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SPRINGFIELD – Illinois public health officials unfortunately have more on their plate than just the coronavirus.  The Illinois Department of Public Health reported on Saturday that 23 cases across Illinois have been confirmed of what is a multi state outbreak of a food borne parasite. 

OGLESBY – A power outage that lasted about an hour Saturday afternoon in Oglesby was caused reportedly by a bird.    Commissioner Jason Curran said that the Ameren substation near the fire department went down, causing the city and many other areas outside of town to lose power around

CHICAGO – The Illinois Department of Public Health announced 45 deaths and 634 cases in the past 24 hours.  On Saturday, public health officials released the latest daily data, which was an increase of 16 deaths but a decrease of 28 cases since Saturday a week ago. 41 of the 45 deaths came

OTTAWA – The body that was discovered Thursday in a creek near Sheridan has been identified.  According to the LaSalle County Coroner, 61-year-old Kevin Comer, of Sheridan, was found in Somonauk Creek.    Deputies were called to the scene Thursday afternoon near the 4100 block of East

STREATOR – The Streator Police say a man was struck by a vehicle Thursday night.   According to the report, they were called to the intersection of East Main and North Otter Creek around 9:30 PM after a 65-year-old Streator man was apparently hit by a vehicle.   He was taken to OSF Health

The City of Peru announced fire hydrants will be flushed starting June 22nd and continuing through July 1st.   Periodically the hydrants need to have fresh water run through them to prevent  silt or rust from damaging firefighter equipment.  Flushing will occur weekdays from 6 AM until 3:30

OGLESBY- The Compeer Financial Fund for Rural America recently made a $10,000 grant to the Illinois Valley Community College agriculture program for biotechnology equipment. The equipment will be used in Introduction to Field Crop Science and Animal Science labs. Compeer made a $5,000 donation

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health announced 692 confirmed cases of coronavirus in the state on Friday, along with 44 additional deaths. Illinois has now had a total of 135,470 cases of COVID-19 in the county since the start of the pandemic, with 6,580 deaths. The

OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Health Department reported four more individuals have recovered from COVID-19 in the county on Friday. This brings the total to 137 individuals who have recovered in the county. The number of confirmed cases in the county remains at 188, as no new cases were