LASALLE – Highway closures are en route next week do to TV productions. County Highway 5 will be closed Monday and Tuesday, August 20th and 21st from 7AM to 9PM from County Highway 57 to Route 23. The closure is to accommodate filming of an HBO production. A detour will be posted. ...Read more
PONTIAC – A batch of mosquitoes have tested positive for West Nile Virus. According to the Livingston County Health Department, the mosquitoes were collected in Pontiac. West Nile Virus is transmitted through the bite of a common house mosquito, which has picked up the virus by feeding on ...Read more
AURORA – A man in Aurora is accused of a burglary on Wednesday in which he allegedly stole women’s underwear from a home. According to the Aurora Police Department just before midnight on August 15th they received a call from the 100 block of Lincoln Avenue from a homeowner who heard ...Read more
PERU – Healthgrades, an online resource for information about physicians and hospitals, has awarded Illinois Valley Community Hospital a 5-star rating for hip and knee replacement surgery. The company says IVCH is the only hospital in the state of Illinois to have earned its highest ranking ...Read more
OTTAWA – 3 heroin overdoses within the last 30 minutes were reported in Ottawa today. According to the Ottawa Police Department the same batch of heroin is the cause for the 3 overdoses in just a short period of time. The Ottawa Police are asking everyone to share the information with any ...Read more
STREATOR – Area thefts were reported in Streator on Wednesday night. The Streator Police were called to the 300 block of Grant Street for a report of a stolen pool filter. The complainant claims it happened sometime overnight and the suspect is unknown. Also Pipes and a water heater were ...Read more
OGLESBY – Illinois Valley Community College is planning for an increase in their budget for 2019. Following a Thursday meeting, the IVCC Board announced that they had approved a $34.4 million budget for 2019, which will be an 8 percent increase over the previous year’s budget. ...Read more
CHERRY – North Central Illinois Artworks will put up their 3rd installation of public art in Cherry. NCI ART President, Chris Coughlin teamed up with Chicago and Mendota based artist, Ray Paseka to help build a mural in appreciation to the community. According to Coughlin the goal of the ...Read more
JOLIET – A woman is dead after a tire blew out on a minivan early Thursday morning. According to the Illinois State Police 54-year-old Linda Reynolds of Morris was traveling south on I-55 near Joliet when she lost control and collided with the center median. An SUV traveling southbound ...Read more
TINLEY PARK – The Mendota Police Department on Wednesday earned an award for Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety at an awards banquet in Tinley Park. The 25th Annual Traffic Safety Challenge Awards Banquet honored Mendota Officers for their work over the previous year. The event, put on by ...Read more
