NAPERVILLE, Ill. (AP) — Democratic Congresswoman Lauren Underwood isn’t paying much attention to claims of irregularities by the man she defeated in November, who is attempting to overturn election results. Republican Jim Oberweis is alleging vote fraud and has asked the House of ...Read more
By TODD RICHMOND and MICHAEL TARM Associated Press KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin prosecutor has declined to file criminal charges against a white police officer who shot a Black man in the back last summer. Kenosha County District Attorney Michael Graveley said Tuesday that he had decided ...Read more
OTTAWA – LaSalle County State’s Attorney Todd Martin on Tuesday asked the LaSalle County Board Finance Committee to consider a budget increase for staffing the department. Martin said that this matches what was in the budget until November 30th 2020, but had become reduced on December ...Read more
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — An Illinois teenager who fatally shot two people and wounded a third amidst sometimes violent summer protests on the streets of Kenosha, Wisconsin, has pleaded not guilty to charges including intentional homicide. Kyle Rittenhouse, 18, entered his plea Tuesday in a brief ...Read more
OTTAWA – Ottawa Elementary students will have the option of going back to school on Monday. Superintendent Cleve Threadgill announced on Tuesday that if families elect to utilize remote learning, students must remain so until the end of the 2nd trimester. Threadgill says if a family ...Read more
OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Health Department is encouraging residents to test the radon level in their home. Radon is a radioactive gas that occurs naturally in most soil. As radon travels through the soil, it can easily move through small spaces in a foundation and enter a building, where it ...Read more
OTTAWA – Forty-one new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 were reported in LaSalle County. According to the LaSalle County Health Department, 102 previously reported cases are recovered & released from isolation and two additional COVID-related deaths were announced on Tuesday. ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD – 126 additional coronavirus related deaths were reported Tuesday by the Illinois Department of Public Health in addition to 6,839 new confirmed and probable cases. Included in those deaths were 3 individuals from LaSalle County, of which 2 were previously reported by the county ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Some teachers in the nation’s third-largest public school district who were expected to report to the classroom ahead of students’ return next week stayed home Monday over coronavirus concerns. Chicago Public Schools announced plans in November to bring students back ...Read more
SUGAR GROVE, Ill. (AP) — Defeated Republican congressional candidate Jim Oberweis has informed the U.S. House of Representatives he will contest the outcome of his race against Democratic Congresswoman Lauren Underwood. In announcing his intent on Monday, Oberweis said that during the discovery ...Read more
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