MENDOTA – An early morning fire Wednesday damaged a business in rural Mendota. Around 2 AM the Mendota and Troy Grove Fire Departments were called to the 400 block of North 3973rd Road for a maintenance shop on fire at Mendota Agri-Products. The three-alarm fire drew departments from Peru, ...Read more
OGLESBY- Everett Solon of Streator was elected Illinois Valley Community College board chair at a special reorganizational meeting Monday. He joined the board in 2013 and was reelected April 6. Solon had served as vice chair since April 2017 and was formerly on the Streator High School board ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White is calling for a new statue of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. He is urging an improved statue of the late civil rights leader be placed in a more prominent location on the Capitol grounds. White first met Dr. King when the future ...Read more
UNDATED – Roughly $72.8 million from the American Rescue Plan funding is on the way to area counties including La Salle, Bureau, and Putnam. That total amount includes about $24.2 million for cities and villages and over $48 million coming to counties. LaSalle County will ...Read more
STERLING – The Sterling Police Department are still searching for a man they say is responsible for the shooting death of a 29-year-old man. Authorities say on Saturday 35-year-old Michael W. Bennett of Sterling allegedly shot Joshua N. Hamrick in the backyard of a residence. Hamrick was ...Read more
LASALLE – It was a bittersweet council meeting for LaSalle city officials as former members gave farewells and welcomed newcomers. LaSalle County Judge Cynthia Racuglia swore in city council members, new city clerk Amy L. Quinn and Fire Chief Jerry Janick. The former city clerk of seven ...Read more
OGLESBY- The Illinois Valley Community College board’s audit finance committee Monday learned athletics is considering adding men’s and women’s cross country as intercollegiate sports in fall 2022 and moving all teams up to Division II within the National Junior College Athletic ...Read more
COMPTON – The Illinois Department of Transportation announced that a section of Illinois 251 south of Compton will be closed for culvert work between Tower Road and Shady Oaks Roads. Detours will be marked and repairs are expected to be completed on Friday, weather permitting. ...Read more
MENDOTA – The building that was the former home of a pizza business will be getting an exterior makeover. At the Monday night Mendota City Council meeting they announced a $7,000 facade grant to the building at 701 Washington Street. The location, which is on the corner where US Route ...Read more
LASALLE COUNTY – LaSalle County farmers are just about halfway through with planting beans and corn for the season. LaSalle County Farm Bureau President David Isermann says its been a dry winter and spring for farmers, which gave them opportunities to get some seeds in the ground ...Read more
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