SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health announced 546 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the state on Wednesday, including 87 additional deaths. IDPH is currently reporting a total of 134,185 cases since the pandemic began, along with 6,485 deaths. Governor JB Pritzker also ...Read more
STREATOR – Just before midnight Tuesday the Streator Fire Department were called to a structure fire in the 900 block of Hall Street. When they arrived they discovered the corner of an exterior of a home on fire. It took crews just four minutes to extinguish the blaze, which damaged ...Read more
OTTAWA – Ottawa’s city council voted to approve an amendment to an ordinance that would ban garbage trucks from using alleyways to pickup waste. As the city plans to make improvements to the alleys, the council explained that it would be a waste of money to repair these alleys and still ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health announced 623 new cases of COVID-19 in the state, as well as 72 additional deaths. The IDPH also announced that 26 men at the East Moline Correctional Center have been confirmed positive for the coronavirus. Three staff at the ...Read more
OTTAWA – LaSalle County Health Department confirmed a single additional COVID-19 case in the county on Tuesday, bringing the total since the pandemic began to 183 cases. The individual is a male in his 60’s who is recovering in isolation. The health department also announced that a ...Read more
MORRIS- A Chicago man is dead after being struck by a semi-truck on I-80 in Grundy County on Tuesday. Authorities say the man was eastbound in a vehicle when for unknown reasons he collided with a guardrail. After the crash 20-year-old Jake C. Enblom apparently began walking in the ...Read more
LASALLE -LaSalle City Council held its first in-person meeting since March, with a few new improvements to the council chamber. The room now features two large monitors behind the mayor and aldermen. Mayor Jeff Grove said that these screens may help the council avoid having to print out ...Read more
PERU – Visitor restrictions at Illinois Valley Community Hospital have been loosened further as the number of new coronavirus cases in the area goes down. IVCH announced Monday that patients on the hospital’s medical floor and in the intensive care unit will each be allowed to have ...Read more
OGLESBY- The Park Rangers at Starved Rock State Park and Matthiessen State Park warned visitors about disturbing the rocks in and around streams. They announced yesterday that they have had some destruction of the native habitat at Matthiessen State Park caused by a person or persons moving ...Read more
MENDOTA- It was announced that Mendota High School principal Denise Aughenbaugh will become the next Superintendent in the summer of 2023. Aughenbaugh has been with MHS since 2004. Current Superintendent Jeff Prusator informed WGLC of the Mendota High School Board’s decision Monday ...Read more
