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MENDOTA – Two mailboxes in downtown Mendota were demolished after a crash Saturday night. The Mendota Police Department say around 10:20 PM both boxes located on Veterans Parkway adjacent to the park were struck by a motor vehicle. It may take a couple of days to replace both boxes, and the

MENDOTA – ImpactLife Regional Blood Center will hold a blood drive Friday at OSF HealthCare Saint Paul Medical Center in Mendota.  Blood donations are often used to help treat patients with cancer, victims of trauma, and patients undergoing major surgeries. All persons age 17 and up (or 16,

  PRINCETON – OSF HealthCare Saint Clare Medical Center in Princeton is accepting applications for the 2022 health care scholarship awards. Three scholarships are available for students pursuing a career in health care. The OSF Saint Clare Health Career Scholarship (formerly the Abbie Jean

OTTAWA – OSF Saint Elizabeth has announced their most recent Daisy Award Winner. Shannon Sibert is a registered nurse and works in the obstetrics unit at OSF Saint Elizabeth. She has been Mission Partner for over fifteen years and resides in Ottawa. “We truly appreciate the

  STREATOR – The suggestion to charge a fee for nonresident Streator Youth Baseball players will be pitched to board members this weekend. Earlier this week City Manager Dave Plyman shared his idea to council members on charging $20 dollars for the little league players who reside

  CHICAGO – With the national gas average at an all-time high of over $4, Americans may have reached a tipping point according to the American Automobile Association. New survey data from AAA finds if gas were to reach $5.00, which it has in the Western part of the country, three-quarters

  OGLESBY – Illinois Valley Community College will again have a full-time food service starting with the fall semester August 15. The IVCC Board approved a one-year contract with Arbor Management to provide full food service for $2,500 a month. Arbor presently works with Mendota,

SPRINGFIELD – The USDA say the first confirmed Eurasian H5 Avian Influenza infection in a wild bird has been found in Illinois. Three Canada geese, located in Will County were submitted for sampling were confirmed by the USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services at the National

On Thursday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Transportation Security Administration announced that a COVID-19 mandate that requires all passengers to wear masks on commercial flights is being extended until at least mid-April. The mandate had been set to expire on March 18, but

A tentative $83 million settlement has been reached for owners who survived the Surfside condo collapse in South Florida.  The partial collapse of the 12-story Champlain Towers South condo building on June 24, 2021, in Surfside, Fla., near Miami Beach, killed 98 people, destroyed 55 condominium