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MENDOTA – Mendota’s Sweet Corn Festival kicks off with a special afternoon for kids. Before the festival officially opens Thursday, the carnival will be privately opened for anyone with Special Needs and family. Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Jesse Arellano, says the free

  CRESTON –  A Rochelle man is in custody after an alleged bank robbery Tuesday in Ogle County.  Just after 2 p.m. Ogle County Sheriff’s Deputies were called to the 400 Block of Route 38, Creston, to Holcomb State Bank.    According to eyewitnesses, a man wearing a black hat and

  PLAINFIELD – The Will County Sheriff’s Office was notified yesterday Monday 67-year-old Charles W. Sharp Jr of Plainfield was missing. As reported by his wife, he left his home, without his cell phone, driving a light blue Honda CRV with Illinois plates TL1630. Mr. Sharp’s wife

OSWEGO – An Aurora man who went missing in the winter of 2015 has been found deceased.  According to the Kendall County Coroner’s Office the remains were located by kayakers in the Fox River Saturday.  Loyola University assisted in identifying the skeletal remains as those belonging to

STREATOR – Tuesday morning one man was arrested after an apparent burglary at a Streator motel.   In a release from Police Chief Kurt Pastirik at 7:30 a.m. they were called to the 2100 block of Bloomington Street for criminal damage to property.  After an investigation it was determined

CRESTON –  In a statement released this afternoon it was announced that the Ogle County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a report of an armed robbery at a bank in Creston.  Just after 3 p.m. they were called to the 400 Block of Route 38 for an apparent incident at Holcomb State Bank. 

MENDOTA – A Walnut man was not hurt after the tractor trailer he was driving rolled over Monday afternoon north of Meriden.   Around 4 p.m. Mendota and Troy Grove Fire Departments were called to a propane tanker that had left the roadway on East 7th Rd/Angling Road near the Lee County

OTTAWA – Crops are entering their most critical month, according to the LaSalle County Farm Bureau. Despite not having rain these past few weeks, President David Isermann says corn crops are holding up well. The corn is far along in its journey to harvest, the most labor-intensive part of

OGLESBY – The city of Oglesby is planning pop-up fundraisers to help the cost of developing a downtown park. Kicking off Wednesday at 11AM, will be a luncheon to help offset the cost of upgrading Senica Square. City Clerk Stacy Mertes says the goal of the multi-phase project is to make a

MENDOTA – The city of Mendota will hold a public commission meeting to discuss solar farm usage. The council met Monday to finalize a hearing allowing public input into adding solar farms as a permitted use in the district. Committee members believe the meeting will be beneficial moving