OTTAWA – OSF HealthCare Saint Elizabeth Medical Center has been named to Newsweek magazine’s 2020 list of Best Maternity Care Hospitals. The distinction recognizes facilities that have excelled in providing care to mothers, newborns, and their families as verified by the 2019 ...Read more
OTTAWA – The Vote By Mail application forms have started to be delivered to residents in LaSalle County this week for the November General Election. Registered voters simply need to sign their pre-filled applications and send them to the LaSalle County Clerk’s Office by October 29 to ...Read more
DIXON – A man suspected of crashing his car into a Lee County Sheriff’s Deputy vehicle and fleeing on foot has not been captured. The Lee County Sheriff’s Office is on the lookout for 34-year-old Donald E. Powell who was last seen around Dixon. Sheriff John Simonton stated they ...Read more
OTTAWA – Cases are on the rise of COVID-19 across North Central Illinois after a relative calm for a few weeks in mid-July. Friday LaSalle County reported 25 new infections, ahead of the eight reported in Bureau County. Livingston County tallied 5 more positive test results. ...Read more
MENDOTA – In the last seven days there have been six COVID-19 related deaths among residents and another 77 residents and staff have tested positive at Heritage Health in Mendota. The facility in Mendota is not alone in reporting new cases, with a pair of infections among residents or ...Read more
PERU – A Peru man is facing drug charges after being arrested by the Tri-County Drug Enforcement Narcotics Team. They say that Thursday evening they conducted a buy/bust operation in the 2900 block of 4th St in Peru. During the investigation, agents made a controlled purchase of less ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health Friday announced 2,084 new confirmed cases of coronavirus in Illinois, including 21 additional confirmed deaths, 11 of those from the Chicagoland area. Currently, the IDPH is reporting a total of 190,508 cases, including 7,613 deaths, in ...Read more
DIXON – The Lee County Sheriff’s Office say that a man who has an active warrant out of Indiana fled a crash with a Lee County Squad Car. In an announcement this morning, they say that 34-year-old Donald E. Powell was allegedly involved in a pursuit that began in Rock Falls. He ...Read more
CHICAGO- Governor J.B. Pritzker on Friday announced new IDPH guidelines and emergency rules to enforce the rules of mass gatherings and face coverings for businesses. Businesses who fail to enforce mask rules for employees will now face warnings and fines if local authorities find they are ...Read more
KINGSTON – A DeKalb County man is dead after a single vehicle crash in the early morning hours of Friday. The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office say that 35-year-old Chaz D. Tischhauer of Kingston was pronounced dead at the scene after being ejected during the rollover crash. ...Read more
