MARSEILLES – The city of Marseilles has been awarded a boat access grant. According to Austin Taylor of North Central Illinois Council of Governments, Marseilles will be receiving $200,000 for a long-awaited boat launch. Earlier this week Governor J.B. Pritzker announced Marseilles was one ...Read more
OTTAWA – Residents spoke out against a used car tax that they say were billed for the day after Christmas. During public comment at Tuesday’s city council meeting, multiple residents say there was no prior announcement to the tax they got in the mail after the holiday. According ...Read more
DALZELL – A feline rescue group that believes in humane methods for reducing feral population has taken in over 1000 local cats in the past few years. Safe House in Dalzell rescues stray cats from LaSalle and Bureau County through a trap, neuter, and release program. Not all ferrals will ...Read more
UNDATED – Some farmers in LaSalle County are still out on the fields getting harvest wrapped up. As December came around, farmers locally and statewide were hoping to be done by the new year. However, this past month weather has not been in the favor of farmers, leaving most fields too ...Read more
STREATOR – The Otter Creek Wind Farm Project east of Streator is expected to be completed by the end of the month. Local residents have probably started to see some wind turbines spinning their propellers. According to Paul Copleman of Avangrid Renewables, 22 wind turbines are fully ...Read more
LELAND – A teacher with Leland school has been selected to receive an honor for his contributions in the classroom. History teacher Jim Spring was chosen as the Illinois state winner of the Daughters of the American Revolution Outstanding Teacher of American History award. He will get the ...Read more
SOMONAUK – A Florida man is dead after a single vehicle crash in southern DeKalb county. According to the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office, 26-year-old Dylan Wesolowski of Oswego was traveling north on Somonauk Road just south of Pratt Road between Sandwich and Somonauk when for unknown ...Read more
MENDOTA – A new member of the Mendota fire department was added Monday night to help with a staffing shortage. New firefighter Dalton Huftel was sworn in as a full time firefighter/paramedic. Following the oath, his grandfather received the honor of pinning on his badge. ...Read more
PERU – The first baby of 2020 born at Illinois Valley Community Hospital in Peru was announced. A baby boy was born January 3rd to Eva Gabriela Escatel of Spring Valley. Damian Rodriquez is the second child of Escatel and partner Alvaro Rodriquez. He was 6 lbs and 15 oz and 19 inches ...Read more
PERU – A driver of a dump truck is dead after his truck struck a bridge overpass Friday night. According to Peru Police, they were called to the scene at Route 251 and Route 6 around 4:30 Friday afternoon. Police report that a large roll off dump truck crashed into the Route 6 ...Read more
