LAMOILLE- Two people are dead after a two vehicle crash in Bureau County Saturday. According to authorities around 7 AM LaMoille Fire and EMS were called to US Route 34 west of the community for the crash that killed both drivers. The Bureau County Sheriff’s Office stated that a ...Read more
MENDOTA – The newly formed Mendota Environmental Club had their first outing Saturday morning. A group of seven area volunteers gathered armed with bags and rubber gloves to walk around Lake Mendota and pick up litter. Mendota teen Abby Davis joined six others in collecting a garbage ...Read more
SPRING VALLEY – An oil slick has closed the boat ramp in Spring Valley, and authorities are trying to contain the spill before it spreads. Around 7 AM Saturday the Illinois State Police reported an oil slick in the small harbor of Bartos Boat Landing. According to Spring Valley Fire ...Read more
STREATOR – OSF HealthCare Multispecialty Services is pleased to announce the Sunflower Award was recently presented to Tyler Hogan, a physical therapist at the OSF Center for Health – Streator. Tyler has been with OSF HealthCare for almost one year and resides in Dwight. “The ...Read more
MORRIS – A 25-year-old man is dead and one person was injured after a single vehicle crash Thursday in Grundy County. The Grundy County Coroner announced that around 5 PM a vehicle was traveling northbound on Filman Road when for unknown reasons it left the roadway, rolled multiple ...Read more
EARLVILLE – It was on this date in 1832 that fifteen settlers in northern LaSalle County were killed by up to eighty Potawatomis and a handful of Sauk tribe members after a dispute over a dam constructed on a creek escalated into violence. Earlier in the spring of 1832, William Davis ...Read more
TROY GROVE – A three vehicle crash Wednesday morning injured a man from Tennessee on I-39 near Troy Grove. Authorities say two vehicles were on the right southbound shoulder around 8:00 AM when they allegedly re-entered traffic ahead of a car driven by a 56-year-old Saint Charles man. That ...Read more
STEWARD – Four people were injured, including one seriously after a two vehicle crash in rural Lee County Tuesday afternoon. The Illinois State Police say they were called to the scene of a rollover crash along Woodlawn Road in northeastern Lee County around 5:30 PM. They say a vehicle ...Read more
PRINCETON – Mobile food vendors will continue to be allowed in the city of Princeton, but now under proposed new guidelines. The long winded debate on food trucks continued at Princeton’s City Council meeting on Monday. The ordinance will place mobile food vendors at specific public ...Read more
SPRINGFIELD —Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Director John Kim announced grant awards to assist area communities that lack or need improvement to sewage and wastewater collection infrastructure. Cherry, Compton, Leland, Rutland, Standard and Streator each were awarded $30,000, while ...Read more
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