Local Headlines

OTTAWA – Starting Tuesday through the end of this week the Illinois Route 23 bridge in Ottawa over the Illinois River will have a lane closure each direction to allow for the yearly inspection of the bridge. The closures will be from 9 AM to 3 PM each day.

DEKALB – A couple in their seventies was identified as those found deceased after a fire early Sunday morning in DeKalb County. The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office says firefighters found 75-year-old William M. Kreda and 76-year-old Marjory R. Kreda in the home that the couple had

PERU – Sunday afternoon Peru, LaSalle, and Spring Valley Fire Departments were called to the Peru Mall for what reportedly was a fire in the ceiling.   The building was evacuated of employees and customers and crews quickly extinguished the fire.  Smoke was observed coming out of doors on

SPRINGFIELD – Gov. Bruce Rauner announced the state’s willingness to partner with the US Army Corps of Engineers to keep invasive Asian Carp from reaching Lake Michigan. According to the US Army Corps of Engineers, Illinois is the only state with the necessary rights-of-way, public water

STREATOR – The Streator Fire Department extinguished a small fire in the ceiling of a home early Saturday.  According to the Streator Fire Department, they were contacted before 8 AM for smoke coming from the ceiling and roof of the home in the block of 200 West Ninth Street. Responders

SENECA – Over 5 months after his vehicle was found in a ditch near Seneca, the body of a Michigan man has been discovered in a nearby pond. Grundy County Coroner John Callahan says the body of 45-year-old Terry Edward Brown was discovered by 2 fishermen Thursday. Brown’s vehicle was

The Red Cross is holding Sound the Alarm home fire safty and smoke alarm installation events on May 5th in partnership with local fire departments.  Red Cross volunteers and local partners will be canvassing neighborhoods, installing free smoke alarms and helping families create escape plans in

PERU – The Illinois Valley Community Hospital Auxiliary wrapped up its year with an announcement at its closing meeting that it had purchased more than $34,000 worth of medical equipment for IVCH in the past 12 months. Items obtained by the hospital with Auxiliary funds during the past year

SENECA – The Grundy County Coroner’s Office say in a release that a body found Thursday afternoon in a pond may be related to a man missing from Michigan. Authorities were called by fishermen to a pond near US Route 6 and Seneca Road near Seneca where they discovered a body of someone

FARMER CITY, Ill. (AP) — An American White pelican has been released in central Illinois about a month after surviving a shooting that killed five of the federally protected birds. The University of Illinois Wildlife Medical Clinic released the pelican Monday near Clinton Lake, a few miles west