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SPRING VALLEY – The City of Spring Valley was awarded a safe route to school grant from the Illinois Department of Transportation. The approved project includes a new sidewalk for children in the community to reach school safely. New sidewalks will be coming to Posetti Drive from the

CHICAGO – The Illinois Commerce Commission announced that Commonwealth Edison has submitted a filing indicating that for the June 2022 – May 2023 delivery year, it will provide a credit to all of its delivery customers equal to 3.087 cents per kWh. This credit will lower consumer bills by

OTTAWA – Bridge replacement on Interstate-80 in Bureau County begins on Monday. The Illinois Department of Transportation plans to replace bridges that cross Maple Grove Creek, located six miles west of Highway 26. Traffic will be reduced to one lane in each direction through fall, when the

      OTTAWA – The Illinois 178/U.S. 6 intersection roundabout project in Utica will begin on Monday. All lanes will remain open and controlled by temporary traffic signals, according to the Illinois Department of Transportation. Traffic may be reduced to one lane controlled

From left – Ryan Gochanour, Hope Beelman, Andrew Gochanour, Emily Schaibley and Paige Blackburn PHOTO IVCC OGLESBY – Illinois Valley Community College has named five Thomas J. McCormack Scholars this spring. The McCormack award is IVCC’s highest academic achievement. Honored this

    OTTAWA – A Sandwich man is found guilty of killing his ex-wife’s parents last year in Sheridan. On Friday at the LaSalle County Courthouse, a jury found 38-year-old Donald Fredres guilty of shooting and killing his ex-wife’s parents 62-year-old Greg and Brenda

OGLESBY – The Illinois Valley Community College’s Wind Ensemble will offer a free concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, May 5 in the Dr. Mary Margaret Weeg Cultural Centre. The performance will likely include the music of Morton Gould, Franz Biebl, John Philip Sousa, Percy Aldridge Grainger,

  MARSEILLES – The Marseilles community, along with a 90s rock band guitarist with roots in the area honored a union worker who was killed protesting for work.  In commemoration of Workers Day, city officials unveiled a roadside plaque honoring Steve Sutton, a local Joliet laborer

In a speech on Thursday, President Joe Biden called on Congress to immediately pass a measure for $33 billion in additional emergency support to Ukraine to defend against Russian forces. The United States have already given billions to the Ukraine war effort. In his remarks Thursday, the