STREATOR – Streator’s Plan Commission is recommending that council allow a family operated medical marijuana company to grow on the city’s west side. Tuesday night before plan commission, Llerem LLC Co-CEO Paul Magelli discussed the ins and outs of the potential grow house that would ...Read more
MACOMB, Ill. (AP) — The art of growing cannabis will become a minor subject at Western Illinois University in the fall. The university’s school of agriculture in Macomb is acting on interest officials expressed in such a class before adult-use marijuana became legal in January. The minor in ...Read more
MENDOTA- In a filing in Chicago January 31st, the Mendota Lutheran Home filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy. The son of a resident was told on Monday in a call from the staff that they would be closing and that they would be trying to find a new care facility for their loved one. A social ...Read more
UNDATED – The Ottawa and Peru PADS are asking the public for air mattresses to help former clients get settled into their new homes. The shelters announced that within a three week time period, Ottawa Pads Four families of 17 individuals, of which 11 are children, have been settling ...Read more
LASALLE – The city of LaSalle could have a big year ahead of them. First Ward Alderman Jim Bacidore announced that developers with CL Real Estate say they’re going to remodel the old Maytag Building on First Street by the end of 2020 and the long-awaited Kaskaskia Hotel to ...Read more
OGLESBY – The city of Oglesby is now accepting applications for Chief of Police. Last week, Chief Jim Knoblauch announced his plans for retirement by the end of April. Resumes, qualifications and letters of reference will be accepted now through the 21st. 10 years’ experience as a fully ...Read more
TONICA – The Tonica Fire Department announced that they recieved a brand new Ambulance. According to the department, it will be a few weeks until the ambulance is in service. They want to thank everyone for donating to the cause. The Ambulance was purchased with money from fundraisers and ...Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — Facebook has agreed to a $550 million settlement of a class-action lawsuit that accuses it of violating the rights of millions of Illinois users by harvesting their biometric data without permission. The settlement, which still needs judicial approval, could be bad news for other ...Read more
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — More than 2,400 sets of fetal remains found last year in the Illinois garage and a car of an Indiana abortion doctor after he died will be buried Wednesday at a northern Indiana cemetery. Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill’s office said Monday the 2,411 sets of ...Read more
LASALLE – There’s been a rearranging of positions within the city of LaSalle. At Tuesday nights council meeting Mayor Jeff Grove announces that Economic Development Director Katheryn Koyak will be stepping down from her position to be Deputy City Clerk. In her place, council ...Read more
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