Retired IVCC counselor creates scholarship for single parents

  OGLESBY – Retired Illinois Valley Community College counselor Kathy Notbohm of Tonica recently created an endowed scholarship through the college Foundation. Notbohm’s $5,000 scholarship will award single parents; preference will be given to survivors of domestic

Stoutner and Cantlin receive IVCC Spirit Awards

  OGLESBY – O.J. Stoutner of Peru and Jack Cantlin of Earlville were honored for their decades of service to the Illinois Valley Community College Foundation Monday. Cantlin joined the Foundation in 1992 after being recruited by

Ogle is IVCC 21st Century Scholar

  OGLESBY – Helena Ogle of Streator is the Illinois Valley Community College Foundation’s 21st Century Scholar for 2021. The 15th annual 21st Century celebration is available online at www.ivcc.edu/foundation. Ogle is majoring in nursing and plans

First freeze creeps upon North Central Illinois

CHICAGO – A cold snap will move through North Central Illinois starting next week bringing temperatures well below normal for the first days of November. According to some models, a shot of arctic air will move south

Man rescued after falling 15 foot into hole

AURORA- A security guard was rescued after a fall pinned him underground in Aurora.   Around midnight authorities were called to the scene in the 2300 block of West Indian Trail for a security guard who was

Rev. Jackson speaks in Peru at Day march

PERU – Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Sr. spoke to a crowd of hundreds gathered in Peru Tuesday at a rally to raise awareness about the investigation into the death of an ISU student whose body was discovered

Sword wielding subject shot; killed by DeKalb PD

DEKALB – A man is dead after allegedly trying to attack police officers with a Samurai Sword.   The DeKalb Police Department were called around 3 AM Monday to the 100 Block of Tilton Park Drive, where

Man killed in Cedar Point wreck identified

  CEDAR POINT – A Granville man involved in a vehicle crash in Cedar Point has been identified. According to the LaSalle County Coroner’s Office, 43-year-old Daniel Ramirez died after a vehicle crash at 324 East 4th