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SPRING VALLEY – Lane closures for resurfacing will begin on US Route 6 and IL Route 89 from Mary Street to I-80 in Spring Valley on Monday. Daytime lane closures controlled by flaggers will impact travel. Alternatives routes should be considered. Work is expected to continue into the

OTTAWA – LaSalle County Board members rejected a grain elevator company’s request for a wider road to alleviate truck traffic. Safety Manager John Janz of Ruff Brothers Grain in Leonore told the board, the widening of their entrance from 50 to 100 feet would get trucks off of the road

OGLESBY – Boaters looking to venture out on the Vermillion River at Lowell are out of luck. Bob Herbst, who runs the only whitewater rafting on the river says business is closed this weekend due to low waters reaching just two feet. He says were going to need another downpour of a couple

    SPRING VALLEY –  A Spring Valley man facing murder charges is expected to enter his plea in court next week. 37-year-old Eddie Lee Metgen was charged in June with first degree murder of 28-year-old Marissa Roberts who was found dead in her Spring Valley apartment on April

  OGLESBY – The lower dells area, trails, horseback campground and most of the horseback trails have now reopened at Matthiessen State Park. Posted closures along the Vermillion River, including the connecting trail from the Dells area to the Vermillion River area remain wash out.

OGLESBY – Incoming Illinois Valley Community College agriculture student Miriam Hoffman of Earlville has been selected as this year’s FFA National Officer Candidate from Illinois, IVCC President Jerry Corcoran announced at Thursday’s board meeting. Last year Hoffman served as state FFA

OGLESBY – Illinois Valley Community College’s Transfer Academy successfully launched this summer at Ottawa Center as students banked college credit while still in high school, the IVCC board learned Thursday. IVCC reports that 22 Transfer Academy students are enrolled this summer at

OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Board unanimously voted to move forward with plans to cleanup a private property in LaSalle. At Thursday afternoon’s board meeting, a resolution was authorized to cleanup a rural 1.29 acre property at 290 N. 35th Road in LaSalle. Environmental

  AMBOY – The Lee County Farm Service Agency is reminding farmers the deadline for filing crop acreage reports for 2019 spring seeded crops is Monday, July 15th. After July 15th, farmers will be charged a late filing fee of $46 per farm in order to file a crop report.  Acreage reports

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — An audit has found that state electronic financial reporting consolidation has cost $150 million more than estimated. Auditor General Frank Mautino said Thursday that his review of the Illinois Department of Innovation and Technology found the 60% increased cost in