LASALLE – Bicycle enthusiasts can explore around LaSalle with the new I&M Canal Bike Share Program. On Friday, the Canal Corridor Association hosted a ribbon cutting at the I & M Canal’s Visitor’s Center in Downtown LaSalle to celebrate the program. Corridor Association ...Read more
LASALLE – LaSalle Fire Department is opening house for a ribbon-cutting and dedication of station No. 2 on Saturday. The open house is from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at their main station on Fifth Street. The party will move across the street at 11 a.m. to dedicate station No. 2. The ...Read more
STREATOR – Five local fire departments were included in the 90 Illinois departments that will share over $88,000 through a grant by Illinois American Water. Recipients of the grant include, Streator Fire Department, Long Point Community Volunteer Fire Protection District, Leonore Volunteer ...Read more
STREATOR – Five local fire departments were included in the 90 Illinois departments that will share over $88,000 through a grant by Illinois American Water. Recipients of the grant include, Streator Fire Department, Long Point Community Volunteer Fire Protection District, Leonore Volunteer ...Read more
STREATOR – Five local fire departments were included in the 90 Illinois departments that will share over $88,000 through a grant by Illinois American Water. Recipients of the grant include, Streator Fire Department, Long Point Community Volunteer Fire Protection District, Leonore Volunteer ...Read more
STREATOR – A quick response to a call for a fire Thursday evening in Streator helped limit damage to a body shop. According to the Streator Fire Department they were called around 8 PM to the 700 block of East Hickory Street for a fire that was already going through the roof. The blaze ...Read more
MENDOTA- The overtime is piling up and the Fire Department in Mendota is stretched thin. That’s according to members of the department and the Mendota City Council who met Thursday afternoon to try to find solutions to being understaffed. Options discussed were bringing in a private ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – Deer hunters statewide in Illinois are encouraged to allow samples to be taken for chronic wasting disease testing from adult deer they harvest. In LaSalle County, the following sites are currently serving as self-serve drop-off sites where hunters can fill out a sample ...Read more
STREATOR – The Streator Area United Way is over 57% of the way to its 2019 goal. This year the organizations goal is $269,579. 2019 campaign chairperson Jon Mase says the employers of Schultz Monument, Schultz Vault, Streator Unlimited and Streator Home Savings Bank are at 100% ...Read more
STREATOR – State Senator Sue Rezin, Senator Jason Barickman and Representative Lance Yednock, gave Streator people a briefing on their legislative session and what they hope for the future of Illinois, on Thursday morning at Evergreen Place Supportive Living. Sen. Sue Rezin, ...Read more
