North Central Illinois Update

OGLESBY – Dr. Kamal Kishore, owner of Illinois Retina & Eye Associates of Peru, Peoria and Galesburg, has established annual healthcare and pre-med scholarships with the Illinois Valley Community College Foundation. The ten, $1,000 Kamal Kishore MD Scholarships will support students in

OGLESBY – Illinois Valley Community College’s Admissions Office will host an Agriculture and Cannabis Academic Showcase at 6 p.m. Tuesday, March. 9 via Zoom. Current and prospective students and their parents are encouraged to attend sessions with agriculture program co-coordinators.

OTTAWA – The Reddick Mansion Association Board of Directors has announced they will be reopening for tours on Friday.  Reservations are not required, but visitors will only be allowed into the building 15 minutes prior to each tour. There will be a limit of six people per tour. Face

CHICAGO – As winter wanes gas prices remain higher than the pandemic influenced price from a year ago according to the American Automobile Association. LaSalle County averaged $2.80 per gallon, lower than both Bureau and Putnam County who came in around a nickel higher. Statewide the

OGLESBY- Ag students at Illinois Valley Community College got hands on training in the use of spraying equipment with a simulator on loan to the school from GRAINCO FS.  The simulator provides training in driving, field navigation and row crop production. Precision agriculture students are

MENDOTA – Two commanding officers of the Mendota Police Department have completed additional training programs.   Deputy Chief Tyler Kent and Sergeant Amy Mann took the 100 hours of ‘Police Mid-Management Role in the 21 Century’ class from the Illinois Law Enforcement Training and

SPRINGFIELD – State Senator Sue Rezin announced Wednesday that she has filed an Illinois Freedom of Information Act request with the Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs for communications related to the COVID-19 outbreak at the LaSalle Veterans’ Home.  The filing asks for not only all

PRINCETON – A man from Princeton is dead after a crash in rural Bureau County.  The Bureau County Sheriff’s Office stated in a press release Wednesday that they were called to US Route 6 near Park Ave around 5:15 PM Tuesday, where they located a truck involved in a crash.  They say

MENDOTA – A 14-year-old is facing a number of charges after allegedly fleeing a traffic stop driving a stolen vehicle in Mendota on Tuesday morning. The Mendota Police Department say a car without lights on at 1 AM allegedly led police on a pursuit at a high rate of speed out of town. The

OTTAWA – An opportunity to dispose of electronics in LaSalle County will be coming up in a couple of weeks. The county Environmental Services department will be holding the event at the LaSalle County Government Center on March 20th. Registration is required in advance, and will only be