Snow is credited with possibly preventing serious injury in the first accident of 2018 worked by State Police stationed in LaSalle. State Police say that a 2015 Dodge Dart, driven by 30 year old Robert T. Weinert, of Worth, Illinois, was traveling eastbound around 8:30 am on January 1st on I-80 ...Read more
Sub-zero temperatures didn’t keep the stork away from Illinois Valley Community Hospital New Year’s Day when Amanda Fritz and Rett Waldenmyer of LaSalle became the parents of the first baby of 2018 to be born at IVCH. Fritz gave birth to Logan Grey Waldenmyer at exactly 9 a.m. Monday. ...Read more
UTICA – A fire in the early morning hours Tuesday damaged the waterpark area of Grand Bear Lodge in Utica. Multiple agencies responded to the scene after 5 AM when flames were seen through the roof. The fire was brought under control by 9:30 AM but crews still remained on scene. The ...Read more
MARSEILLES – Mayor James Trager, who served from 2007-11 and again from 2015 to present in office as the Mayor of Marseilles has died. In a New Years Day statement from the city it was announced that he had passed away. He was on the Marseilles City Council prior to becoming Mayor. ...Read more
UTICA – A guided hike with the Starved Rock State Park naturalist is planned for New Years Day. A planned trip into French Canyon and to the top of Starved Rock is set to begin at 1 PM from the visitors center. The tour will include opportunities to learn about the history and geology ...Read more
ROCHELLE – A single vehicle accident in Lee County has taken the life of a Chicago man. According to the Illinois State Police, Thursday afternoon 23 year-old Joseph L Clark was traveling south on Interstate 39 when for unknown reasons his vehicle left the roadway. He was ejected from ...Read more
MENDOTA – A Mendota man was charged with leaving the scene of an accident after allegedly abandoning his car on railroad tracks. According to the LaSalle County Sheriff’s office, a little after 6 AM on Sunday deputies were called to the scene southwest of Mendota where a train had ...Read more
MENDOTA – An abandoned vehicle on the train tracks Southwest of Mendota was struck by a train Sunday morning. According to the LaSalle County Sheriff’s office, a little after 6 AM deputies were called to the accident site. No occupants were located and the incident remains under ...Read more
STREATOR – An increase in the number of vehicles being stolen in Streator have police urging residents to keep vigilant. Chief Kurt Pastirik said that since October ten vehicles have been taken. In all of the thefts, the keys were inside unlocked vehicles. The Streator Police Department ...Read more
STREATOR – Tuesday evening the LaSalle County Sheriff’s Office stopped a driver speeding at 131 MPH. In a press release, they state that deputies spotted a vehicle traveling on a rural road three miles north of Streator at a high rate of speed in an area where the limit is just 55 ...Read more
