OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Health Department said Monday that they have recorded four more COVID-19 related deaths. The individuals are a woman in her 70’s, two women in their 90’s, and a man in his 90’s. There have been a total of thirty-four COVID-19 related deaths in LaSalle
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SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 12 more COVID-19 related deaths in the state on Monday, along with 1,773 new confirmed cases. Since the beginning of the pandemic, 207,854 individuals have tested positive, including 7,756 deaths in total. The IDPH reports
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MENDOTA – Seneca Foods has purchased some of the property of the former Del Monte production facility in Mendota. LaSalle County property tax information shows the New York based company as the current owner of portions of the vegetable canning plant that has been in the city since
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OGLESBY – The Illinois Valley Community College’s board approved a tentative 2021 budget last week. The plan is not expected to require a tax increase. Revenues are projected at $32.1 million, less than one percent over the previous year. Expenditures of $32.5 million are up less than one
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UTICA – Starved Rock and Matthiessen State Park will remain closed for the foreseeable future as officials work to clean up after the storm which battered North Central Illinois a week ago. The Deracho brought with it up to 100 MPH winds, causing trees to fall blocking trails and picnic
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SYCAMORE – A man has died after an ATV crash in DeKalb County. The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office say that on Friday around 8 PM 58-year-old Gregory S. Duecker of Sycamore was traveling on Larson Road when for unknown reasons he lost control and rolled several times. Duecker was
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PRINCETON – The Bureau, Putnam and Marshall County Health Departments on Sunday announced five new COVID-19 cases in Bureau County. One of the cases, a woman in her 80’s, was said to be in the hospital while the other four remain at home in isolation. Bureau County now has had 283
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OTTAWA – LaSalle County has now recorded a 30th death among residents of COVID-19 complications. The LaSalle County Health Department on Sunday said a woman in her 70’s had passed away. Of the previously infected, 8 new recoveries were reported, bringing the total up to 453,
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SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health Sunday announced 1,562 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Illinois, including 18 deaths, 12 of those from the Chicagoland area. The state has had a total of 206,081 cases, including 7,744 deaths. The IDPH reports that 345 patients were
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OGLESBY – Illinois Valley Community College was awarded over $80,000 in grant funding to support adult learners in their Career and Technical Education programs. The $81,665 grant will reinforce IVCC’s Adult Learner Initiative and enhance the schools ability to recruit, serve, and retain
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