OTTAWA – The city of Ottawa will apply for a grant to fund part of their long time sewer control plan. In a public hearing at Tuesday night’s council meeting it was announced by the North Central Council of Governments that the city plans to apply for a $500,000 Community Development ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — The alligator had a good run as day after day the people hunting for him in a Chicago lagoon came up empty, but in the end he was no match for an expert the city shipped in from Florida. The male gator, nicknamed ‘Chance the Snapper,’ was first spotted in the Humboldt ...Read more
OTTAWA – LaSalle County’s Farm Bureau President David Isermann is hoping J.B. Pritzker’s request for an agricultural disaster declaration is approved. The Governor has issued several state disaster declarations, one involving the Federal Emergency Management Agency where ...Read more
OTTAWA – Heat is expected to build up to dangerous levels beginning tomorrow into this weekend. According to weatherology meteorologist Ray Miller our best chance to see high indices of 105 degrees will be on Thursday and Friday, with Wednesday kicking things off at an index of 100 ...Read more
JOLIET – A former police officer from LaSalle County plead guilty in suburban Chicago on an aggravated robbery charge. According to Will County Court records, Lowell “Max” Ambler on Thursday plead guilty to aggravated robbery, a class 1 felony. Records also indicate ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — R&B singer R. Kelly is expected to appear in a Chicago federal courtroom on charges that he recruited girls and women to have illegal sex with him and then covered up the crimes by paying and threatening the victims and witnesses. Federal judges were supposed to meet Monday ...Read more
PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — The sister of a former University of Illinois student convicted of killing a Chinese scholar told a jury deciding whether he should be executed that he was a “very gentle person” who never raised his voice. Andrea Christensen was the last witness that lawyers for ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — The father of a pregnant Chicago postal worker says police have hit a “brick wall,” and he’s urging the public to share any information about his daughter’s disappearance last fall. Kierra Coles had called in sick last Oct. 2, but she was last seen that ...Read more
MENDOTA – The new surface of the upgraded public basketball courts have been installed at Strouss Park in Mendota. The two full sized courts located in what many call Purple Park, were upgraded with a new playing surface that features the colors of purple and gold by the Mendota Optimist ...Read more
MENDOTA – The Mendota Police Department have acquired their second electric patrol bike, this one equipped with larger off road tires. They are similar to regular bikes but have full-electric power capability. The department was able to get both of the bikes thanks to donations from the ...Read more
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