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OTTAWA – A Kangley man is being held without bond and is facing a number of charges, including possession of a stolen vehicle.   The LaSalle County Sheriff’s Office say that 33-year-old Wayne R. Fountain was taken into custody Saturday originally on a Marshall County warrant for

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health is reporting the first human case of rabies in Illinois since 1954.  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirmed the diagnosis after testing at its lab.  In mid-August, a Lake County resident in his 80’s awoke to a bat on

LASALLE – Secretary of State and State Librarian Jesse White awarded a grant of nearly $40,000 to an area library for a statewide mentoring program. Project Next Generation Grants Funds provide technology and mentors to help at-risk youth. The LaSalle Public Library was one of 28 chosen for

STERLING – A 71-year-old man is dead after a fire Monday in Sterling. The Sterling Fire Department say they were called to the 1400 block of Johnson Ave around 3 AM for a two story home ablaze. They were notified of a person possibly trapped in the rear first floor bedroom. Timothy A.

SANDWICH – A two vehicle crash on Sunday took the life of an Oswego woman. According to the DeKalb County Coroner, 32-year-old Kristin Schwartz was pronounced dead after a morning collision at the intersection of Rogers Road and Millington Road in rural Sandwich. Schwartz was the driver of

LOSTANT – Two people were injured, one of them seriously in a three vehicle crash Friday on I-39. The Lostant Fire Department reports they were called around 11:30 AM to southbound I-39 near milepost 44 for a tractor-trailer, car and SUV collision that caused the SUV to rollover into a

OTTAWA – Every season the flu sickens millions of people in the U.S., hospitalizes hundreds of thousands, and kills tens of thousands. This season, in addition to flu, the area continues to battle COVID-19. The LaSalle County Health Department has received its first shipment of flu vaccine and