OTTAWA – EPA cleanup will continue into fall on property located along the Fox River near U.S 6 and Route 71 in Ottawa. According to the EPA workers are removing contaminated soil from the NPL-8 Frontage Property to reduce the risk of exposure to people who have access to the ...Read more
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressmen Adam Kinzinger (IL-16) and Darin LaHood (IL-18) applauded the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announcement to authorize more than $35 million for rural broadband deployment and development in Illinois. The authorized resources from the Connect ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – Last week, state Rep. Lance Yednock, D-Ottawa, was happy to hear that Governor Pritzker signed commonsense gun legislation that reduces the restrictions members of the military and law enforcement into law. “Members of law enforcement and the military are ...Read more
LASALLE – LaSalle-Peru Township High School approved a Letter of Intent with Byrne and Jones Construction regarding the Howard Fellows Stadium Field of Dreams at Wednesday night’s Board of Education meeting. Superintendent Steve Wrobleski explained that the Letter of Intent would ensure ...Read more
PERU – A Peoria woman will be transferred to the LaSalle County Jail on methamphetamine delivery charges in Peru. According authorities, 35-year-old Krista L. Coats was taken into custody on Tuesday by detectives with the Peoria Police Department who assisted Peru Police detectives after ...Read more
OTTAWA – Residents in Ottawa are now required to have their dog on a leash when walking them. The city council updated their leash law on Tuesday night, to ensure residents are keeping a handle on their dogs when walking them outside the boundaries of their property. City ...Read more
OTTAWA – A multiple day episode of dangerous heat is expected beginning Thursday into the start of the weekend. This heat will expand into the area Thursday afternoon and persist through Saturday. Area cooling centers will be open when possible for residents in the area to escape the ...Read more
LASALLE – Multiple agencies were involved in the arrest on July 1st of a LaSalle man on drug charges. Agents from the LaSalle and Peru Police Departments, plus the Tri County Drug Enforcement Narcotics Investigation assisted in the investigation into alleged cocaine sales in Peru. ...Read more
PERU – A sealed warrant for two counts of unlawful delivery of Cocaine have put a Peru man in the LaSalle County Jail. According Peru Police Chief Doug Bernabei 39 year-old Kilman R. Johnson was arrested on July 5th and taken to the LaSalle County Jail. Johnson is being held at the ...Read more
OTTAWA – The city of Ottawa will apply for a grant to fund part of their long time sewer control plan. In a public hearing at Tuesday night’s council meeting it was announced by the North Central Council of Governments that the city plans to apply for a $500,000 Community Development ...Read more
