ILLINOIS – The American Red Cross has an urgent need for blood donors to ensure blood is available for medical treatments and emergencies during the holiday season. According to the Red Cross, blood donations often decline during the holidays, along with severe winter weather causing blood ...Read more
OTTAWA – The Illinois Waterway Visitor Center will now be open 7 days a week, as of Thursday. The visitor center, is located at Starved Rock Lock and Dam in Ottawa, and operated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District. The facility is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. to the ...Read more
MENDOTA – A teen was seriously injured Sunday evening after crashing into a building in downtown Mendota. Around 10 p.m. Mendota and Troy Grove Fire Departments were called to the 700 block of Main Street after a car, which authorities say was traveling east on Washington Street, for ...Read more
LASALLE – A child has died after collapsing at a basketball game Saturday in LaSalle. Around 3:15 p.m. LaSalle EMS were called to Lincoln Junior High for the report of a child having a seizure. The student was playing basketball for Mendota’s Holy Cross in a 7th grade tournament. ...Read more
OGLESBY – Auditions for the Illinois Valley Community College theatre department’s spring 2019 production of “Mamma Mia!” will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 9 and 6 p.m. Monday, Dec. 10 in the Dr. Mary Margaret Weeg Cultural Centre. Callbacks will be Tuesday, Dec. 11. Auditions are ...Read more
DWIGHT – Authorities say a single vehicle crash claimed the life of one Livingston County man early Friday morning. The Livingston County Coroner stated that 22 year-old Collin Csecsinovits of Dwight, Illinois was pronounced dead at the scene just south of Dwight, at 2900 E. 2675 North ...Read more
OGLESBY – The old Illinois Valley Community College dairy barn just south of the south entrance to campus will be demolished beginning early Monday morning. S & K Excavating & Trucking of Yorkville will begin taking down the structure with their heavy equipment sometime after 6:30 ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — A report from the Illinois Department of Public Health says more women have been crossing state lines to get abortions in Illinois. The Chicago Tribune reports that the findings released this week show more than 5,500 women from other states traveled to Illinois last year for ...Read more
GARY, Ind. (AP) — Some former Indiana casino executives are behind a new company buying the two Gary casinos with aims of moving them off the Lake Michigan shore. The new entity Spectacle Entertainment has announced it is buying the Majestic Star Casino boats in Gary for an undisclosed price. ...Read more
MENDOTA – The Mendota Area Chamber of Commerce is postponing all outdoor activities for “A Mendota Christmas”. In a release from the Mendota Chamber of Commerce, due to the rainy weather that is expected for tomorrow, all outdoor activities and events for “A Mendota ...Read more
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