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PERU –  Illinois Valley Community Hospital is asking local residents for their opinions on what the area’s most urgent health care needs are. “We’re inviting everyone in the Illinois Valley to complete a survey and share their views on what they believe are the most pressing

PRINCETON – A Sunday afternoon collision between a motorcycle and a vehicle has taken the life of a woman and left one man injured. In a release by the Princeton Police Department, they state that around 4:15 p.m. they were called to the intersection of Main and Peru Street where they found

UTICA – A Utica Police Officer was struck by a vehicle while conducting a traffic stop Monday night. The LaSalle County Sheriff’s Office reports that around 9:45 p.m. an officer for the village of Utica was near the intersection of US 178 and US RT6 when he was struck. The officer and

LASALLE – The city of LaSalle approved a petition to apply for a grant to expand Rotary Park through the Illinois Department of Natural Resources.  The Open Space Lands Acquisition and Development Program is a state-financed grant program that provides funding assistance to local

MARENGO, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say a woman driving a go-kart on a rural northern Illinois road was killed when hit from behind by a car. The McHenry County sheriff’s department says the crash happened Saturday night near the city of Marengo and that the woman was pronounced dead at a

OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Health Department is urging residents to get vaccinated against seasonal influenza. According to the department everyone six months and older should get vaccinated. Leslie Daugherty says, it takes two weeks for antibodies to develop after getting the flu shot.

  STREATOR – A man was airlifted to a Peoria hospital after a crash that sent his vehicle into the bed of a parked pickup truck Sunday.  The LaSalle County Sheriff’s Office say that 23-year-old Michael Gray of Streator was traveling North on US Route 23 near the intersection of N

CHICAGO (AP) — The archbishop of Chicago has removed a priest as head of a North Side church after he burned a rainbow banner, angering the LGBT community. Cardinal Blase Cupich announced Rev. Paul Kalchik’s removal in a recent letter to parishioners and staff at the Resurrection

WISCONSIN DELLS, Wis. (AP) — Three Illinois men are dead after their sport utility vehicle collided with a pickup near Wisconsin Dells. Columbia County sheriff’s authorities say the men were in a Toyota 4Runner that collided with a Chevrolet Silverado at an intersection on State Highway

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner signed an amendatory veto of a bill that imposes a prohibition on employers asking applicants their salary history. The bill is aimed at eliminating the pay gap between male and female employees. In his veto message Friday, Rauner noted House