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OTTAWA – State and county unemployment rates increased within the past month, according to the Illinois Department of Employment Security. Currently state unemployment is at 4.2 percent, just a tenth of a percent increase compared to last month. However, county unemployment rates scale

PERU – A giant magnet for a new MRI system was lifted through the roof of Illinois Valley Community Hospital on Wednesday. The magnet that will be the heart of the new MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) system at Illinois Valley Community Hospital. It was lifted into place by crane through

Streator High School conducted school safety training Wednesday in conjunction with the Streator Police Department and the Streator Fire Department. The drills and training ran from 11:45 AM to 2:30 PM. There was  a heavy presence of law enforcement and fire department services present at the

MENDOTA – A dog was rescued after falling into a pond in Bureau County Wednesday morning.   The Mendota Fire Department was called to a residence in the 35000 block of 2800 North Rd around 6:40 a.m.   Authorities said the family was walking the leashed dog, described as a Rottweiler on

SPRING VALLEY – A Tuesday night Bureau County crash had no injuries but did take down power lines. After 9:30 Spring Valley Fire and 10/33 EMS were called to the are of Peru- Princeton Road for a single vehicle rollover accident. Power lines were brought down in the incident and were

OTTAWA — Commonwealth Edison say the utility is adding 262 more crews in its effort to restore power following Sunday’s blizzard.  Over 15,000 customers in northern Illinois were without electricity late Tuesday, most in Chicago’s northern suburbs. LaSalle County still had over

PRINCETON – Power lines are still down, causing road closures in Bureau County. According to the Bureau County Highway Department, power lines located west of the railroad tracks on the western portion of Angling Road resulted in closure of a section Angling Road. This particular area has

MARSHALL – A women  suffered serious injuries after her vehicle fell 30 feet into a creek in Marshall County on Friday. According to Illinois State Police, just after 7 a.m. on Friday November 23rd, 68-year-old Linda Miatke of Sterling was heading northbound on Interstate-39 in the area of

PERU – Organizational Charts were presented to the LaSalle-Peru Fraternal Order of Police for Shared Services. The LaSalle-Peru Shared services is an initiative for both city’s Fraternal order of Police to share their services among the two cities, with plans for one jurisdiction

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois General Assembly convenes Tuesday for the final three days of its fall legislative session. The focus this week is on the House. It is poised to take override action on vetoed legislation which the Senate voted to reverse two weeks ago. The list includes a