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  MENDOTA – The Illinois Critical Care Access Hospital Network (ICAHN) recently recognized OSF HealthCare Saint Paul Medical Center for its ongoing commitment to exceptional quality of care, during a ceremony as part of ICAHN’s annual conference via Zoom. As part of the Federal Office of

MENDOTA – A home in Mendota suffered mostly smoke damage after a fire on New Years Eve.  Thursday afternoon Mendota and Troy Grove Fire Departments were called to the 300 block of 9th Street after a neighbor reported seeing smoke.  According to Mendota Fire Chief Dennis Rutishauser, pets

OGLESBY Illinois Valley Community College cybersecurity program coordinator Nancy McDonnell presented “Cybersecurity Today” live via Zoom to about 30 small business owners and staff last month. McDonnell’s presentation, sponsored in partnership with district chambers of commerce, focused on

PERU – Use of an innovative CPR training program has earned Illinois Valley Community Hospital official designation as an RQI Lighthouse Organization, joining IVCH with a group of hospitals from around the country that have demonstrated resuscitation best practices using the program. IVCH

OTTAWA – A Michigan man is being held on one million dollars bond after a Tuesday night incident where he allegedly opened fire with a pistol on Oglesby Police Officers on the campus of Illinois Valley Community College.   In court on Thursday 35-year-old Peter Douglas Bergsma of Grand

PERU – An Oglesby man is accused of placing a spy camera in an employee bathroom at a Peru business.  On Wednesday Peru Police arrested 21-year-old Drew M. Meredith of Oglesby and charged him with a class 4 felony charge of Unauthorized Videotaping & Live Video Transmission.  Meredith

STREATOR – The Streator Police Department say that someone made off with a large amount of scrap steel from a business in Streator. They were called Thursday to the 900 block of North Shabbona Street for a report of over $10,000 worth of scrap steel taken from the Owens Glass property. The

PONTIAC – Twenty-three more residents of Livingston County have tested positive for COVID-1. The Livingston County Health Department on Wednesday said that 3,106 residents have tested positive for the novel coronavirus since the start of the pandemic. Currently, 172 cases remain active and 56