The agenda is set for Wednesday night's Ottawa City Council workshop session. The session will convene at 7:00 p.m. in the cafeteria at Central Intermediate School for a community meeting with representatives from OSF Healthcare. The meeting will feature remarks from the Ottawa Mayor and City Council commissioners foll...

Peru, Illinois - Summer is just around the corner, and while travel plans may vary, one thing remains constant: the need to wear your seat belt. With this in mind, the Peru Police Department today announced that now through Memorial Day weekend it is stepping up enforcement efforts to remind motorists to "Click It...

Weather permitting this morning, the eastbound lane of the 200 block of West Main Street, between LaSalle and Clinton Streets, in downtown Ottawa will be closed to traffic and parking beginning at 8:00 this morning. Roofing contractors working on the new building at 205 West Main Street expect to have their trucks and ...

Traffic has been impacted since the pre-dawn hours on Illinois 251 between Peru and Mendota. Vehicles are reportedly being moved off the highway between North 34th and North 37th Roads. Unconfirmed reports indicate a vehicle/pedestrian accident around 2:30 this morning on Illinois 251 near the Nicor plant. ------------...

The United States Postal Service in St. Louis will soon be processing a lot more mail. The service is moving forward with plans to shift area mail sorting from Springfield, Illinois to the St. Louis distribution center. The change means a letter mailed in Springfield to a resident of the capital city would be sent to S...

A chef from Brooklyn is getting excited about the emergence of cicadas this spring. Joseph Yoon of Brooklyn Bugs tells the New York Times he uses whole cicadas in place of shrimp in his recipes and says they have a mild woody flavor from slowly growing underground. Another chef from Chicago says the bugs are high in pr...

An agreement between Illinois Valley Community College and Southern Illinois University at Carbondale will now allow IVCC students to earn their bachelor's degree remotely in 12 academic programs. IVCC President Dr. Tracy Morris and SIU-Carbondale Chancellor Austin A. Lane signed the agreement for the "Saluki Step...

A packed Ottawa City Council meeting Tuesday night had the audience ready to see whether a resolution was on the agenda regarding a formal stance by the city on the proposed new hospital by OSF. After public comments from a couple of residents as well as Dawn Trompeter, President of OSF St. Elizabeth's Medical Center i...

Press Release On 05/07/2024 around 0730 hours, a LaSalle County Deputy came upon a three-vehicle traffic accident in the area of IL RT 251 and N 38th Rd, near Mendota. Once an on-scene investigation was conducted: one male was found deceased, and four additional patients were transported to area hospitals with non-life...

Water main and sewer work began yesterday in the 2000 block of Elm Lane which should be completed next week. The project then moves to the 1100 block of Sanger Street from Washington to Superior, the 1000 block of Superior from Sanger to Poplar, the 1000 block of Washington from Sanger to Poplar, and the 100 and 200 bl...