OGLESBY – Illinois Valley Community College’s Adult Education department has a new English as a Second Language and Adult Basic Education/High School Equivalency Aid with a familiar face: recent HSE graduate Natasha Delaney. Delaney, of Spring Valley, was a featured speaker in this ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White announced that a new email service is available to members of the public who need information on reinstating driving privileges, obtaining driving relief or scheduling an administrative hearing. Individuals who have a driver’s license ...Read more
OGLESBY- The Illinois Valley Community College agriculture program, along with partners AgView FS, Ford and Sons, GRAINCO FS, tenant farmer Luke Holly and University of Illinois Extension recently planted four cover crop demonstration plots on 60 acres of the college farm. Plots include cereal ...Read more
PRINCETON – The Bureau, Putnam, and Marshall County Health Departments reported Saturday the latest COVID-19 death, a Bureau County man in his 60’s. This is the 2nd death in Bureau County from the virus in the past three days, and the 18th since the pandemic began. The LaSalle ...Read more
OGLESBY – Illinois Valley Community College’s Continuing Education Center will be offering Food Service Sanitation courses face-to-face from 8:30 a.m. to noon Tuesday and Thursday Oct. 20 and 22 with the exam from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. Monday, Oct. 26. The course will assist the manager ...Read more
OTTAWA – The combination of high winds and low humidity will put North Central Illinois under a red flag warning for fire. With plenty of acres of fields still waiting to be harvested, it is advised that no burning of any type should be done. Winds gusting as high as 50 mph will make ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – Lee and DeKalb Counties are among 34 counties statewide now at warning levels for the novel coronavirus disease. A county gets on the warning list when 2 or more of the state’s risk indicators are exceeded. Lee County logged 199 cases per 100,000 people, 4 times the ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health for the second straight day said the state has now broken its one day novel coronavirus case record. 4,554 new cases have been reported statewide in the past 24 hours, topping yesterday’s record 4,015 deaths. Statewide, the ...Read more
LASALLE – The Illinois State Police will be conducting additional patrols looking for those who travel the roadways without seat belts. During October, LaSalle County will see troopers looking for those drivers and passengers who are not properly restrained. Illinois law requires all ...Read more
STREATOR – This week it was announced that over $200,000 has been pledged for the Streator Area United Way. Josh Biros, the 2020 Campaign Chairperson announced that over 74% of the almost $270,000 goal has been reached. The Streator Area United Way has been a part of the community since ...Read more
