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Police investigating armed robbery in Mendota

MENDOTA – Local authorities are investigating an armed robbery Thursday night in Mendota at a gas station.  Around 7:30 PM Mendota Police were called to the business on the corner of Jefferson Street and Illinois 251 in the 700 block of 13th Ave. Officials have not disclosed any specific ...Read more

Deer harvest up from 2021 across Illinois

SPRINGFIELD -– Hunters in Illinois harvested over 52,000 deer during the first weekend of the state’s firearm deer season. According to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, LaSalle County hunters took home 427 deer, up from last year. Livingston and Bureau County hunters took ...Read more

Health Department honors World AIDS Day

  OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Health Department, in cooperation with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is honoring World AIDS Day, a day of solidarity for people around the world who are affected by HIV. While great strides have been made over the four decades since the ...Read more