SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) today reported 4,318 new confirmed and probable cases of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Illinois, including 33 additional deaths. – Champaign County: 2 females 60s, 1 male 60s – Clay County: 1 male 70s –
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UNDATED – One woman is dead after a 2-vehicle crash in Whiteside County on Monday. According to authorities, they responded to a 2-vehicle crash on Prophet Road just west of Luther Road. Upon arrival, deputies discovered the vehicles were reportedly fully engulfed in flames and involved a
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UNDATED – The Bureau, Putnam, and Marshall County Health Departments have scheduled vaccination clinics for this week. According to the departments, at this point in time, there is no online registry due to huge technical issues. On Wednesday, there will be a clinic at the Putnam
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HUNTLEY – A Huntley mobile phone store employee is convicted of downloading sexual images from a customer’s cell phone. According to the Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office, In September of 2018, the victim visited a retail mobile phone store in the 12000 block
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OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Health Department is reporting 57 new cases of COVID-19. This brings the total number of cases to 9602. New recovered cases are 46 and total recovered cases, 6611.
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OGLESBY – The Oglesby City Council on Monday approved the purchase of a new truck for the police department. The vehicle will be paid for with funds from the Tri-County Drug Enforcement Narcotics Team, or TRI-Dent, with the expenses for outfitting the truck for police duty covered by the
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PERU – The Peru City Council on Monday night approved contributing $100,000 for the 2021 TBM Avengers reunion and Salute to Veterans event. The gathering of vintage aircraft at Illinois Valley Regional Airport is set to happen on May 14th-15th. Thousands have attended the air show and
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OTTAWA – The American Red Cross has partnered with the NFL during National Blood Donor Month to not only help save lives, but give those donors a chance to win tickets to next year’s Super Bowl in Los Angeles. They are also asking those that have recovered from COVID-19 to donate to
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OTTAWA – LaSalle County Sheriff Thomas Templeton will be awarding a $500 scholarship. Applications are now available and must be postmarked by March 15th. Students must be enrolled as a full-time student during the 2021-2022 school year, a permanent Illinois resident, and the scholarship
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MENDOTA – Mendota Fire Chief Dennis Rutishauser’s son is following in his footsteps, joining the firefighters of Union Local 4200. Brady Rutishauser was sworn in at Monday night’s city council meeting as firefighter and paramedic. Rutishauser has been a paid-on-call firefighter
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