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MENDOTA – The Mendota Police Department on social media have urged residents to slow down in neighborhoods. They say they have received numerous complaints of speeding in the community. The speed limit in Mendota, unless otherwise marked, is 30 mph.

MENDOTA – The City of Mendota street and parks department will be collecting limbs and sticks that residents have accumulated over the winter months. They ask that you have them piled at the road before next Monday. The city will be picking them up as time allows over the next week.

Official said on Monday that the launch of NASA’s new moon rocket has been pushed back by nearly a month after the Space Launch System failed to complete necessary prelaunch testing. NASA’s SLS moon rocket had been estimated to blast off sometime between June 6 through 16, however,

A federal judge in Florida overturned the national mask mandate covering airlines and other public transportation ‘as exceeding the authority of U.S. health officials in their response to the coronavirus pandemic.’ The mask mandate was recently extended by the U.S. Centers for Disease

MENDOTA – The date for the yearly Independence Day fireworks has been set in Mendota.   On June 25th around Lake Mendota thousands will gather at dusk for the fireworks plus other activities.   A tag day to raise money for the fireworks will be  held on June 18th by the Mendota Area

STREATOR – The repairs to an area bridge over the Vermillion River will take all summer to complete. The LaSalle County Highway Department announced that starting today the Oakley Avenue bridge will be receiving repairs and culvert replacement. They expect the project to be completed by

Two youths were killed and at least eight others were injured during a shooting a party at a short-term rental property in Pittsburgh early Sunday morning.  Sunday’s shooting occurred in Pittsburgh’s East Allegheny neighborhood, also known as Deutschtown, on the city’s North

Authorities in South Carolina have confirmed a shooting early Sunday morning at a club in Hampton County that left at least nine people injured.  The State Law Enforcement Division said there were no reported fatalities in the Easter morning shooting at the club in Hampton County, and as of

  LASALLE – This Saturday the LaSalle Public Library will be partnering with Perfectly Flawed Foundation for the 6th Annual Earth Day Clean-Up at the Illinois and Michigan Canal in LaSalle. The event will be from 9 AM to 1 PM. The Library staff will have a booth with information about

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health has issued a warning that COVID-19 case rates are slowly rising in many areas of the state and that residents should be staying up-to-date on their vaccination status. Acting IDPH Director Amaal Tokars stressed that vaccination is the most