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                  UPDATE – She has been located in Missouri Safe   SANDWICH – The Plano Police are looking to locate a 75-year-old woman who was last seen at a Sandwich restaurant.   Myrna Hupach went to Star 34 Restaurant Monday

LOSTANT – A motorcyclist was seriously injured when his tire blew out on I-39.  According to State Police, around 3:15 Saturday afternoon, 32 year old Johnny Nidiffer, of Canton, was injured between Tonica and Lostant on I-39.  Police say Nidiffer was riding his 2006 Harley Davidson Ultra

OTTAWA – Warm weather brings more activity to bat populations in Illinois, and with that the greater chance of an encounter of one with rabies. Bats are the primary carriers of rabies in Illinois, and a bat from Leland recently tested positive for the disease. The LaSalle County Health

MENDOTA – A car and a motorcycle collided north of Mendota Saturday leaving one man dead. In a release by the LaSalle County Coroner authorities were called around noon to the intersection of North 46th Road and 251. A lifeflight helicopter was called to the scene, however, the driver of

HENNEPIN – Mendota is not a “Hot Spot” of suspicious vehicle activity, nor is any other community in the area.   A call about a vehicle in a driveway someone was concerned about on Saturday in Putnam County has caused numerous calls to law enforcement over what the department calls a

OTTAWA – Skydive Chicago in Ottawa is attempting another world-record Monday. 200 men and women across the globe will gather in Ottawa to jump from 19,000 feet to achieve a new vertical  skydiving record.  According to Skydive Chicago’s director Rook Nelson, in 2015, 164 people

PORT HURON, Mich. (AP) — The LaSalle County Nuclear Generating Station wants to ship about 45 pounds of highly radioactive nuclear fuel rods to a Canadian testing facility. Excelon Generation states that the rods will be packed inside a 24-ton, heavily shielded shipping cask for shipment from

ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) — An agency that’s provided air support to law enforcement across northern Illinois for almost 15 years is all but defunct and giving up its helicopters due to a lack of funding. A half dozen of the surplus military helicopters once operated by Air-One are parked

PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — A new state law will allow Illinois high school students to take an unlimited number of dual-credit courses and earn both high school and college credits. Gov. Bruce Rauner signed legislation Friday that he says will give students better access to higher education. The

SANDWICH – A woman allegedly took a puppy from a parked vehicle in Sandwich Saturday Morning.   According to the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office a puppy was in a van parked outside of a church on South County Line Road.   The owner of the puppy said the windows were down and the animal