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LASALLE – Nathan Watson and Peter Limberger,  general manager of real estate development and co-founder of CL Enterprises, spoke to LaSalle City Council Monday night regarding plans for the redevelopment of the Maytag building. Watson explained that renovated two story building will host ...Read more

UTICA – IDOT has already presented preliminary plans as to how the finalized reconfiguration of the US Route 6 and Illinois Route 178 signaled intersection will look, but what impact will it have on the long lines of families visiting Starved Rock each summer? Using our Studstill Media News ...Read more

PRINCETON – Boil orders have been issued due to upcoming construction in Princeton. Starting tomorrow at 8 a.m. All addresses from 521 N. Euclid Ave to 725 N. Euclid Avenue are under a boil order until further notice. On Wednesday at 8 a.m. all addresses from 9 N. Euclid Ave to 511 N. ...Read more

The 2019 Illinois Spring Trout Fishing Season opened this weekend at 59 lakes and ponds throughout the state. Local trout fishing is located at the Illinois and Michigan Canal lock 14, Lake Mendota and the Hennepin Canal Parkway. Fishing licenses and Inland Trout Stamps for those interested in ...Read more

PONTIAC – Two men are in custody after the Pontiac Narcotics Team seized what authorities say was drugs after a search warrant  Friday. According to the Pontiac Police Department around 6:30 pm a warrant executed by the Narcotics Unit in the 900 block of W. Madison Street that resulted in ...Read more

SPRING VALLEY – Blunt force trauma was allegedly the cause of death of a Spring Valley woman found dead in her apartment, Friday. According to the Spring Valley police department and the Bureau County Coroner’s Office, an autopsy Monday of 28-year-old Marissa S. Roberts revealed the ...Read more

SPRING VALLEY – The boyfriend of a woman who authorities say was the victim of a homicide on Friday in Spring Valley still remains in a jail out of state awaiting extradition. On Friday police were called to an apartment on Ponsetti drive where they discovered the victim, identified as ...Read more

OTTAWA – Police officers will be granted nine credit hours toward an Illinois Valley Community College criminal justice degree or certificate, Criminal Justice Program Coordinator Kevin Hermes announced today.             Beginning this fall, State of Illinois-certified officers ...Read more

OGLESBY – The largest gift in Illinois Valley Community College’s 95-year history grew this week to $1.2 million as the college received an additional contribution from the estate of Dr. Mary Margaret Weeg. Dr. Rose Marie Lynch, executor of the Weeg estate, presented IVCC President ...Read more