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SPRING VALLEY – The boyfriend of a woman who authorities say was the victim of a homicide on Friday in Spring Valley still remains in a jail out of state awaiting extradition. On Friday police were called to an apartment on Ponsetti drive where they discovered the victim, identified as

OTTAWA – Police officers will be granted nine credit hours toward an Illinois Valley Community College criminal justice degree or certificate, Criminal Justice Program Coordinator Kevin Hermes announced today.             Beginning this fall, State of Illinois-certified officers

OGLESBY – The largest gift in Illinois Valley Community College’s 95-year history grew this week to $1.2 million as the college received an additional contribution from the estate of Dr. Mary Margaret Weeg. Dr. Rose Marie Lynch, executor of the Weeg estate, presented IVCC President

SPRING VALLEY – The investigation into the Friday death of a Spring Valley woman has led authorities to Wisconsin to interview her boyfriend. The woman, identified as 28-year-old Marissa S Roberts, was found dead in an apartment on Ponsetti Drive. Her boyfriend, whom police say is

EDGERTON, WI – Wisconsin State Police took a man who authorities describe as a person of interest into custody Saturday.   According to Dane County Jail reports, around 1:30 AM Saturday they detained 37 year-old Eddie Lee Mentgen.  He is currently awaiting extradition to

SPRING VALLEY – A 28-year-old woman was found dead inside a Spring Valley apartment Friday night, authorities say. Spring Valley Police were called to Ponsetti Drive for an unresponsive female around 7pm Friday evening. Upon arrival, officers say they discovered Marissa S. Roberts deceased

OGLESBY – Illinois Valley Community College alumni Bud and Sandy Matthews of Brookfield, Wis., have created a scholarship for Hall High School graduates attending IVCC. The 1976 Hall alums recently donated $10,000 to the IVCC Foundation to create the Bud and Sandy Matthews Scholarship, a

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – Legislation introduced by state Rep. Lance Yednock, D-Ottawa, to protect the rights of labor members by maintaining the state’s power to regulate union agreements passed the Illinois House on Wednesday with bipartisan support. “This legislation preserves the state’s

CARBONDALE, Ill. (AP) — Geologists at Southern Illinois University are asking Illinois elementary and high school students to name its three baby dinosaurs.   The university has three protoceratops hatchling casts in a glass case along with an adult that SIU students named Nanu in 2017. The

CINCINNATI (AP) — An FBI affidavit says an Ohio man who authorities say falsely claimed to be an Illinois boy missing for eight years has made similar claims twice before. The affidavit filed in federal court Friday says 23-year-old Brian Rini repeatedly told investigators he was Timmothy