UNDATED – As Americans celebrate Memorial Day weekend, the American Red Cross has some safety tips to prevent tragedies. Before going in, on or around the water, every family member should become “water-smart.” This starts with learning to be safe, making good choices, ...Read more
MENDOTA – The 40th Annual Conkey Family Award winner was announced earlier this month at OSF HealthCare Saint Paul Medical Center in the Serenity Garden as part of National Health Care Week. Connie Falcon, a respiratory therapist from cardiopulmonary services, was named this year’s winner. ...Read more
OTTAWA – Ottawa Township High School graduate, Marta Johnson, is the 2021 recipient of the Don Morehead Community Service Scholarship. The $1,000 award will assist Ms. Johnson’s higher education goals. She will attend Hope College in the fall where she will pursue a degree in ...Read more
SYCAMORE – The Sheriff of DeKalb County has announced he will be retiring in June. Sheriff Roger A. Scott has held the top spot since 1985, appointed to the position in the footsteps of his brother, former Sheriff Wilbur Scott. He began serving the citizens of DeKalb County as a deputy in ...Read more
OTTAWA – An Ottawa man is being held at the LaSalle County Jail after an investigation by the Tri-County Drug Enforcement Narcotics Team into cocaine sales in the area. On Wednesday afternoon they say the LaSalle County Sheriff’s Office took 22-year-old Adrian C. Huynh into ...Read more
CHICAGO — Motorists hitting the road this week to celebrate the unofficial kick-off to summer will be greeted with the most expensive Memorial Day weekend gas prices since 2014, according to the American Automobile Association. The national average has stabilized following the Colonial ...Read more
UTICA – The Illinois State Police is reminding motorists of the parking measures around Starved Rock State Park this Memorial Day Weekend. “No Parking Tow-Away” Zones around Starved Rock and Matthiessen State Parks will be strictly enforced. Officials are asking for voluntary ...Read more
EARLVILLE – If you happen to receive an unsolicited mailer containing a packet of seeds in the mail, authorities urge you to not plant them. The Earlville Police Department Thursday announced they had a resident contact them who had received an envelope with instructions and ...Read more
LADD – It’s no secret that lumber prices have skyrocketed due to the pandemic and the strain is hitting Habitat for Humanity’s Ladd build like a ton of bricks. Since the start of the pandemic lumber prices have steadily up-ticked for a number of reasons, like the closure ...Read more
SYCAMORE – Two buildings were struck by vehicles in DeKalb County Wednesday in unrelated incidents. The first occurred around 10 AM in Sycamore when authorities say a 37-year-old Hinkley man crashed into the Sycamore Police Department building for unknown reasons. The second was around 7:30 ...Read more
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