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MENDOTA- A Mendota student won the regional spelling bee after mastering ‘tapioca’ and ‘enmasse’.   Jenah Sims will be moving on to the state spelling bee in Peoria on March 27th.  The Northbrook school 8th grader competed against students from LaSalle, Bureau and Putnam counties

UNDATED – A full moon weekend is upon us, the first of many this year. Beginning Friday evening through Monday, the universe will experience the first supermoon of 2020. According to the Maine Farmer’s Almanac, Native American tribes had names for the moons calling this

OTTAWA – The 60th annual LaSalle, Marshall, Putnam Regional Spelling is this weekend at Ottawa High School. Thirty-three school district winners will be competing for the county championship on Saturday at 9 a.m. The winner of the regional bee will then compete in the Grand Finals to be

TONICA – The Tonica Volunteer Fire Department was given a monitor and defibrillator pack that will allow their ambulance to be upgraded to a paramedic level. The department announced that they were recently donated a Lifepak 15 with assistance from the Illinois Department of Natural

OTTAWA – The city of Ottawa is gearing up for a potential project north of town. Mayor Dan Aussem and commissioners approved grant contracts with North Central Illinois Council of Governments on Tuesday night, in the event that the city is the successful bidder of a warehouse project. The

  STREATOR – Businesses in Streator are displaying hearts in their storefronts that you can buy as part of a fundraiser for Streator Unlimited. In cooperation with Shaw Appliance’s Valentine’s Day Dance, several businesses will have hearts on sale that you can give to your

OTTAWA –  Plans for the city of Ottawa’s river crossing lift station is flowing in the right direction. On Tuesday night council purchased the 511 Illinois Avenue property, adjacent to where the river lift station is expected to be. Mayor Dan Aussem says he anticipates for the project to

  WHEATON – Bond is denied for a Streator man and his cousin who allegedly robbed a Lisle Verizon store at gunpoint. According to the DuPage County State’s Attorney’s Office and the Lisle Police Department, bond is denied for 24-year-old’s Ezekiel Thompson of Streator and

    OSWEGO – A Yorkville man is charged with murder after an 8-month investigation into the homicide of a Verona woman. According to the Grundy County Sheriff’s Office, 43-year-old Robert J Turk, of Yorkville is charged with first-degree murder in the May 2019 incident where