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OTTAWA – The Midwest Emmy Award Winning documentary series about a Pontiac farmer serving in World War 1 will be coming to PBS this weekend. Director and Producer Kane Farabaugh’s latest project, which covers the experience of Gustave Amm in Europe, will have episodes broadcast

MENDOTA – A 26-year-old Mendota man was arrested on Heroin charges Monday after an investigation by the Mendota Police Department and the Tri-County Drug Enforcement Narcotics Team. According to the Mendota Police, they took Sergio A. Arzola into custody in the 1400 block of East Main

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Media personality and political commentator Glenn Beck is pitching in to keep a trove of artifacts related to Abraham Lincoln in the 16th president’s hometown. Beck’s charity called Mercury One has donated $50,000 toward a $9.2 million debt owed for a

SPRINGFIELD – New seatbelt and child passenger laws will come into effect in Illinois in just a few weeks. In a new state law that will take effect beginning on January 1st, 2019 all backseat passengers in Illinois will be required to use a seatbelt. According to Buckle Up Illinois,  the

OGLESBY – The Illinois Valley Community College Board’s audit-finance committee learned that once again the school had a clean audit of its financial statements. Wipfli LLP auditors reported no weaknesses or deficiencies. The school is currently debt-free, and have reduced operating

JOLIET – In a filing under the Illinois Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act, Caterpillar, Inc, now headquartered in Deerfield, announced that beginning in 2019 they’ll be closing their Joliet production facility. Around 285 employees will be losing their jobs by mid-2019

OTTAWA – The 7th grade girls at Wallace Grade School had an impressive season with 22 straight wins, until coming up short in the state championship game on Thursday night. Wallace fell to Lincoln West -Broadwell 52-20, taking second place in the state. Kendall Lowery had 11 points in the

STREATOR – A Streator man was charged Friday with filing a false report after telling officers he was robbed at gunpoint. Officials say Christopher Grimm, 31, of Streator, contacted police on Thursday at 10am, saying that he had been robbed of his money by an armed suspect in the alleyway

    OTTAWA – Ottawa City Council announced that the Ferracuti mansion on Columbus Street will be annexed into the city and used as a group home for unwed mothers. Jim Downey and Janis Ferracuti, widow of lawyer Peter Ferracutti who died October of 2017, reached an agreement with the city