OGLESBY – Tina Hardy of LaSalle is the 2021 winner of Illinois Valley Community College’s Connie Skerston Memorial Award for Support Staff Distinguished Service. Hardy is the Disability Services Coordinator and was nominated by Peggy Schneider, administrative assistant. Hardy started ...Read more
OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Health Department has partnered with area high schools to hold COVID-19 Vaccination Clinics this summer across North Central Illinois to vaccinate students 12 years of age and older. The Health Department encourages parents to make plans to get your eligible ...Read more
STREATOR – Streator Farmer’s Market at City Park starts this Saturday. The annual local produce market will run through October from 8 a.m. to noon every Saturday. Market manager and organizer Shaun Moran says this year there will be between 20 to 30 vendors. On Saturday, June ...Read more
STREATOR – Jammin’ at the Clock’s musical extravaganza countdown begins as the first act of the season takes the stage tonight in Streator. Quentin Flagg, a local favorite will kick off the season at 6 p.m. in Heritage Park. Organizer Toni Pettit says there ...Read more
GRANVILLE – One person is dead after a two-vehicle collision in Putnam County on Friday. According to the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office, just before 4 a.m. authorities responded to a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Illinois Highway 71 and Illinois Highway 89 near ...Read more
MENDOTA – The investigation into a burglary a week ago in Mendota is ongoing, and authorities are seeking information about two individuals caught on security camera footage who may be involved. The Mendota Police Department say late last Friday a warehouse and office in the 1500 block ...Read more
OTTAWA – East 3rd Road at Interstate 80 in LaSalle will be closed this weekend for bridge removal. The closure will begin from 7 p.m. on Friday. The Illinois Department of Transportation says the closure is necessary to remove a portion of the eastbound I-80 bridge that ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – County unemployment rates dipped during the month of April according to the Illinois Department of Employment Security. While LaSalle County remains the highest in unemployment rates locally, numbers have dipped in the past month from 7.3% to 6.4%. Putnam and Bureau ...Read more
OTTAWA – The body of a missing man whose kayak was found on the Vermillion River on Tuesday has been identified. According to LaSalle County Coroner Richard Ploch, 60-year-old Ralph W. Frey of Mendota was recovered from the Vermillion River in Deer Park Township. Ploch says an ...Read more
OTTAWA – COVID-19 cases in LaSalle County are reaching all-time lows. According to LaSalle County coronavirus reports and Studstill Media data, this past week shows the lowest 7-day case average and single day-cases since July of 2020. LaSalle County is nearing 35% of its residents ...Read more
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