Local Headlines

  PRINCETON – The Princeton School Board opened up a forum to propose a new middle school facility and renovations to existing schools. Superintendent Tim Smith presented the phases of the overall project to abate asbestos and demolish Lincoln Elementary and Logan Junior High Buildings

SPRING VALLEY – The Bureau County Emergency Management Agency will be simulating a tornado disaster in the area and coordinating mock evacuations of health care facilities. The exercise will start at 8 a.m. and run until 2 p.m. at many locations, including St. Margaret’s Hospital,

OTTAWA – An Ottawa man was charged and arrested for multiple retail thefts in Kendall County. According to the U.S Marshals Great Lakes Fugitive Task Force, the Ottawa Police and the Kendall County Sheriffs Office, 20-year-old Isaac Martinez of Ottawa was charged with multiple retail

  WALTHAM – A two vehicle accident in Waltham Township has injured three people on Monday. According to LaSalle County Deputies, they responded to an accident on East 8th Road at the intersection of North-33rd Road. 36-year-old Guadalupe Diaz of Mendota was heading southbound on East

OGLESBY – Oglesby residents have been invited to view and comment on concept plans for the proposed development of Senica Square. City staff will be taking comments and questions about the project on Wednesday, from 1 to 3 p.m. at Oglesby’s City Hall. The project is said feature a

PERU – The LaSalle/Peru Shared Police Services could possibly house Illinois Valleys Regional Dispatch Center within their new headquarters. The shared service committee met Tuesday and passed a motion to authorize facility site visits in places like New Lennox and Glen Ellyn. Peru Police

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Natural Resources received reports of Edizootic Hemorrhagic Disease in white tail deer. So far over 50 suspected cases were reported to the IDNR. The disease appeared at low to moderate levels in counties on or near the Illinois River, including

KENDALL – One man is dead after a two vehicle accident in in Kendall County, Monday morning. 44-year-old Scott Weber of Plainfield was traveling southbound on Grove Road after 8:30 a.m. when he failed to stop for traffic on Route 52. He was then struck by an eastbound truck tractor

MENDOTA- Ed and Debbie Creager were in the living room when they heard the tremendous crash of most of a tree collapsing onto their home Tuesday night.   Their initial fears grew when they realized the tree had come through the ceiling of the dining room, just feet away from where their

PERU –  Illinois Valley Community Hospital is asking local residents for their opinions on what the area’s most urgent health care needs are. “We’re inviting everyone in the Illinois Valley to complete a survey and share their views on what they believe are the most pressing