Public memorial service for former Streator Mayor this weekend
STREATOR – A memorial service for former Streator Mayor Jimmie Landsford will be held at City Park this weekend. The family and friends of Former Mayor Lansford are making arrangements to have a public
Illinois Department of Public Health warns public to watch for rabid animals
SPRINGFIELD –With the weather warming up, the Illinois Department of Public Health is warning the public to beware of rabid animals, especially bats, as they become more active this time of year. IDPH has received reports of
Illinois Department of Agriculture announces agrichemical disposal program
SPRINGFIELD, IL – Residents of Putnam County and nine other Illinois counties can dispose of unwanted agrichemicals for free this year through the Illinois Department of Agriculture’s agricultural pesticide “Clean Sweep” program. A “Clean Sweep” collection has
Belmonte receives Gilman scholarship
OGLESBY – Illinois Valley Community College’s Sabrina Belmonte of Mendota is a recipient of the U.S. State Department-sponsored Gilman Program scholarship to aid in her study abroad to Costa Rica this summer. The Gilman Program offers grants
Fifteen injured after boat fire incident in Seneca
SENECA – One person was life-flighted after being injured in an explosion in Seneca on Saturday. The Illinois State Police and Illinois Conservation Police say they were called to Spring Brook Marina around 4:30 PM for
IVCC and former classmate honor Rick Rynke
OGLESBY – Illinois Valley Community College honored the late Rick Rynke in a ceremony earlier this month, 60 years after he graduated from IVCC predecessor LaSalle-Peru-Oglesby Junior College. Rynke’s classmate and friend, William Taylor of Bonita Springs,
Florida Woman asked by federal government to prove she is still alive
The U.S. Office of Personnel Management disperses the payments from the annuity of her late husband who served as a U.S. Postmaster. When her daughter Thelma Metzger looked into the six months of missing payments, she was
Philadelphia neighborhood fed up with noise from nearby pickleball court
Residents who live across the street from the pickleball courts at the Water Tower Recreation Center in Chestnut Hill say they’re fed up with the constant popping of balls being hit. Ever since the COVID-19 pandemic gripped
Suspects in Streator gun incident taken into custody in Peru
PERU – The Livingston County Sheriff’s Office say that two individuals they were seeking in regards to an incident in South Streator where shots were fired have been taken into custody in Peru. On Wednesday afternoon they
Lee County crash takes life of Franklin Grove man
DIXON – A single vehicle crash east of Dixon has taken the life of a Franklin Grove man. The Dixon Police Department and the Lee County Sheriff’s Office say they were called to the 1100 Block of