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UTICA – A rural intersection that has seen multiple accidents over the years is getting new lights and signs.  Construction is nearly done on the flashing lights, extra stop signs, and concrete islands at the intersection of East 8th and North 33rd Road in rural LaSalle County.   Over the

MENDOTA – OSF Saint Paul Medical Center in Mendota will be hosing a blood drive on July 17th. The Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center will in Conference Room C from Noon until 5 PM. To schedule an appointment, please call (815) 539-1411. All persons age 17 and up (or 16, with a signed

CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois is looking for a new poet laureate. Gov. J.B. Pritzker has launched a search committee to fill the post, which has been vacant since 2017. He says Illinois has been home to talented poets including Carl Sandburg, Gwendolyn Brooks and Sandra Cisneros. Pritzker says he

URBANA, Ill. (AP) — Researchers at the University of Illinois will now be able to closely study mice, rats, pigs and songbirds with the arrival of the university’s first MRI scanner dedicated to animal research. The News-Gazette reports that the Bruker 9.4-Tesla MRI has been installed at

OTTAWA – Eight new positive coronavirus cases have been reported in LaSalle County on Saturday.  The Health Department says the eight range in age from two women in their 20’s to a man in his 70’s.  Since the pandemic was declared back in March, 254 people have contracted the

SPRINGFIELD – Illinois saw another 1,000 plus day of new Covid-19 cases on Saturday.  According to the Illinois Department of Public Health, 1,195 people have been confirmed to have contracted the virus since Friday afternoon.  That’s less than Friday’s 1,317 cases, and the

MENDOTA- Residents living along I-39 early Saturday called 911 after hearing a loud crash in the pre-dawn hour.  Around 5 AM Mendota and Troy Grove Fire and EMS were called to the scene about one mile north of the US Route 34 interchange near Mendota, where they found the tractor-trailer off