The Illinois Valley Community College agriculture program, in partnership with Case IH and University of Illinois Extension, will conduct a field day at the campus farm along the west side of Orlando Smith Road from 10 a.m. to noon Wednesday, Sept. 18. The field day is open to the public and ...Read more
TRIUMPH – Property owners in rural LaSalle County near Triumph have begun discovering a number of dead fish in area streams on Thursday. A few dead fish could be spotted from bridges in and around Ophir township. A neighbor of rural Mendota resident Bob Johnson asked him Thursday ...Read more
OTTAWA – The matriarch American bison at Buffalo State Park has passed away. According to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, on Thursday, Holly the bison, was euthanized due to a serious illness. Holly was born in 1999 and came to Buffalo Rock in 2005. She gave birth to a ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — A central Illinois owner of an outfitter service has pleaded guilty to federal charges that included deploying an electronic bird caller to lure geese into shooting range. A statement from the U.S. attorney’s office in Springfield says 58-year-old Rick A. Hamm, of ...Read more
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana health officials say they’ve confirmed that a resident died from severe lung injury linked to vaping. The death announced Friday by the Indiana State Department of Health is the state’s first and the country’s third tied to ...Read more
MENDOTA – A bucket truck and an undisclosed amount of copper wire was reported stolen early Friday morning in Mendota. According to the Mendota Police Department they were called around 7 AM to the Com-Ed facility in the 1600 block of West Division Street where employees informed them of ...Read more
SPRING VALLEY – A bus with 32 students on board and a vehicle collided in Spring Valley this morning, but no injuries were reported. According to the Spring Valley Police Department they were called to the intersection of Minnesota Street and Power Street around 7:30 Friday morning where ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — The yet-to-be constructed Obama Presidential Center in Chicago is already having an effect on property values and the rent being charged nearby residents. Former President Barack Obama plans to build the $500 million center in Jackson Park on the South Side. Janet Smith of the ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — The head of a suburban Chicago facility that treats patients with autism is accused of defrauding an insurance company of millions of dollars. Latrice Harrell is the executive director of The Champion Center for Autism in Oak Forest. She is charged in U.S. District Court with ...Read more
HOFFMAN ESTATES, Ill. (AP) — Sears has told the state of Illinois it’s laying off 250 employees at its corporate headquarters in the Chicago suburb of Hoffman Estates. Sears said in a notice last week to the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity that the employees have ...Read more
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