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  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

LASALLE – Multiple agencies were involved in the arrest on July 1st of a LaSalle man on drug charges.  Agents from the LaSalle and Peru Police Departments, plus the Tri County Drug Enforcement Narcotics Investigation assisted in the investigation into alleged cocaine sales in Peru. 

PERU – A sealed warrant for two counts of unlawful delivery of Cocaine have put a Peru man in the LaSalle County Jail.  According Peru Police Chief Doug Bernabei 39 year-old Kilman R. Johnson was arrested on July 5th and taken to the LaSalle County Jail.  Johnson is being held at the

OTTAWA – The city of Ottawa will apply for a grant to fund part of their long time sewer control plan. In a public hearing at Tuesday night’s council meeting it was announced by the North Central Council of Governments that the city plans to apply for a $500,000 Community Development

CHICAGO (AP) — The alligator had a good run as day after day the people hunting for him in a Chicago lagoon came up empty, but in the end he was no match for an expert the city shipped in from Florida. The male gator, nicknamed ‘Chance the Snapper,’ was first spotted in the Humboldt

OTTAWA – LaSalle County’s Farm Bureau President David Isermann is hoping  J.B. Pritzker’s request for an agricultural disaster declaration is approved. The Governor has issued several state disaster declarations, one involving the Federal Emergency Management Agency where

OTTAWA – Heat is expected to build up to dangerous levels beginning tomorrow into this weekend.  According to weatherology meteorologist Ray Miller our best chance to see high indices of 105 degrees will be on Thursday and Friday, with Wednesday kicking things off at an index of 100