. This makes 3,046 cases the county has seen since the start of the pandemic, with 43 deaths. Throughout the state of Illinois, over 7,500 new coronavirus cases were reported, as well as 55 new deaths. The ...Read more
OTTAWA – A female in her 80’s is the 72nd and most recent COVID-19 related death in LaSalle County. The health department confirmed the death, as well as 61 new cases and 44 more recoveries, on Wednesday. Since the start of the pandemic, LaSalle County Health Department has confirmed ...Read more
SPRING VALLEY – Five people were injured after a two vehicle crash Monday in Putnam County. According to the Illinois State Police they were called to Illinois Route 89 near North 850th Road around 11:45 PM for a collision. Authorities say a vehicle driven by an 18-year-old Peru man ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – In the area Illinois General Assembly races Democratic incumbent in the 76th District Lance Yednock is holding a near 4,000 vote lead over Republican challenger Travis Breeden. In the 90th District, Republican Tom Demmer has defeated Democrat Seth Wiggins, claiming 64% of the ...Read more
MENDOTA – The Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center will hold a blood drive from noon until 5 PM on Friday in Conference Room C at OSF HealthCare Saint Paul Medical Center in Mendota. Volunteer blood donors are invited to support the local blood supply by scheduling an appointment to ...Read more
