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HENNEPIN – The coal-fueled Hennepin Power Station is slated to close in an announcement today by parent company Vistra Energy.  In a press release Wednesday, they announced multiple plants in Illinois would be phased out in order to meet the requirements of the recently approved revisions

MENDOTA – The announcement Tuesday that the Del Monte Foods processing plant was to close wasn’t the only news the company shared. In a press release yesterday they also announced the closure of a processing plant in Minnesota and the upcoming sale of a Wisconsin facility. The

CHICAGO (AP) — Equipment failure left a window washer dangling outside a Chicago apartment building. Chicago Fire Department spokesman Larry Langford says the window washer was left hanging from scaffolding Tuesday when one of the ropes he was fastened to snapped, causing him to fall from the

CHICAGO (AP) — A federal lawsuit filed Tuesday alleges two security guards who worked at a public high school in suburban Chicago had sex with female students, and the school failed to adequately protect girls from purported predators. The 22-page suit says school officials knew or should have

CHICAGO (AP) — Nearly three dozen people have sued the operator of a suburban Chicago medical equipment cleaning plant they claim emits fumes that have adversely affected their health, lawyers for the plaintiffs announced Tuesday. The 32 lawsuits filed against Sterigenics LLC this week in Cook

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — New security measures will be put in place next month for tours of Illinois’ Governor’s Mansion in Springfield. State Police acting director Brendan Kelly says individuals will have to sign up in advance for tours, provide a photo ID for proof of identity

  OTTAWA – North Central Area Transit is partnering with the city of Ottawa and Illinois Valley Community Hospital for emergency evacuation transportation. At Tuesday night’s Ottawa City Council meeting, a resolution was passed to authorize an evacuation agreement with the hospital

MENDOTA –  The city of Mendota approved of adding traffic safety signs along 3rd Avenue. According to Alderman Jim Fitzpatrick the Mendota Police Department performed a study on several intersections and recommended stop and yield signs on 3rd Avenue. At Monday night’s meeting,

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — An investigation of sexual harassment in House Speaker Michael Madigan’s office found that control has been too centralized and discourages complaints about mistreatment. Madigan on Tuesday released a report he ordered by former state executive inspector

  RIVERTON, Wyo. (AP) — The body of an Evanston, Illinois man has been recovered in Wyoming mountains by authorities after he died in a climbing accident. Media outlets reported Monday that a five-person team of search-and-rescue volunteers retrieved the body of 63-year-old Zijah Kurtovic