SPRINGFIELD – The latest county unemployment numbers have been released by the state, and they show job growth throughout North Central Illinois in August. LaSalle County is over 9%, from a high rate in May of 18.4% unemployment. Bureau County is lower, at 7.1%. Woodford and ...Read more
ROCK FALLS – A rare sighting of an Armadillo in northern Illinois happened in Rock Falls Saturday night. The Rock Falls Police Department said it was one of the strangest animal related service calls they could remember. The Armadillo was spotted near the Rock River, and after ...Read more
MARSEILLES – J.B. Pritzker attended a ceremony to honor the National Guard and Illinois’ Gold Star families in Marseilles. The event, held at the Middle East Conflicts Wall on Sunday, honored families of servicemen and women who sacrificed their lives while serving in the ...Read more
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
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
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
PRINCETON – The Bureau, Putnam and Marshall County Health Departments announced Friday evening 17 new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, and that Putnam County is now on the state’s warning list. The health department said that Bureau County has been removed from Illinois’ ...Read more
