OTTAWA – An area lawyer has been selected to be the newest judge in the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit. Christina M. Cantlin-VanWiggeren will be replacing Judge Eugene P. Daugherity, who was appointed to the Third District Appellate Court. Justice Robert L. Carter and the Supreme Court ...Read more
OGLESBY – A total of 16 Illinois Valley Community College students in need will receive food bags this week thanks to a drive initiated by staff at the school. IVCC staff members Carey Burns and Kim Herout initiated the drive, plus helped the Support Staff Service Project Craft Fair raise ...Read more
LASALLE – The City of LaSalle Yard Waste Drop off location will open up for the year today. With warmer weather and the melting snow, residents of LaSalle can leave sticks, leaves, grass and other lawn debris at the drop off location. Mayor Jeff Grove wants to remind everyone that it is for ...Read more
MENDOTA – A dog and his owner both went through the ice on Lake Mendota Sunday. Around noon the Mendota Fire Department and Mendota Police were called to the south side of the lake for a report of a man and a dog who had both ended up in the water. When authorities arrived, both had made it ...Read more
OGLESBY – Alaina Stasiak of LaSalle-Peru High School recently won Illinois Valley Community College’s annual High School Art Exhibit and Portfolio competition. Stasiak submitted ten works in pen and marker, gouache and watercolor, digital media and India Ink. As the winner, she will ...Read more
OGLESBY – Dr. Kamal Kishore, owner of Illinois Retina & Eye Associates of Peru, Peoria and Galesburg, has established annual healthcare and pre-med scholarships with the Illinois Valley Community College Foundation. The ten, $1,000 Kamal Kishore MD Scholarships will support students in ...Read more
OGLESBY – Illinois Valley Community College’s Admissions Office will host an Agriculture and Cannabis Academic Showcase at 6 p.m. Tuesday, March. 9 via Zoom. Current and prospective students and their parents are encouraged to attend sessions with agriculture program co-coordinators. ...Read more
OTTAWA – The Reddick Mansion Association Board of Directors has announced they will be reopening for tours on Friday. Reservations are not required, but visitors will only be allowed into the building 15 minutes prior to each tour. There will be a limit of six people per tour. Face ...Read more
CHICAGO – As winter wanes gas prices remain higher than the pandemic influenced price from a year ago according to the American Automobile Association. LaSalle County averaged $2.80 per gallon, lower than both Bureau and Putnam County who came in around a nickel higher. Statewide the ...Read more
OGLESBY- Ag students at Illinois Valley Community College got hands on training in the use of spraying equipment with a simulator on loan to the school from GRAINCO FS. The simulator provides training in driving, field navigation and row crop production. Precision agriculture students are ...Read more
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