OTTAWA, PRINCETON – Local health departments report 17 recent infections from the novel coronavirus. The LaSalle County Health Department Sunday afternoon reports 11 new confirmed cases, while the Bureau, Putnam and Marshall County Health Departments report 6 new cases in Bureau County on ...Read more
PERU – Two teens are facing charges after allegedly damaging the new artificial turf of a football stadium Saturday morning with what authorities described was a Molotov Cocktail. The Peru Police Department say two 16-year-olds are in custody, one from Peru and one from LaSalle, after an ...Read more
OGLESBY – A way for parents of high school students to learn more about getting them started at college is coming to IVCC. Illinois Valley Community College’s Admissions Office will be hosting a live, virtual Parent College 101 Tuesday, September 29th from 5:30 to 7 PM. The free event is ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Four state agencies have signed a pact to protect monarch butterflies and other important pollinators whose numbers are dwindling.Representatives of the Illinois Departments of Natural Resources, Transportation and Agriculture and the Environmental Protection Agency ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago’s Museum of Contemporary Art is among 12 museums nationwide to receive money through an emergency grant program to help art museums struggling during the coronavirus pandemic. The New York-based Andrew W. Mellon Foundation says the program will have nearly $24 ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — A tumble dry -with the census. Community groups in Chicago offered two loads for free last week if customers at a coin laundry filled out census forms. Illinois has a 70% census response rate so far, but Chicago is at 60%. The deadline to fill out forms is getting close, and ...Read more
OGLESBY – Illinois Valley Community College has added a pair of business computer courses to its second eight-week schedule beginning Oct. 8. Introduction to Business Computer Systems is offered in a blended format with lecture online and a face-to-face lab at Ottawa Center, 321 W. Main St. ...Read more
By MICHAEL TARM Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — President Donald Trump announced the nomination of Amy Coney Barrett, a 48-year-old who would be among the youngest justices to assume a high-court seat and hence potentially one of the longest-serving. Her selection is as sure to energize the ...Read more
CHERRY – A combine fire in a soybean field was quickly extinguished Friday. The Cherry Fire Department along with the Arlington Fire Department were called to a field north east of Cherry around 4:30 PM. Both departments acted quickly to prevent the spread of the fire to the rest ...Read more
OTTAWA – A man in his 50’s has become the 57th novel coronavirus death in LaSalle County. On Saturday afternoon, the LaSalle County Health Department reported the new death, along with 18 additional confirmed positive COVID-19 cases. The 18 cases make 1704 in the county since the ...Read more
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