CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) — Four Midwestern farmers who cheated organic food customers are scheduled to be sentenced for the largest fraud scheme of its kind in U.S. history. Federal prosecutors say the farmers are responsible for a seven-year scheme that tricked thousands of customers ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — An Illinois state senator has pleaded not guilty to federal charges alleging he took more than $250,000 in salary and benefits over three years from the Teamsters while doing little or no work. Democrat Thomas Cullerton of Villa Park was due to be released on his own ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — President Donald Trump says he’s still considering whether to sign commutation papers freeing former Illinois governor and one-time “Celebrity Apprentice” contestant Rod Blagojevich from federal prison in Colorado. Trump told reporters Thursday before ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – Stricter reporting and investigative requirements will now be required by law in situations where an infant has died suddenly and unexpectedly. According to new law’s sponsors, State Senator Sue Rezin (R-Morris) and State Representative Thomas Bennett (R-Pontiac), ...Read more
OTTAWA – OSF HealthCare received a $50,000 grant to support a redesign of Mobile Integrated Health in Streator. The vision is for the redesigned Mobile Integrated Health to be an innovative and evolving model of community-based health care designed to provide more effective and efficient ...Read more
PERU – A Depue man is in jail after an investigation into drug sales in Peru. The Tri-County Drug Enforcement Narcotics Team states that they conducted a buy/bust operation in the 700 block of Shooting Park Rd in Peru. On Thursday they say they took 22-year-old Victor Baez into custody ...Read more
GURNEE, Ill. (AP) — Suburban Chicago officials have charged a man with a hate crime for an ice pick attack on a Hispanic man riding a motorcycle that displayed the Mexican flag. Sheriff John Idleburg says 67-year-old Joseph Zens of rural Gurnee was driving an SUV Wednesday when he abruptly cut ...Read more
OGLESBY- The Illinois Valley Community College board honored Dr. Rose Marie Lynch Thursday night for the landmark contributions she’s made to the college since arriving in 1970. Board chair Jane Goetz unveiled an 18 x 24 plaque topped with a photo from the 1970s of Lynch and mentor Dr. Mary ...Read more
MENDOTA – The budget may look slightly different due to new regulations put into place by the state, but the estimated expenses are in and District 289 in Mendota may see themselves over $800,000 in the red for 2020. Dr. Kristen School presented the outline at Thursday nights School Board ...Read more
DIXON – Dixon Officer Mark Dallas received the “National Officer of the Year” award from the American Police Hall of Fame & Museum in Florida on Thursday. In May of 2018 Dallas shot and apprehended 19-year-old Matthew Milby after he allegedly fired a weapon during a graduation ...Read more
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