OTTAWA – 39 new cases of COVID-19 were reported throughout LaSalle County on Monday. This totals 11,659 positive cases the county has seen since the pandemic began. 10 more recovered cases were confirmed as well, for a total of 9,755 throughout the county. New Cases include: Male, youth
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MORRIS – State Senate Republican Deputy Leader Sue Rezin is co-sponsoring the People’s Independent Maps Act, which gives an independent commission the power to create Illinois legislative redistricting maps. Senate Bill 1325, uses identical language from the bipartisan SJRCA 0004, which
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AMBOY – Two teens are dead after a single vehicle crash near Amboy Saturday afternoon. Around 4:15 PM Amboy Fire Department along with the Sublette Fire Department and Lee County Sheriff’s Office were called to Robbins Road near Amboy Road west of the community for the wreck involving
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OTTAWA – The person discovered in the Illinois River on Friday has been identified as an Ottawa man. The Ottawa Police Department were called before 10 AM to the east end of Allen Park where a deceased male was discovered. The LaSalle County Coroner announced that the deceased was 63-year-old
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OTTAWA – A Machesney Park man is in custody and one subject is still at large after a high speed chase Friday morning in LaSalle County. Just after midnight the Illinois State Police and LaSalle County Deputies responded to a business in Tonica for a report of a man with a gun, and while en
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EARLVILLE – Multiple police cars were damaged and one area police officer suffered serious injuries after a vehicle pursuit across Northern LaSalle County. Saturday night LaSalle County Sheriff’s deputies were in pursuit of a vehicle after an attempted traffic stop on US Route 34 near
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OGLESBY- Illinois Valley Community College will be partnering with the Southern Illinois University Edwardsville School of Nursing on an RN-to-bachelor’s program, IVCC trustees learned Thursday. The “Pathway RN/BS Program” allows seamless transfer of IVCC credit to SIUE for completion of
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OGLESBY – The LaSalle County Health Department will be holding a Johnson and Johnson “One and Done” COVID-19 Vaccination Clinic in partnership with the Illinois National Guard at IVCC. 900 appointments are going to be made available on April 14th for anyone 18 years of age or older.
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SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Natural Resources announced the launch of the new CICADA (Conservation Inclusive Construction and Development Archive) website, an online resource which aims to engage the public and private sectors in habitat protection, restoration, and biodiversity
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By Megan Brown, Navy Office of Community Outreach ATLANTIC OCEAN – A 2014 LaSalle-Peru Township High School graduate and native of Peru, Illinois, is providing medical support aboard USS Iwo Jima, a U.S. Navy Wasp-class amphibious assault ship. Petty Officer Third Class
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