PERU – Bad weather has delayed the full opening of the new roundabout in Peru. North Peoria Street will remain closed from Sunset Drive to Midtown Road until Friday, and Sunset Drive will remain closed until Monday morning, weather permitting. The estimated $3.5 million dollar roundabout
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PRINCETON – The Bureau, Putnam & Marshall County Health Department announced 28 new cases in the areas they cover on Monday. They say that 22 cases were discovered in Bureau, four in Marshall and two in Putnam County. Since the pandemic began 21 residents in those three counties in
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STREATOR – The 4th grade students at Centennial Elementary School in Streator will be doing schoolwork from home for the next week and until at least November 4th due to a positive COVID-19 case. Principal Anne McDonnell sent a letter out to parents notifying them that this was being done
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COVID – PONTIAC – Results that came in over the weekend add forty new cases of COVID-19 to the count in Livingston County. The total are those new cases discovered since Saturday, including in a girl under the age of one. They also say among the new cases two men in their 70’s
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MARSEILLES – The City of Marseilles announced Monday that their City Hall will be closed for quarantine for the week due to exposure to COVID-19. They said they will be following the Illinois Department of Public Health Guidelines and expect to be re-open next Monday.
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OTTAWA – More than double the number of ballots that were cast absentee in 2018 have already been turned in to officials in LaSalle County. According to the County Clerk, over 18,400 residents have requested mail in or absentee ballots, with 13,442 being returned already this week. You have
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DEKALB – 149 additional positive cases of COVID-19 were reported by the DeKalb County Health Department. The county has seen 2,476 since the start of the pandemic, with 42 deaths in total. Throughout the state, 4,729 new coronavirus cases were reported by the Illinois Department of Public
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OTTAWA – Two individuals in LaSalle County have died from COVID-19 related complications, the health department confirmed Monday. With the addition of these individuals, both females in their 80’s, LaSalle County has now reported 65 coronavirus related deaths in total. 27 additional
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LASALLE – The Illinois Valley Food Pantry has temporarily closed as a precaution during the COVID-19 pandemic. According to Executive Director of the Pantry, Mary Jo Credi, the decision was made to protect the health of the volunteers and the clients of the pantry. They are planning on
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OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Health Department reports 24 new novel coronavirus cases on Sunday. The cases range in ages from four children under 13 years of age to three people in their 80s. The Sunday cases came after yesterday’s record 57 new cases, and makes the
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