OTTAWA – LaSalle County State’s Attorney Todd Martin on Tuesday asked the LaSalle County Board Finance Committee to consider a budget increase for staffing the department. Martin said that this matches what was in the budget until November 30th 2020, but had become reduced on December
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OTTAWA – Ottawa Elementary students will have the option of going back to school on Monday. Superintendent Cleve Threadgill announced on Tuesday that if families elect to utilize remote learning, students must remain so until the end of the 2nd trimester. Threadgill says if a family
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OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Health Department is encouraging residents to test the radon level in their home. Radon is a radioactive gas that occurs naturally in most soil. As radon travels through the soil, it can easily move through small spaces in a foundation and enter a building, where it
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OTTAWA – Forty-one new confirmed and probable cases of COVID-19 were reported in LaSalle County. According to the LaSalle County Health Department, 102 previously reported cases are recovered & released from isolation and two additional COVID-related deaths were announced on Tuesday.
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SPRINGFIELD – 126 additional coronavirus related deaths were reported Tuesday by the Illinois Department of Public Health in addition to 6,839 new confirmed and probable cases. Included in those deaths were 3 individuals from LaSalle County, of which 2 were previously reported by the county
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PERU – The Peru City Council on Monday night chose Advanced Asphalt Company to do the work on the upcoming Midtown Road extension. The accepted bid was for $1,848,414.90 to not only extend Midtown Road from Peoria Street to Plank Road, but also widening a portion of Plank Road to accomodate
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PONTIAC – The Livingston County Health Department on Tuesday announced 19 more infections were discovered of the novel coronavirus among residents. They say that since the pandemic began, they have received 47,829 test results, with 3,247 individuals testing positive. Currently, 129 cases
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CHICAGO – The American Red Cross has announced that due to the ongoing pandemic, blood, platelet and plasma donors are as essential as ever. They also supply about 40% of the nation’s blood. A number of upcoming opportunities to donate will be coming up this week, including in Streator on
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PRINCETON – A man in his 60’s from Putnam County has died from complications related to COVID-19, marking that county’s first death from the novel coronavirus since the pandemic began. The county has seen 330 individuals test positive, with four new cases reported yesterday. The
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OGLESBY – BHMG Consulting presented to the City of Oglesby their recommendation about how to manage their electrical system, with a suggesting of increasing expenses and reduce rates for some customers. Consultant Verbal Blakey suggested that infrastructure upgrades and a larger staff will
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