DEKALB – The DeKalb County Health Department confirmed 33 additional positive cases of coronavirus on Tuesday. This makes 2,509 total cases in the county since the start of the pandemic, along with 42 total deaths. Of those deaths, 1 has come from Oak Crest DeKalb Area Retirement Center and ...Read more
OTTAWA – 38 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in LaSalle County, but the local health department reported no additional deaths. The LCHD has announced 2,464 cases in total, with 1,764 of those now recovered. 30 additional recoveries were reported Tuesday as well. Throughout the state of ...Read more
STREATOR – An event to get rid of unused or expired medication is planned for Streator on Saturday. Live Well Streator is planning a drive-thru disposal at Streator City Park from 10 AM – 1 PM. You can drop off your unwanted or expired prescription and over the counter drugs, but they ...Read more
LASALLE – A holiday event will be filling Pulaski Park in LaSalle full of ghosts and goblins of all ages, as the community will be holding a ‘Hometown Halloween’ event Saturday. A dance performance will kick off the event that begins at 11 AM, along with a barrel train ride for ...Read more
PERU – The Peru Roundabout is over halfway complete. Mayor Scott Harl announced that the roundabout, the first ever in LaSalle County, is already approximately 60% done and was funding using city MFT (Motor Fuel Tax) funds with no debt on the project. A little over $2 million has already ...Read more
NAUVOO, Ill. (AP) — Police say a woman was killed and more than 20 other people were injured over the weekend when a hayrack ride overturned in rural western Illinois. Capt. Jon Dively Jr. of Illinois State Police says troopers were called to the scene in Hancock County on Saturday night after ...Read more
By JOHN O’CONNOR AP Political Writer SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois governor again implored residents to take precautions to prevent the spread of COVID-19, the illness caused by the coronavirus. Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Monday during a stop at OSF St. Francis Medical Center in ...Read more
PERU – Bad weather has delayed the full opening of the new roundabout in Peru. North Peoria Street will remain closed from Sunset Drive to Midtown Road until Friday, and Sunset Drive will remain closed until Monday morning, weather permitting. The estimated $3.5 million dollar roundabout ...Read more
PRINCETON – The Bureau, Putnam & Marshall County Health Department announced 28 new cases in the areas they cover on Monday. They say that 22 cases were discovered in Bureau, four in Marshall and two in Putnam County. Since the pandemic began 21 residents in those three counties in ...Read more
STREATOR – The 4th grade students at Centennial Elementary School in Streator will be doing schoolwork from home for the next week and until at least November 4th due to a positive COVID-19 case. Principal Anne McDonnell sent a letter out to parents notifying them that this was being done ...Read more
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