SPRINGFIELD – State Senator Sue Rezin has been selected as the Deputy Minority Leader of the Illinois State Senate Republican Caucus. The Morris Republican was appointed by State Senator Dan McConchie last week. Rezin, who has served in the Illinois Senate since 2010, was previously serving
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MENDOTA – The Mendota High School Board will be meeting Tuesday to consider leaving the Big Northern Conference and joining the Three Rivers Athletic Conference. Superintendent Jeff Prusator said if the move is approved, the change would be implemented for the 2021-22 school year. Mendota
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TISKILWA – A 77-year-old man is dead after a single vehicle crash in Bureau County. The Bureau County Sheriff’s Office said in a release that on Friday around 6 PM they were called to Kentville Road near 1900 East Street near Tiskilwa, where they found Donald Skutt of Tiskilwa had
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MENDOTA – Mendota Elementary – District 289 will move to all remote learning starting today through at least the end of the month due to rising number of COVID-19 cases. The school district announced that they have a shortage of staff due to the pandemic. Students would potentially
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OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Health Department on Sunday reports 79 new coronavirus cases. That gives the county an all time high of 102 cases per day on a 7 day moving average basis. No new deaths were reported on Sunday however. New Cases include: • (2) Males, youth <13 • (2)
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SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health on Sunday reported 10,009 new coronavirus cases on Sunday. It is the third day that the state has had over 10,000 cases, and the third day the state has used new CDC reporting guidelines of adding together both cases that are
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MENDOTA – Authorities say a man in his 30’s working around heavy equipment suffered a head injury Saturday night near Mendota and had to be airlifted. Mendota Fire Chief Dennis Rutishauser said that they were called before midnight to the 100 block of 36th Road for a man who had
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OGLESBY – Illinois Valley Community College will be offering a live, virtual Explore IVCC event via Zoom from 5:30 to 7:30 PM on Tuesday. This free event allows prospective students, parents and community members to meet IVCC faculty and get an idea of what labs and classrooms are like.
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SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health said Saturday that in the past 24 hours there have been 12,438 confirmed or probable cases of the new coronavirus. That would make the 2nd highest today since the pandemic began, as Friday’s total of just over 10,000 has been
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SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Natural Resources announced that new procedures will be put into place at the check stations across the state during deer season this year due to COVID-19. Hunters are asked to stay in their vehicles and encouraged to arrive with their deer
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