Marseilles honors dispatchers for life saving work
MARSEILLES – The Marseilles Police Chief and the City Council honored men and women who acted to save the life of a resident last week. Dispatchers Stacy Fuentes, Jacqueline Boyer and Don Fransisco were able to respond
Audible route navigation app, tamp plate win annual IDOT contest
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Transportation have announced a new app that provides audible route navigation for oversize and overweight loads. The IDOT Central Office’s Bureau of Operations won a top prize in the annual Innovative
Rotary to give 2000 books to new parents in Illinois
PERU – The Illinois Valley Sunrise Rotary, along with the North Central Regional Betterment Coalition, will be providing 2,000 books to be distributed by area pediatricians. The new books will be for families when they visit the
IVCC Medical Assistant program celebrates first graduates
OGLESBY – Illinois Valley Community College’s Medical Assistant program celebrated seven gradates at its first graduation ceremony recently in the Dr. Mary Margaret Weeg Cultural Centre. Graduates include Brandee Bernhardt and Emily Mitchell of Oglesby, Christine Buckley
Cash and goods drive in Mendota brings over 700 lbs of food to community in need
MENDOTA – The Mendota Area Christian Food Pantry received over 700 pounds of goods through a donation drive at Sullivan’s Foods in Mendota on Friday. Sponsored by Triple Service Inc., The County Collection cash and goods
IVCC Students to study abroad
OGLESBY – This summer, Illinois Valley Community College students’ Sabrina Belmonte of Mendota and Raven Bridges of LaSalle will be taking advantage the college’s study abroad opportunities. Bridges is a first-year student looking to graduate with
Nursing students collect supplies for IV PADS
OGLESBY- Illinois Valley Community College nursing instructors Chrissy Boughton and Tracey Antle led a monthlong campaign that collected a cartload of supplies for the Illinois Valley PADS shelter. The drive was the idea of students in Mental
Mendota graduate among those called to wrangle cattle after I-80 crash
JOLIET – A Sheridan man and Mendota High School graduate was called upon to round up the livestock that escaped onto I-80 on Tuesday. Lane Howard, a lifelong cowboy and professional rodeo rider spent about six hours
Jesse White encourages vehicle owners to observe Earth Day by receiving online notices
SPRINGFIELD – Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White is encouraging vehicle owners to observe Earth Day by going paperless and visiting ilsos.gov to sign up for email reminder notices for license plate sticker renewals. The initiative reduces
Corn marketing board referendum passes
SPRINGFIELD – Illinois corn producers approved an increase in the check-off rate they pay when marketing their grain. By a vote of 1078 to 141, they chose to raise the rate by a quarter cent per bushel.