MORRIS – The first death attributed to West Nile Virus that took the life of a LaSalle County resident occurred at Morris Hospital. That’s according to the Grundy County Coroner, who announced that the 85-year-old as yet identified man succumb to the virus on August 25th. Over 20 ...Read more
DOWNERS GROVE – A Sandwich man was one of 12 good Samaritans who helped saved a womans life. According to Illinois State Police, On August 3rd, Joanna C. Girmscheid of Libertyville, was traveling westbound on I-90 when she lost control of her vehicle as she was exiting the Route 47 ...Read more
OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Health Department has confirmed its first human case and death from the West Nile Virus. An elderly LaSalle County resident, who became ill earlier this month and tested positive for West Nile Virus has died. This is the first confirmed death from West Nile Virus ...Read more
PERU – The LaSalle, Peru Shared Service Committee met to appoint members as liaisons on Tuesday. The two cities appointed Peru’s Police Chief Doug Bernabei as Police Operations Liaison and LaSalle Sergeant, Scott Samolinski as building and grounds liaison. Chief Bernabei says that ...Read more
STREATOR – A Chicago-Mendota based artist will continue to craft the city of Streator with a second mural. Ray Paseka member of NCI Artworks first installed the “Heritage Park Vintage Wall” in Streator as part of the Silo Pathways Tour. Paseka’s next project will be the ...Read more
OTTAWA – July unemployment rates dipped further in the area according to the Department of Unemployment Security. The unemployment rate in LaSalle County is at 5.3 percent, which dropped 2 tenths of a percent compared to last year, but still higher than the state average of 4.2 percent. ...Read more
OTTAWA – Counterfeit money is being passed around Ottawa according to the Ottawa Police. The Ottawa Police began alerting people Tuesday that a number of counterfeit 100 dollar bills are making their way around the city. The bills have been made using “washed” out ten dollar ...Read more
MENDOTA – A scratch off Illinois Lottery ticket purchased in Mendota yielded a resident a $500,000 prize. David Buster plans on taking a vacation to the Bahamas and purchase a new car, plus pay for his stepson’s wedding. Buster says he has been playing the Illinois Lottery for 20 ...Read more
LASALLE – A motion to address changes to the LaSalle City Code relating to pets was passed in a council meeting Monday. After a puppy was killed by a neighboring dog last month in LaSalle, Alderman James Demes is pushing for a stricter ordinance. Demes related it to a Senate Bill called, ...Read more
LONG POINT – The area fire departments of Long Point and Reading recently donated old fire hose to Woodland School for a new purpose – school security. They announced 150 feet would be cut into small sections to be used to barricade doors in the event of an active shooter. The ...Read more
