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PERU – Illinois Valley Community Hospital announced that they are postponing transplant support group meetings. In a release, ICVH announced the Live Life transplant support group will not meeting for the next three months. The group normally meets on the second Monday of each month,

  The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office announced that they have a new phone number for weather and road condition information. The Sheriff’s Office announced in a press release on Tuesday that the new number to call is 815-899-0727 for updated road and weather conditions.

OTTAWA – State and county unemployment rates increased within the past month, according to the Illinois Department of Employment Security. Currently state unemployment is at 4.2 percent, just a tenth of a percent increase compared to last month. However, county unemployment rates scale

PERU – A giant magnet for a new MRI system was lifted through the roof of Illinois Valley Community Hospital on Wednesday. The magnet that will be the heart of the new MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) system at Illinois Valley Community Hospital. It was lifted into place by crane through

Streator High School conducted school safety training Wednesday in conjunction with the Streator Police Department and the Streator Fire Department. The drills and training ran from 11:45 AM to 2:30 PM. There was  a heavy presence of law enforcement and fire department services present at the

MENDOTA – A dog was rescued after falling into a pond in Bureau County Wednesday morning.   The Mendota Fire Department was called to a residence in the 35000 block of 2800 North Rd around 6:40 a.m.   Authorities said the family was walking the leashed dog, described as a Rottweiler on

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois General Assembly convenes Wednesday as its fall session winds down. The House voted Tuesday to override a veto on raising to $2 million the cap on damage awards in lawsuits against the state. The law is now in effect. Supporters say the $100,000 cap set in

SPRING VALLEY – A Tuesday night Bureau County crash had no injuries but did take down power lines. After 9:30 Spring Valley Fire and 10/33 EMS were called to the are of Peru- Princeton Road for a single vehicle rollover accident. Power lines were brought down in the incident and were

OTTAWA — Commonwealth Edison say the utility is adding 262 more crews in its effort to restore power following Sunday’s blizzard.  Over 15,000 customers in northern Illinois were without electricity late Tuesday, most in Chicago’s northern suburbs. LaSalle County still had over

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — American farmers still working to get out their remaining soybeans after a weather-plagued harvest season are struggling to figure out what to do with a record crop now their traditionally dominant export market is largely closed. Usually by this point in the year,