MENDOTA – The 40th Annual Conkey Family Award winner was announced earlier this month at OSF HealthCare Saint Paul Medical Center in the Serenity Garden as part of National Health Care Week. Connie Falcon, a respiratory therapist from cardiopulmonary services, was named this year’s winner. ...Read more
OTTAWA – Ottawa Township High School graduate, Marta Johnson, is the 2021 recipient of the Don Morehead Community Service Scholarship. The $1,000 award will assist Ms. Johnson’s higher education goals. She will attend Hope College in the fall where she will pursue a degree in ...Read more
SYCAMORE – The Sheriff of DeKalb County has announced he will be retiring in June. Sheriff Roger A. Scott has held the top spot since 1985, appointed to the position in the footsteps of his brother, former Sheriff Wilbur Scott. He began serving the citizens of DeKalb County as a deputy in ...Read more
CHICAGO — Motorists hitting the road this week to celebrate the unofficial kick-off to summer will be greeted with the most expensive Memorial Day weekend gas prices since 2014, according to the American Automobile Association. The national average has stabilized following the Colonial ...Read more
EARLVILLE – If you happen to receive an unsolicited mailer containing a packet of seeds in the mail, authorities urge you to not plant them. The Earlville Police Department Thursday announced they had a resident contact them who had received an envelope with instructions and ...Read more
SYCAMORE – Two buildings were struck by vehicles in DeKalb County Wednesday in unrelated incidents. The first occurred around 10 AM in Sycamore when authorities say a 37-year-old Hinkley man crashed into the Sycamore Police Department building for unknown reasons. The second was around 7:30 ...Read more
MENDOTA – Distress calls from a mother duck on the shore of Lake Mendota led to a dramatic rescue of ducklings trapped in the passageways under the spillway. A woman fishing noticed the commotion and contacted authorities. Around 9 PM the Mendota Fire Department arrived with ladders ...Read more
TROY GROVE – No injuries were reported after an oversized load crash on I-39 Tuesday near Troy Grove. Authorities say traffic was reduced to one lane while the tractor-trailer and the large piece of earthmoving machinery was removed from the ditch. The lane was closed for over two hours, ...Read more
SPRING VALLEY – Mitigation efforts at Barto Landing in Spring Valley are complete and the site is now open for recreational use. According to the Bureau County Emergency Management Agency, the United States Environmental Protection Agency has completed clean up on the oil spill that ...Read more
OTTAWA – Property owners across LaSalle County should be receiving their real estate tax bills in the mail this week. The due date for the first half installment will be July 1st, with the entire bill due on September 1st. Payment can be made online at LaSalleCountyTreasurer.com, local ...Read more
