OTTAWA – The Illinois Waterway Visitor Center will be offering two free boating safety classes this summer. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Rock Island District will present the classes on July 24 and August 14 from 9 AM – 5 PM. The course will include instruction in basic boating
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HILLSBORO – There are plenty of intersections in rural areas across the state of Illinois where the corn has grown tall enough this time of year to make travel a little more difficult. The crops are growing fast, and authorities like the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office are
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UNDATED – LaSalle County crops welcomed rain in North Central Illinois this past week, and they could be getting more these next few days. LaSalle County Farm Bureau President David Isermann says the corn is starting to enter into its critical pollination phase and soybeans will
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OTTAWA – LaSalle County Board Chairman Don Jensen took retiring Sheriff Tom Templeton’s suggestion, and the full board approved the appointment of 45-year-old Adam Diss as his successor. Sheriff Diss will complete the remaining time on Templeton’s term, due to end in the fall
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OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Board voted Thursday to continue funding Catlin and Shabbona Parks. The unanimous vote was met with applause from the dozen or so park supporters who attended the meeting. Last month it was asked of the board to reconsider keeping the parks open, and officials
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LASALLE – The I&M Canal Boat will be back in action for the season. “The Volunteer”, a mule-pulled 1840’s replica canal boat, will take passengers on a one mile trip up the canal and back. The hour long journey will be available most Fridays – Sunday at 11:30, 1, and 2:30.
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CHICAGO (AP) — An Iowa man who was in custody in Chicago after police found a rifle with a laser sight in a hotel room that overlooks a Lake Michigan beach during the July 4th weekend made bond and then proposed to his girlfriend upon his release. Authorities say a member of the cleaning staff
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PERU – Commemorative flags made by LaSalle-Peru High School’s Art Department students are flying high around the city of Peru. Fine Arts Teacher Julie Jenkins says three of her outstanding students’ designed commemorative flags with blue, white, and army green colors
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MENDOTA – At the Tuesday night Mendota City Council meeting Police Chief Gregory Kellen announced plans to install solar powered flashing speed limit signs in front of Blackstone School along US Route 34. The lights would be programmed to flash weekdays between 7:30 AM and 4:30 PM and
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By TODD RICHMOND Associated Press MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Kyle Rittenhouse’s attorney wants a judge to allow him to argue that one of the men his client killed during a protest in Wisconsin last year was a sex offender, in hopes of showing the man was trying to steal Rittenhouse’s gun
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