OTTAWA – Ottawa City Council announced that the Ferracuti mansion on Columbus Street will be annexed into the city and used as a group home for unwed mothers. Jim Downey and Janis Ferracuti, widow of lawyer Peter Ferracutti who died October of 2017, reached an agreement with the city ...Read more
OTTAWA – Certain dog and puppy foods are being recalled due to toxic levels of Vitamin D. According to Dr. Dan Lendy of Chessie Lane Animal Hospital, fat soluble vitamins like A and D have a greater risk of harming your pets due to calcification build-up in the kidneys, ultimately leading ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – Illinois hunters took nearly 81,000 deer during this year’s firearm deer hunting season. That’s a slight increase over last year. Local hunters in LaSalle, and Bureau County are also hunting more deer than last year. LaSalle County hunters took home nearly 100 more ...Read more
DEKALB – The Dekalb County Sheriff’s Office was awarded a $20,000 grant. The Dekalb County Community Foundation awarded a Community Needs Grant to the sheriff’s office to help fund purchases of mobile dispatch console computers for the Sheriff’s Mobile Command Post. The ...Read more
. @Cavs and @NBA fans, help me in sending prayers and love to the Soliman family and the Holy Cross community after this tragic loss. Karl, 7th grader and NBA fan, died while playing the sport he loved in his tournament this weekend. Our hearts go out to his family at this time. ...Read more
LASALLE – The LaSalle City Council approved the Illinois Cement petition to rezone and annex 12 parcels of land in Dimmick after a month of public discussion. The unanimous decision was reached in Wednesday night’s meeting, which was held after Monday night’s two-and-a-half-hour heated ...Read more
LASALLE – Monday afternoon authorities executed a search warrant in LaSalle and took a Chicago man into custody on Cocaine Charges. According to the Tri-County Drug Enforcement Narcotics Team, they, along with the LaSalle Police, Peru Special Investigation Unit, and LaSalle County Tactical ...Read more
SENECA – The Seneca Police Department warned residents on Wednesday via social media that they received reports of someone soliciting in the town without authorization. The individual or individuals claimed to work for Nicor. The police urge anyone to contact authorities if someone ...Read more
NORMAL – A bus carrying a high school girls basketball team was struck head on by a tractor trailer on I-74 Wednesday night. According to the Illinois State Police they have confirmed two fatalities and multiple serious injuries requiring life flight helicopters. The students, all ...Read more
LASALLE – The LaSalle City Council approved Illinois Cement’s request to annex and rezone 12 parcels of land within Dimmick Township at a Wednesday night meeting. The unanimous vote will allow the mining company to begin excavating limestone beneath the earth east of Route 251. A well ...Read more
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