PERU – The Illinois Department of Transportation announced that repairs to a damaged beam on the bridge that carries U.S. Route 6 over Illinois 251 in Peru begin on Monday. They say the work work will require some daytime lane closures on Illinois 251 in both directions. Motorists can ...Read more
OTTAWA – The Illinois Department of Transportation announced that full overnight closures of Interstate 80 in La Salle County begin Monday night. The project to remove and replace the bridge that carries East 12th Road over I-80 requires all lanes closed July 27th-29th from 9 PM to 5 ...Read more
OGLESBY – Illinois Valley Community College’s Continuing Education Center will be offering Real Estate and Basic Forklift Operation classes for fall. Real Estate Broker Pre-License (REA-1200-350) is a blended, 75-hour class to prepare students for entry into the field. Upon successful ...Read more
OGLESBY- A person was rescued after a search Saturday evening along the Vermilion River near Oglesby. Around 9:20 PM rescue crews were called to the boat landing along Ed Hand Highway where a search was started for someone reportedly missing upstream. Multiple agencies were called to the ...Read more
Pontiac – The Livingston County Health Department reports 3 new coronavirus cases. Saturday afternoon, the department said the 3 people, a man and a woman in their 20s, and a woman in her 60s, are recovering in isolation. So far in the pandemic, Livingston County has reported 72 ...Read more
PRINCETON – The Bureau, Marshall, and Putnam County Health Departments on Saturday announced two new coronavirus cases. The two people, recovering at their Bureau County homes at this time, are a woman in her 50s and a man in his 30s. Since the pandemic began, there have been a total of ...Read more
OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Health Department reports 21 new Covid-19 cases in LaSalle County. Saturday, the department reported that the cases range in age from a teenage boy to a woman in her 100’s. The 21 new cases is the highest number the county has seen for a single day. ...Read more
CHICAGO – The Illinois Department of Public Health released Saturday coronavirus numbers for the past 24 hours. According to the state, 12 people in Illinois died with the disease. Over 1400 people were confirmed positive with the infection, and while that figure is lower than Friday, ...Read more
OGLESBY – More than 1,000 Illinois Valley Community College students received over $650,000 in federal CARES Act funding this month. Vice President for Student Services Mark Grzybowski said 1,087 students received a total of $654,600 with awards ranging from $200 to $1,000. The average ...Read more
MENDOTA- The Illinois Department of Public Health is reporting a COVID-19 outbreak at a long term care facility in Mendota. The IDPH report that ten individuals have tested positive at Heritage Health, with no deaths reported. This would be the third such facility in the county to record ...Read more
