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PERU – A man was arrested on cocaine charges, Friday after an investigation by the Peru Police Department. According to authorities, 39-year-old Kilman R. Johnson of Peru was taken into custody at 2 p.m. by detectives with the Peru Police Department’s Special Investigation unit on a ...Read more

T‪ISKILWA – A building was leveled in what authorities say was an explosion Friday morning in rural Bureau County. According to a Bureau County Sheriff’s Deputy, the cause of the blast has not been determined in the 19000 block of Plow Creek Road. Tiskilwa, Bureau and Princeton ...Read more

SPRINGFIELD – During the Independence Day holiday weekend and throughout the busy summer boating season, Illinois Conservation Police remind boat operators and passengers to stay sober and wear life jackets while on the water. “The last week in June was a particularly sad week for our ...Read more

SPRINGFIELD – Helping to protect the earned wages and tips of workers, state Rep. Lance Yednock, D-Ottawa, helped pass critical legislation ensuring that employees collect their money. “The working men and women of my district deserve to keep every penny they earn,” said Yednock. “My ...Read more

SPRINGFIELD – The pathogen which causes Sudden Oak Death, a plant disease that has killed large tracts of oaks and affected many native plant species in California, Oregon, and Europe, has been found in Illinois. Phytophthora ramorum, the causal agent of Sudden Oak Death (SOD) has been ...Read more

SPRINGFIELD – The pathogen which causes Sudden Oak Death, a plant disease that has killed large tracts of oaks and affected many native plant species in California, Oregon, and Europe, has been found in Illinois. Phytophthora ramorum, the causal agent of Sudden Oak Death (SOD) has been ...Read more

    LASALLE – The right lane of I-39 southbound near mile post 61, two miles north of I-80 near La Salle has buckled and is closed to traffic, according to Illinois State Police District 17. Police say the left lane remains open. Use caution when approaching the area. This is the ...Read more

    OTTAWA – Ottawa’s I-80 pedestrian bridge project is moving into its construction phase with plans going out to bid in the near future. Mayor Dan Aussem says the city is waiting on easements from businesses in order to move sidewalk where the bridge will be on the west ...Read more

OTTAWA – The fourth of July isn’t just the nation’s independence day, according to an old farming proverb, its a benchmark for corn crops. If all is well, corn should be knee high by the fourth of July, but in previous years its been as high as an elephant’s eye. So where ...Read more