OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Health Department confirmed Tuesday an additional four COVID-19 cases in LaSalle County bringing the total to 125 cases. The additional cases are three women and one man. The cases remain in isolation. One additional case has recovered and has been
Continue Reading »OTTAWA – Authorities are monitoring the situation in Ottawa after a barge struck a bridge Tuesday. The flooding of the Illinois River caused a barge upstream to break loose, coming to a rest against the northernmost support of the Veterans Bridge which carries Illinois Route 23. A
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UTICA – Portions of area roads and property are flooded this morning as the Illinois River continues to rise in many areas. Marseilles, however, has reported a crest already around 2 AM. In Utica, the fast rising river was the topic of an emergency village meeting last night. LaSalle is
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LASALLE – LaSalle Mayor Jeff Grove announced that the LaSalle Public Library is preparing for curbside drop-off and pick-up. Grove mentioned this at Monday’s City Council meeting, as well as the library’s upcoming June program, Rolling Robotics. Registration for the program ends May
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OGLESBY- A cannabis production certificate program approved by the Illinois Valley Community College board Monday night will launch this fall. Ag instructors Kathryn Lillie and Willard Mott worked with local employers in the cannabis-growing industry to create the two-semester, 13-credit
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UTICA – The village of North Utica issued a state of emergency because of flooding of the Illinois River and Clark’s Run Creek at a special emergency meeting Monday night. Utica received data Monday afternoon that the Illinois River is projected to rise to 466 feet by Tuesday evening at
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OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Highway Department has announced that Dee Bennett Road (County Highway 34) is closed due to flooding from Route 178 to Naplate. County Highway 63 (Ben Samek Road) is also closed on Monday from 251 to Sandy Cosgrove Road (N. 2550th Road). DuPoint Road is closed
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DEKALB – The DeKalb County Health Department reported 10 additional COVID-19 cases on Monday. Since the pandemic began, a total of 273 infections have been found with two deaths. As of May 15th, 97 residents are considered recovered with over 2,300 tests being reported.
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SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health Monday announced 2,294 new cases of COVID-19 in Illinois, including 59 additional deaths. Since the outbreak began, there have been 96,485 infections, including 4,234 COVID-19 related deaths. The statewide 7-day rolling positivity
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JOLIET – The Will County Health Department is warning residents to be on the lookout for potential scam calls from individuals claiming to be from the Health Department asking about contact tracing. While the department has begun calling residents asking them briefly about their general
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