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OTTAWA – The City of Ottawa Public Works Department will be closing a portion of the 1900 block of LaSalle Street on Tuesday, beginning at 7:00 a.m. for water main maintenance work. The closure to traffic will be from Linwood Avenue north to the entrance into Forest Park Road. The work is

OTTAWA – The LaSalle County Health Department will be having a COVID-19 vaccination clinic at Illinois Valley Community College this week. The appointment-only public 1-B vaccine clinic will begin on Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., then every Tuesday and Thursday until further notice.

  PERU – The Peru Public Library is opening for browsing by patrons this Wednesday, January 20th! When patrons stop by they will be able to browse the library’s collections on both floors. And they will notice several new collections. The library has added videogames, Story Time

CHICAGO (AP) — Authorities say a 61-year-old woman became the fourth person to die from a series of shootings this month by a Chicago gunman who was later killed in a police shootout. The Cook County medical examiner’s office says Marta Torres, of Evanston, died Saturday, a week after she

CHICAGO (AP) — A 21-year-old woman charged with robbing four Chicago convenience stores in the space of less than an hour has been ordered by a judge held on $50,000 bond. Jessica Short is charged with two counts of aggravated robbery and two counts of robbery after she allegedly robbed the

CHICAGO (AP) — Illinois has collected $62 million from legalized marijuana sales that’s earmarked for helping minority businesses and neighborhood development, but the money hasn’t been spent yet. The Chicago Tribune reports problems with the state’s system to hand out new