SPRINGFIELD – The Senate voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to pass the new Farm Bill, voting 87-13. According to LaSalle County Farm Bureau President David Isermann, while the bill is yet to be ratified, a compromise from the Senate and the House Agriculture Committees added the legalization of ...Read more
CHICAGO – More than half of all Americans have yet to get a flu shot, according to a new study. A survey from the National Opinion Research Center (NORC) at the University of Chicago shows that more than half of all Americans are yet to get the flu shot with few intending to do so. ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD — Nationwide, more children than ever have been diagnosed with a terrifying paralyzing illness. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say that there are 158 confirmed cases so far this year, with the Illinois Department of Public Health finding 9 across the state. ...Read more
PERU – The city of Peru will make a motion at the end of the month to annex land for a roundabout road project. In a city council meeting on Monday, an agenda item was placed for the city’s next council meeting to make a motion to zone and annex 13 acres along Peoria Street and Plank ...Read more
OTTAWA – The Midwest Emmy Award Winning documentary series about a Pontiac farmer serving in World War 1 will be coming to PBS this weekend. Director and Producer Kane Farabaugh’s latest project, which covers the experience of Gustave Amm in Europe, will have episodes broadcast ...Read more
MENDOTA – A 26-year-old Mendota man was arrested on Heroin charges Monday after an investigation by the Mendota Police Department and the Tri-County Drug Enforcement Narcotics Team. According to the Mendota Police, they took Sergio A. Arzola into custody in the 1400 block of East Main ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – New seatbelt and child passenger laws will come into effect in Illinois in just a few weeks. In a new state law that will take effect beginning on January 1st, 2019 all backseat passengers in Illinois will be required to use a seatbelt. According to Buckle Up Illinois, the ...Read more
OGLESBY – The Illinois Valley Community College Board’s audit-finance committee learned that once again the school had a clean audit of its financial statements. Wipfli LLP auditors reported no weaknesses or deficiencies. The school is currently debt-free, and have reduced operating ...Read more
JOLIET – In a filing under the Illinois Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, Caterpillar, Inc, now headquartered in Deerfield, announced that beginning in 2019 they’ll be closing their Joliet production facility. Around 285 employees will be losing their jobs by mid-2019 ...Read more
OTTAWA – The 7th grade girls at Wallace Grade School had an impressive season with 22 straight wins, until coming up short in the state championship game on Thursday night. Wallace fell to Lincoln West -Broadwell 52-20, taking second place in the state. Kendall Lowery had 11 points in the ...Read more
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