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MENDOTA – The aging and crumbling track surface at the Mendota District 289 facility on Stroble Ave is getting rebuilt this summer. The project, funded in part by “Friends of the Track”, is seeking donations to help with the project. The former high school football field and track is now

MENDOTA – The early Sunday morning call for a person with a gunshot wound turned out to be unsubstantiated after an investigation by Mendota Police, however, one person was eventually taken into custody. Around 3 AM they were called to the 100 Block of South 13th Ave for a report of a

VERONA – The Grundy County Sheriff’s Office announced Monday that a woman who had been found deceased after a fire was a victim of a homicide.  They say that 39-year-old Elizabeth Ann Link was a victim of an undetermined inflicted trauma.   It was May 14th when authorities were

MENDOTA – The Mendota Police are investigating an incident involving a gun early Sunday morning.    Authorities were called to the 100 block of 13th Ave around 3 AM for a report of someone with a gunshot wound.    Police say they are still looking into the matter, but they emphasize

DEPUE – Kayakers who needed to be rescued were the cause of a call to area river rescue crews at Lake Depue Saturday.   According to authorities Peru and Spring Valley River Rescue crews were notified that two people needed to be brought back to land after capsizing their kayaks around 6

CHICAGO (AP) — A wet spring delayed planting of the Illinois corn crop. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says as of June 2, Illinois farmers have sown corn in 45% of the acreage dedicated to the crop. That is 53% below the five-year average. Of the seeds that have been laid, only 32% have

UTICA – An oil fire occurred at an asphalt contractor in Utica Saturday morning. According to the Utica Community Fire Protection District, they were called to the Utica Terminal Incorporated on North 27th Road, just before 2:30 a.m. for a reported oil burner fire. Officials say a small out

          Valedictorian Georgia Kapetaneas is the daughter of Leonidas and Christina Kapetaneas of Oglesby. She is a member of the LP Honor Society and an Illinois State Scholar. Kapetaneas received LaSalle Bar Association, AFT Local Jacqueline B. Vaughn, Elizabeth