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ROCK FALLS, Iowa (AP) — The remains of a missing DeKalb County man have been found in a northern Iowa campground pond.  The body of 48-year-old Larry Eugene Howlett, of Sandwich, was found Friday evening in the Camp of the Woods pond at Rock Falls. The Cerro Gordo County Sheriff’s Office say

JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — A judge has refused to dismiss reckless homicide charges filed against a northern Illinois man for a 2017 crash that killed a pregnant woman and her three sons. Prosecutors allege Sean Woulfe sped through a stop sign in Beecher and slammed into a car carrying Lindsey Schmidt

  CHICAGO (AP) — U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials say it isn’t unusual for agents to confiscate contraband like the 32 pounds of rat meat recently seized at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport. Customs spokesman Steve Bansbach tells the Chicago Tribune all

OTTAWA – Ottawa is hoping to relieve traffic congestion near railroads. The city, U.S Silica, IDOT and Hanson Services are all in agreement to perform a railroad study to relieve traffic congestion when trains are switching cars and find an alternative place to assemble. Mayor Dan Aussem

OTTAWA – Soybean yield could be down unless we get perfect weather from here on out, according to LaSalle County’s Farm Bureau President David Isermann. After an unseasonably wet planting season for corn, some farmers in the county turned to prevent plant and moved on to soybeans. But

          MORTON, Ill. (AP) — Budget-conscious eaters could be cringing: Police say a truck carrying ramen noodles overturned in central Illinois. The driver from Columbus, Ohio, apparently was driving too fast Wednesday night on a ramp connecting two interstates near

PERU – A man was arrested on cocaine charges, Friday after an investigation by the Peru Police Department. According to authorities, 39-year-old Kilman R. Johnson of Peru was taken into custody at 2 p.m. by detectives with the Peru Police Department’s Special Investigation unit on a

T‪ISKILWA – A building was leveled in what authorities say was an explosion Friday morning in rural Bureau County. According to a Bureau County Sheriff’s Deputy, the cause of the blast has not been determined in the 19000 block of Plow Creek Road. Tiskilwa, Bureau and Princeton

SPRINGFIELD – During the Independence Day holiday weekend and throughout the busy summer boating season, Illinois Conservation Police remind boat operators and passengers to stay sober and wear life jackets while on the water. “The last week in June was a particularly sad week for our

SPRINGFIELD – Helping to protect the earned wages and tips of workers, state Rep. Lance Yednock, D-Ottawa, helped pass critical legislation ensuring that employees collect their money. “The working men and women of my district deserve to keep every penny they earn,” said Yednock. “My