City of Ottawa to hold a meeting on downtown parking
OTTAWA – The city of Ottawa is asking for the public’s input on a potential plan to reserve city parking lots for downtown employees. The purpose of the meeting is to address business owners and employees who
Dancing Queen: An ABBA Solute
Dates: Apr. 17, 2023 Times: 11:30am – 3:00pm Location: Starved Rock Lodge, One Lodge Ln., Oglesby, IL 61348 The most accurate ABBA tribute band in the country. With painstaking attention to detail, they’ve recreated an ABBA experience
Passenger Rail Opportunity Presentation
Need a ride to Peoria or Chicago? Passenger Rail Opportunity Presentation. WHEN: Thursday, February 23rd from 6 to 8pm WHERE: Illinois Valley Community College, Rooms CTC 124-125, 815 N Orlando Smith Road Oglesby, Illinois Join the Economic
Illinois State Museum to host Native American Sovereignty Series
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois State Museum will host four virtual panel discussions as part of its “Understanding Native American Sovereignty Series” beginning Jan. 19. The series aims to provide awareness about Native American sovereignty. Participants will
Man teaches entitled parker a lesson
What would you do if you found a car that didn’t belong to you in your driveway? A user on Reddit shared a story of coming home to find a stranger’s car in their driveway, a single-car
Governor Pritzker Proclaims January 16-22 Community Risk Reduction Week in Illinois
SPRINGFIELD – The State of Illinois Community Risk Reduction Task Force announced that Governor JB Pritzker has proclaimed this week Community Risk Reduction Week. The goal is to raise awareness among the fire service that implementing risk
10 synonyms that will make you sound smarter on National Thesaurus Day
January 18th is National Thesaurus Day and you can sound smarter by swapping a few everyday words in your vocabulary. It’s celebrated on January 18th because of a guy named Peter Roget, who was born on this
LaSalle County Sheriff Adam Diss announces Illinois Sheriffs’ Association Scholarships
LASALLE — The Illinois Sheriffs” Association has announced that it will be awarding over $58,000 in college scholarships throughout the State of Illinois to students wishing to pursue higher education during the 2023-2024 academic year. The scholarships
Grundy County man dies in house fire
MORRIS – A rural Minooka man is dead after a fire Monday night in Grundy County. Grundy County Coroner John Callahan said that 82-year-old Doit Ross passed away after being taken to a Morris Hospital. The Minooka
Time theft cost former employee $2,000
A woman in Vancouver recently sued the company she had been terminated from for not paying her final wages of $5,000. She was working from home at the time of termination and the company countersued her for