Local Headlines

OTTAWA – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Rock Island District will temporarily close the Illinois Waterway Visitor Center in Ottawa on Monday. The temporary closure at the Starved Rock Lock and Dam is the result of budget constraints. Currently, there is no time line for reopening

CHICAGO – Unemployment rates are on the rise in the area. The unemployment rate for August in LaSalle County was at 5.4 percent, which is up a tenth of a percent compared to last month. Both Bureau and Putnam County also saw an increase of unemployment with Bureau at 4.5 percent and Putnam

LASALLE – A passenger in a loaded yogurt truck was injured in a two vehicle accident in Bureau County Thursday morning. According to Illinois State Police just after 10 a.m., a tractor-trailer operated by 54-year-old James Johnson of Florida, was traveling west on I-80 in the area of

OTTAWA – Raising awareness and fighting a preventable disease is the message being spread Friday on World Rabies Day. The LaSalle County Health Department and organizations nationwide are helping spread the word on a disease that kills more than 59,000 people each year. Rabies is a virus

  PRINCETON – The Princeton School Board opened up a forum to propose a new middle school facility and renovations to existing schools. Superintendent Tim Smith presented the phases of the overall project to abate asbestos and demolish Lincoln Elementary and Logan Junior High Buildings

SPRING VALLEY – The Bureau County Emergency Management Agency will be simulating a tornado disaster in the area and coordinating mock evacuations of health care facilities. The exercise will start at 8 a.m. and run until 2 p.m. at many locations, including St. Margaret’s Hospital,

OTTAWA – An Ottawa man was charged and arrested for multiple retail thefts in Kendall County. According to the U.S Marshals Great Lakes Fugitive Task Force, the Ottawa Police and the Kendall County Sheriffs Office, 20-year-old Isaac Martinez of Ottawa was charged with multiple retail

  WALTHAM – A two vehicle accident in Waltham Township has injured three people on Monday. According to LaSalle County Deputies, they responded to an accident on East 8th Road at the intersection of North-33rd Road. 36-year-old Guadalupe Diaz of Mendota was heading southbound on East

OGLESBY – Oglesby residents have been invited to view and comment on concept plans for the proposed development of Senica Square. City staff will be taking comments and questions about the project on Wednesday, from 1 to 3 p.m. at Oglesby’s City Hall. The project is said feature a

PERU – The LaSalle/Peru Shared Police Services could possibly house Illinois Valleys Regional Dispatch Center within their new headquarters. The shared service committee met Tuesday and passed a motion to authorize facility site visits in places like New Lennox and Glen Ellyn. Peru Police