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OGLESBY – Robert Dieken and Sue Straughn of Streator announced today that beginning in 2019, three new $1,000 scholarships will be offered annually to Streator High School graduates who have completed their prerequisites and been accepted as first-year Illinois Valley Community College

PERU – A man was arrested for delivering drugs to a police officer in Peru on Friday.  Peru Police say that 26-year-old Stefan K. Helpingstine of LaSalle was reported to be delivering more than 1 gram of MDMA or Ecstacy to an undercover police officer at 10:30 AM this morning in north

PERU – Two cats and two dogs were rescued in a house fire in Peru, Friday. The Peru EMS, and mutual aide were called to the 2800th block of 5th street for a reported structure fire. Two dogs along with two cats were found in the house. The dogs were sent to Bridgeview Vetinary Hospital, and

OTTAWA – A Chicago man is in the LaSalle County Jail after attempting to take merchandise and an employees cell phone at a retailer in Ottawa on Wednesday. In a release from the Ottawa Police Department, around 1:30 pm on September 4th they were called to the 4000 block of Veterans Drive

OGLESBY – Local Democrats took the IVCC stage Wednesday to explore democratic socialism and its relevance to todays politics. IVCC College Democrat and Professor, Jared Oleson, along with LaSalle County Democrats Chairwoman Dani Brzozowski and Chicago Democratic Socialist and labor lawyer

PERU – The city of Peru approved a waiver to allow the redevelopment of an old travel plaza Tuesday. The Tiki Inn travel plaza North of Interstate 80, as well as a closed truck stop along May Road will see redevelopment by its owners IBI Ventures LLC. The approval of the petition sought by

  OTTAWA – Crows from Ottawa and Peru tested positive for West Nile Virus, according to the LaSalle County Health Department. The Ottawa bird was collected and tested on Friday, August 31st and the Peru bird collected and tested on Tuesday. Last week the first human case and death of

GRANVILLE-  The “soft lock down for the Putnam County School District has been lifted as of this afternoon. The High School and Primary School in the Putnam County School District were on a  lock down as precautionary means requested by the Sheriff’s department.   The information

LASALLE – Corn crops aren’t faring as well as anticipated, according to the LaSalle County Farm Bureau. The corn crops took the biggest hit, due to the dry spell the county experienced this past month according to David Isermann, President of the Lasalle County Farm Bureau.