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    OGLESBY – Power is restored in the city of Oglesby after a malfunction left the area without electricity for the afternoon. According to Ameren Communications Executive Brian Bretsch, the cause of the outage was linked at the Oglesby substation where a piece of equipment

OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Health Department was notified of an additional novel coronavirus related death in LaSalle County, Illinois. The individual is a male in his 70’s. There have been a total of two hundred seventy-seven COVID-19 related deaths in LaSalle County. The Health

    SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) today reported 1,884 new confirmed and probable cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Illinois, including 32 additional deaths. – Adams County: 1 female 80s – Christian County: 1 female

  OTTAWA – Emergency sewer repair work will be conducted in Ottawa beginning on Thursday at 6 a.m. The center and east lanes for southbound vehicles in the 600 block of LaSalle Street will be closed to all traffic from that block to Veterans Memorial Bridge. Only the west lane will

OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Health Department is reporting 39 new coronavirus-related cases on the county on Wednesday. This brings the total number of cases to 10,788. There are no new  COVID-19 deaths to report. New Cases include: Male, teen (2) Females, teen (5) Males, 20’s Female,

  SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 2,022 new confirmed and probable cases of coronavirus disease in Illinois, including 44 additional deaths on Wednesday. – Cook County: 1 female 60s, 3 males 60s, 4 females 70s, 3 males 70s, 2 females 80s, 1 male 80s,

PERU – The Peru Police Department on Wednesday located a stolen vehicle which they say may have been involved in a series of burglaries. Inside the vehicle authorities found numerous items that they say were taken from residences, vehicles and garages. They are asking if you are missing