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A specialist on the study of insects testified Tuesday afternoon at the Clifford Andersen trial.  Andersen is accused of the concealment and murder of his sister in law, Deborah Dewey.  Dr. Amanda Roe, a forensic etymologist, reviewed insect specimens from the crime scene in Standard.  Based

HENNEPIN – Remnants of a tarp found in Standard may be from the one used to bury Deborah Dewey according to the Illinois State Police. An Illinois State Police crime scene investigator, Darrel Stafford was called to the stand Tuesday in the trial of Clifford Andersen, the man charged with

LASALLE – The LaSalle City Council board met Monday to reach a decision to take the next steps on a multi-jurisdiction law enforcement services and facility joined with Oglesby and Peru. The committee approved what they called phase one of the ordinance, meaning the approval to use up to

DEKALB, Ill. (AP) — Northern Illinois University trustees have voted their preference to be the next president of the school. Seven trustees attending Monday’s special meeting voted in favor of a resolution naming Acting President Lisa Freeman as their pick for university president. One

PERU – Four are in custody after an early morning armed robbery at a pharmacy in Peru. In a release Tuesday morning, Peru Police Chief Doug Bernabei said that around 2 a.m. a 911 call was made reporting an alleged armed robbery at the Walgreens on Shooting Park Road in Peru. The caller

URBANA, Ill. (AP) — A University of Illinois student has been charged with disorderly conduct after authorities say he called police to report a man with a gun, then pointed a pellet gun at responding officers before they shot him. Monday 23-year-old Samuel Applebaum of Flossmoor pleaded not

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Gov. Bruce Rauner signed laws Monday authorizing judges to take weapons away from people facing problems that make them dangerous to themselves or others and to extend the waiting period for delivery of newly purchased guns, but pledged to veto a third piece of

HENNEPIN – Cell tower mapping was reviewed at the Clifford Andersen trial Monday.    Andersen is accused in the concealment and murder of his sister in law, Deborah Dewey.  On the stand this afternoon was an Illinois State Trooper, Matt Windisch, who was called to discuss his expertise

The trial of Clifford Anderson continued Monday at the Putnam County Courthouse in Hennepin.  Andersen is charged with the murder and concealment of death in the case of his sister-in-law, Deborah Dewey.  The former divorce lawyer of Dewey took the stand to recall the details of Dewey’s

ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) — Authorities say a 2-year-old child has died following a house fire in northern Illinois. Rockford Fire Department crews responded early Monday to the home in Rockford and they searched the home for the child. The child was pulled from the building taken to a hospital in