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OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Highway Department announced that the Sandy Ford Bridge carrying Highway 5 over the Vermillion River will be closed this week from 7am to 6pm every day for inspection through Friday. The Highway Department also stated that E. 18th Road, Dayton Township will be

PERU- The Peru Police Department on Tuesday warned residents of a possible scam involving fraudulent contractors offering to do home repairs.  They say you should be mindful of any unsolicited offers for roofing or paving work, especially with a deal too good to be true.  The scammers will

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The meat and poultry industry has historically relied on immigrant labor to do some of the most dangerous jobs in America, from employing refugees to a notorious record of hiring immigrants in the U.S. illegally. Now that reliance and uncertainty about the pandemic is

CHICAGO (Chicago Tribune) — The Illinois Tollway board has approved agreements with two major railroads that help clear the way for a western highway access into O’Hare International Airport tollway officials have long argued is crucial to the airport’s expansion. Under the

CHICAGO (AP) — Nine people have been killed and another 27 wounded in weekend shootings in Chicago, already marking the deadliest Memorial Day weekend in the city since 2015. That’s according to data maintained by the Chicago Tribune and Chicago Sun-Times as of early Monday. Chicago

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health announced on Memorial Day that 31 people with Covid-19 had died.  The deaths range in age from 2 people in their 30’s, to 5 people in their 90’s.  The 31 deaths is the lowest for the month of May.  Thus far, nearly 4,900

OTTAWA – Three deaths were reported from the Coronavirus in LaSalle County on Memorial Day.  The LaSalle County Health Department says they were notified on Monday that two men in their 60’s, and a woman in her 90’s, had passed away after earlier being tested positive for the

MENDOTA- A resident in Mendota who wasn’t able to keep a flag flying now had one back on his flagpole after a neighbor took notice.   On Saturday, Lonny Eisenberg noticed that the home on the corner near 13th Ave did not have a flag raised in the yard as it had in years past.  Eisenberg,