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LASALLE – LaSalle -Peru High School’s finance, buildings and grounds committee approved to move forward with plans to raise money for their ‘Field of Dreams’ project. At their committee meeting, agreements were made to pursue community donors to finance half of the total cost of the

MENDOTA – Two annual ordinances were passed in Mendota. At Monday nights city council meeting, a prevailing wage ordinance and annual appropriations ordinances were passed. According to City Clerk Emily McConville, the prevailing wage ordinance is a state mandate providing a list of hourly

  OGLESBY – Although wet weather and flooding impacted many areas of local state parks, it didn’t stop people from visiting this Spring. In fact, attendance is up at Starved Rock and Matthiessen from April to June, compared to last year. According to assistant site

PERU – A LaSalle man was arrested after an investigation into reported methamphetamine and cocaine sales in Peru. According to the Peru Police Department, on Monday 40-year-old Larry A. Chandler was arrested for unlawful delivery of a controlled substance. Authorities say it is alleged that

  CHICAGO – This month’s Seasonal Intensive Monitoring (SIM) survey, designed to leave nothing to chance and investigate each nook and cranny of selected Illinois waterways for Asian carp, came up with plenty of fish, but no bighead or silver carp. “It certainly is good news to be able

  CHICAGO – This month’s Seasonal Intensive Monitoring (SIM) survey, designed to leave nothing to chance and investigate each nook and cranny of selected Illinois waterways for Asian carp, came up with plenty of fish, but no bighead or silver carp. “It certainly is good news to be able

SPRINGFIELD – Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White is alerting the public of motor vehicle title fee changes, effective July 1, 2019, due to action by the Illinois General Assembly. These fee changes were a part of a capital bill that was recently signed into law and will fund statewide

MENDOTA – Mendota police are looking for help in finding out who damaged several vehicles this week. Friday afternoon, officers were called to an auto repair business on Sandra Avenue and were shown several vehicles that had been scratched. Police say the incident occurred sometime in the

    FULTON COUNTY – “The Family of Deputy Troy Chisum mourns the loss of their husband, father, son and friend. We could never begin to thank law enforcement or the thousands from our community who have reached out to us to express their love and support. To the public, he

  CHICAGO – State and local gas prices have decreased compared to last month, however the American Automobile Association says motorists are likely to see higher pump prices later on this summer. Last week, total domestic crude inventories took a surprisingly large draw of 12.8