Rugby Team Coming to Peru
PERU – Youth Rugby is making its way to Peru, as the new Illinois Valley Coal Miners Travel Team. Fran Baker, a former international rugby player and coach shared his plans to start up a youth travel
Starved Rock Offers Fall Colors Tours
UTICA – Get ready to see some of the areas most vibrant colors as the leaves begin to change at Starved Rock. Starved Rock State Park will host a Fall Colors guided tour beginning next Saturday at
Palmer, Hoffert Capture IVCH 5K Titles
PERU – Dan Palmer, 41, of Roscoe, Illinois, and Katie Hoffert, 23, of Hollowayville were the male and female overall winners of the Illinois Valley Community Hospital Fall Fitness 5K run Saturday morning (Oct. 13) through the
Hydrant Flushing in Peru
PERU – The city of Peru will flush hydrants beginning Monday, October 15th through Friday, October 19th. Flushing will occur from 7:00 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. each day. According to Peru’s Fire Chief Jeff King, residents could
IVCC Adds Cybersecurity Associates Degree
OGLESBY- A new degree in the cutting edge world of Cybersecurity is coming to Illinois Valley Community College. On Thursday trustees approved an Associate in Applied Science degree and certificate to begin in fall 2019. Among
Airplane Lands in a Cornfield
STERLING – An airplane landed in a cornfield in Sterling on Thursday. According to Illinois State Police, they received a call at 1:30 p.m. for an airplane that landed in a cornfield in the southwest corner of
Search Suspended for Wanted Man
SANDWICH – The Sandwich Police Department suspended a search for a wanted man. According to Sandwich Police, they were called at 1:30 p.m. by an off-duty Dekalb Deputy who observed a subject known as Richard Hall, supposedly
Waterway Visitor Center to Reopen
UTICA – The Illinois Waterway Visitor Center located at Starved Rock Lock and Dam will reopen Friday. It will be open each weekend, Friday through Monday, from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. and may be opened for pre-arranged groups
Contract Awarded For IVCC Barn Demolition
OGLESBY – At the Illinois Valley Community College board meeting Thursday a contract was awarded for the demolition of the old barn south of the Oglesby campus. S&K Excavating & Trucking of Newark bid $50,750 for
Weather Varied; Corn Harvest Ahead of Schedule
OTTAWA – With recent rainfall in some parts of LaSalle County and dryness in others has left some farmers hurting. According to LaSalle County Farm Bureau President David Isermann, South and East parts of LaSalle County experienced more