SPRINGFIELD – Due to a backlog earlier in the week, the Illinois Department of Public Health announced 5,368 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday. The department announced that a slowdown in data processing affected the reporting of tests, although the systems are back in working order. 29
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OTTAWA – A female in her 80’s is the latest and 52nd coronavirus related death in LaSalle County. The health department reported the death on Friday, along with 48 new cases, the largest amount announced in a single day since mid August. LaSalle County has seen, in total, 1,357 COVID-19
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LAKE HOLIDAY – A man was reported missing in the early morning hours Friday at Lake Holiday, but was located safely hours later. According to Somonauk Fire Department Assistant Chief Brad Cummings, they were called by the LaSalle County Sheriff’s Office to find an adult male who was
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PERU – The identity of the possible victim of the multi-state truck driver serial killer remains a mystery, as authorities are examining bones found during the search Wednesday of a property on May Road near Peru. Convicted murderer Dellmus Colvin recalled the night around fifteen years ago
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PERU – Even with the ripple effect of Hurricane Laura disrupting supply, Labor Day Weekend fuel prices are expected nationwide to be at a four year low. According to AAA, the nationwide average price per gallon of gas is $2.32, twelve cents above the low of $2.20 in 2016. Locally, LaSalle
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OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Health Department received confirmation that mosquitoes from Ottawa tested positive for West Nile virus. The mosquitoes were collected on September 3rd and Environmental Health staff were able to conduct the confirmatory test on the mosquitoes at the Health
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PONTIAC – Four more residents of Livingston County have tested positive for coronavirus disease. The Livingston County Health Department on Thursday say a woman in her 60’s is currently hospitalized battling COVID-19. Three other new cases were recovering at home in isolation.
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PRINCETON – The Bureau, Putnam and Marshall County Health Department on Thursday announced 18 new cases of COVID-19, including an infection in a toddler. This brings the total since the pandemic began to 427 cases, with sixty-nine of those cases coming in the last seven days. Bureau County
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OTTAWA – Another LaSalle County resident, a male in his 80’s, has died from COVID-19 related complications. The LaSalle County Health Department announced the 51st death in the county on Thursday, along with 15 additional cases. Statewide, the IDPH reported 1,360 new cases along with 25
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SUBLETTE – A farm shed suffered serious damage in a fire in rural Lee County on Wednesday. The Sublette and Amboy Fire Departments were called to the 200 block of Rockyford Road west of Sublette around 5 PM for a metal shed that had a significant fire at one end. It took about five minutes
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