PERU – Bad weather has delayed the full opening of the new roundabout in Peru. North Peoria Street will remain closed from Sunset Drive to Midtown Road until Friday, and Sunset Drive will remain closed until Monday morning, weather permitting. The estimated $3.5 million dollar roundabout ...Read more
PRINCETON – The Bureau, Putnam & Marshall County Health Department announced 28 new cases in the areas they cover on Monday. They say that 22 cases were discovered in Bureau, four in Marshall and two in Putnam County. Since the pandemic began 21 residents in those three counties in ...Read more
STREATOR – The 4th grade students at Centennial Elementary School in Streator will be doing schoolwork from home for the next week and until at least November 4th due to a positive COVID-19 case. Principal Anne McDonnell sent a letter out to parents notifying them that this was being done ...Read more
COVID – PONTIAC – Results that came in over the weekend add forty new cases of COVID-19 to the count in Livingston County. The total are those new cases discovered since Saturday, including in a girl under the age of one. They also say among the new cases two men in their 70’s ...Read more
MARSEILLES – The City of Marseilles announced Monday that their City Hall will be closed for quarantine for the week due to exposure to COVID-19. They said they will be following the Illinois Department of Public Health Guidelines and expect to be re-open next Monday. ...Read more
OTTAWA – More than double the number of ballots that were cast absentee in 2018 have already been turned in to officials in LaSalle County. According to the County Clerk, over 18,400 residents have requested mail in or absentee ballots, with 13,442 being returned already this week. You have ...Read more
LASALLE – The Illinois Valley Food Pantry has temporarily closed as a precaution during the COVID-19 pandemic. According to Executive Director of the Pantry, Mary Jo Credi, the decision was made to protect the health of the volunteers and the clients of the pantry. They are planning on ...Read more
PEKIN, Ill. (AP) — A 99-year-old central Illinois woman has voted in every presidential election since 1944 including this year. The (Peoria) Journal Star reports Harriet Harris of Pekin cast an early ballot Friday at the Tremont Community Center. She said she studied a sample ballot at home ...Read more
PERU – The annual hydrant flushing in Peru will begin on Monday and continue through November 4th. Residents should expect it to continue from 7 AM until 3:30 PM weekdays until the project is complete. The city notes that you may experience low water pressure or even rusty water. Residents ...Read more
PERU – A research article co-authored by an Illinois Valley Community Hospital physician has been published in the October 15th edition of the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. The article, which summarizes current knowledge about the causes of bone marrow ...Read more
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