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MENDOTA – Community groups in Mendota are joining forces to raise awareness on drug addiction and provide training on how to use Narcan this weekend. Narcan is a synthetic drug that blocks opiate receptors, and is designed to reduce opioid overdoses. Event Coordinator DeeAnn Lohmeier of

PERU – Hy-Vee in Peru will be offering free meals to government employees beginning today. Because Hy-Vee stores are independently run, Store Director Kyle Thornsbrough made the executive decision to offer free hot meals to families who can show a government ID. Thornsbrough noted that on

GENESEO – Three people from Chicago were taken into custody after being charged with forgery, according to Princeton Police. Authorities say that on Wednesday, Princeton Police assisted Geneseo Police in reference to a forgery investigation after reports of subjects allegedly passing

SPRINGFIELD – State Senator Sue Rezin has been re-appointed to the Senate Republican Leadership Team. Senator Rezin will continue to serve on the 63-member Executive Committee of the National Conference of State Legislatures. She will join her colleagues from all 50 states numerous times

AURORA, Ill. (AP) — Gov. J.B. Pritzker has signed an executive order that his office says will help protect immigrants and refugees in Illinois. Pritzker signed the order Thursday morning at a social services agency in Aurora. Under the order the Illinois Department of Human Services would

OTTAWA – Early voting and voting by mail for the April election for LaSalle County residents will begin in less than a month. LaSalle County Clerk, Lori Bongartz says vote by mail applications are currently being accepted. You can download the application online or request an application to

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Two of three militia members accused of bombing a Minnesota mosque and attempting to bomb an Illinois women’s clinic are expected to enter guilty pleas. Twenty-nine-year-old Michael McWhorter and 23-year-old Joe Morris are scheduled to appear Thursday in U.S.

WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) — A trial date has been set for the wife of a suburban Chicago police lieutenant who killed himself and made it look like it was duty related. Lake County Judge James Booras on Wednesday set a trial date of July 1 for Melodie Gliniewicz, who is charged with unlawful use of

ORLAND PARK, Ill. (AP) — A man wanted in connection with the shooting death of an 18-year-old at a suburban Chicago mall has been taken into custody. Orland Park Police Cmdr. Tony Farrell says 20-year-old Jakharr Williams of University Park was arrested Wednesday without incident. He was wanted

WAUKEGAN, Ill. (AP) — A U.S. Marine Corps recruiter working in suburban Chicago has been charged with sexually assaulting a teenage girl. Alexander Louis of North Chicago on Wednesday was ordered held in lieu of $50,000 on felony sexual assault charges. The 27-year-old Louis is accused of