SPRING VALLEY – Spring Valley’s Police Department received numerous calls regarding social security card scams. Authorities say, persons receiving the calls are asked to verify social security card information and that the police were investigating them for criminal behavior. On at ...Read more
MENDOTA – The investigation continues into the fire on May 26th in the 700 block of Illinois Avenue. Mendota Police Chief Greg Kellen said that they have reviewed what surveillance footage they have and interviewed many who were in the area the morning they say the fire was started, but have ...Read more
PERU – An early morning fire Tuesday filled the Peru Dairy Queen with smoke. Authorities were called around 4:20 AM to the restaurant on the north side of Peru and multiple agencies responded to battle the fire. The fire took 40 minutes to bring under control. Area fire departments, ...Read more
CHICAGO – A State Trooper was injured and a man is facing attempted murder charges after an incident on I-290 on Wednesday. According to the Illinois State Police, around 10:30 AM a trooper was on a traffic stop near Damen Avenue, when he was allegedly almost struck by a vehicle that was ...Read more
MENDOTA- A Sunday morning fire in downtown Mendota has been determined to be suspicious in nature. Around 6:30 AM the Mendota Fire Department was called to the 700 block of Illinois Ave for smoke coming from a building. After an investigation, a press release went out Sunday afternoon from ...Read more
MORRIS – Grundy County authorities are investigating 3 separate weekend deaths – an apparent overdose, a man struck by a train, and a motorcycle crash. Grundy County Coroner John Callahan says Friday evening a Minooka man found his 42 year-old wife unresponsive in their home. ...Read more
OTTAWA – State Rep. Lance Yednock, D-Ottawa, passed a resolution in the Illinois House of Representatives to help recognize the Galetti family, who has had eight brothers from their family that have served their country and the State of Illinois in the military. “When we look for real heroes, ...Read more
(Ottawa, IL / May 22, 2019) – Ottawa Township High School graduate, Bailee Hubbard, is the 2019 recipient of the Don Morehead Community Service Scholarship. The $1,000 award will assist Ms. Hubbard’s higher education goals. She will attend the University of Missouri in the fall with plans ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Illinois turkey hunters harvested a preliminary statewide total of 15,189 wild turkeys during the 2019 Spring Turkey Season. This year’s total is up compared with the 2018 statewide turkey harvest of 13,494. The statewide preliminary total includes the 2019 Youth Turkey ...Read more
OGLESBY – An initiative begun last year by Illinois Valley Community College’s student Ag Club will result in fresh produce going to district food pantries this summer and fall. The club grew well over a thousand plants this year in the college greenhouse including 800 tomato and 500 ...Read more
