Local Headlines

  OTTAWA – EPA cleanup will continue into fall on property located along the Fox River near U.S 6 and Route 71 in Ottawa. According to the EPA workers are removing contaminated soil from the NPL-8 Frontage Property to reduce the risk of exposure to people who have access to the

  DEER GROVE, Ill. (AP) — An electrician in northwestern Illinois is dead after being electrocuted while working on an irrigation system in a farm field. The Whiteside County Sheriff’s Department announced in a news release that 48-year-old Shannon John Pierceson was working on an

    PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — A former University of Illinois doctoral student is facing life in prison for the rape and murder of a 26-year-old scholar from China whom he abducted from a bus stop near campus in 2017, after a federal jury said Thursday that it failed to agree on sentencing

WASHINGTON, DC – Today, Congressmen Adam Kinzinger (IL-16) and Darin LaHood (IL-18) applauded the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announcement to authorize more than $35 million for rural broadband deployment and development in Illinois. The authorized resources from the Connect

    SPRINGFIELD – Last week, state Rep. Lance Yednock, D-Ottawa, was happy to hear that Governor Pritzker signed commonsense gun legislation that reduces the restrictions members of the military and law enforcement into law. “Members of law enforcement and the military are

LASALLE – LaSalle-Peru Township High School approved a Letter of Intent with Byrne and Jones Construction regarding the Howard Fellows Stadium Field of Dreams at Wednesday night’s Board of Education meeting. Superintendent Steve Wrobleski explained that the Letter of Intent would ensure

  OTTAWA –  Residents in Ottawa are now required to have their dog on a leash when walking them. The city council updated their leash law on Tuesday night, to ensure residents are keeping a handle on their dogs when walking them outside the boundaries of their property. City

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Illinois transportation officials are warning drivers throughout the state to watch for road blowouts during the intense heat. Acting Transportation Secretary Omer Osman says the “potential for pavement failures will increase” this week as the heat index

OTTAWA – A multiple day episode of dangerous heat is expected beginning Thursday into the start of the weekend. This heat will expand into the area Thursday afternoon and persist through Saturday. Area cooling centers will be open when possible for residents in the area to escape the