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(Ottawa, IL / May 22, 2019) – Ottawa Township High School graduate, Bailee Hubbard, is the 2019 recipient of the Don Morehead Community Service Scholarship. The $1,000 award will assist Ms. Hubbard’s higher education goals. She will attend the University of Missouri in the fall with plans

OTTAWA – State Rep. Lance Yednock, D-Ottawa, passed a resolution in the Illinois House of Representatives to help recognize the Galetti family, who has had eight brothers from their family that have served their country and the State of Illinois in the military. “When we look for real heroes,

FREEPORT, Ill. (AP) — Efforts are underway in Springfield to name a highway overpass in honor of an Illinois trooper killed in a traffic crash. The Illinois House of Representatives unanimously passed a resolution to name the U.S. 20 overpass the “Trooper Brooke Jones-Story Memorial

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — State public health officials say they’ve confirmed Illinois’ first mosquitoes testing positive for West Nile virus this season. The Illinois Department of Public Health said Friday that DuPage County Health Department staff collected the positive mosquitoes

TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — The head of the Army Corps of Engineers has sent Congress a $778 million plan to fortify an Illinois waterway with noisemakers, electric cables and other devices in the hope that they will prevent Asian carp from reaching the Great Lakes, where the aggressive

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois State Police say gun dealers can certify federal firearms licenses online to comply with a new state law. They said Friday that dealers can certify their licenses on the state police website to comply with the law intended to reduce the opportunity for

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Illinois turkey hunters harvested a preliminary statewide total of 15,189 wild turkeys during the 2019 Spring Turkey Season. This year’s total is up compared with the 2018 statewide turkey harvest of 13,494. The statewide preliminary total includes the 2019 Youth Turkey

OGLESBY – An initiative begun last year by Illinois Valley Community College’s student Ag Club will result in fresh produce going to district food pantries this summer and fall.  The club grew well over a thousand plants this year in the college greenhouse including 800 tomato and 500

HOPKINSVILLE, KY – Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White was honored with the Distinguished Member of the Regiment by the 187th Infantry Division and the 101st Airborne Division of the United States Army on May 17th in Hopkinsville, KY near Fort Campbell. White was recognized for his

OGLESBY – Illinois Valley Community College’s Sigma Kappa Delta Mu Alpha chapter vice-president Shane Peek of Rutland was recently awarded the Dr. William C. Johnson Sigma Tau Delta Transfer Scholarship. Peek, the son of Jennifer Casey and Chad Peek received the scholarship at the