Rural Mendota Home Burns Monday Night
MENDOTA – A rural Mendota home was severely damaged after a Monday night house fire that may have started around the kitchen. Around 10 PM Mendota and Troy Grove Fire were called to the scene in the
Study on Peru Public Pool Costs to Begin
PERU – The city of Peru announced a feasibility study will begin regarding a public pool. Representatives from Counsilman-Hunsaker & Associates spoke to the council on Monday night about the study that will look at what a
No Decision This Year on County Pot Sales
OTTAWA – LaSalle County Board will wait to act on approving or rejecting the sale of cannabis on unincorporated areas until January. The Zoning Board of Appeals had previously recommended that the County Board prohibit any sale
State’s Attorneys rest their case in Cusick trial
OTTAWA – Prosecution rested their case against a former Ottawa fireman accused of drowning his wife. The LaSalle County State’s Attorneys claim 52-year-old Kenneth Cusick is guilty of first degree murder for allegedly drowning his wife Tracy,
Methadone Tolerance Questioned During Cusick Trial
OTTAWA – A Forensic Toxicologist says Tracy Cusick’s death was not an overdose. 52-year-old Kenneth Cusick a former Ottawa fireman is accused of killing his wife Tracy by drowning her in a toilet in 2006. According to
Cusick Trial Moves Ahead
OTTAWA – A Forensic Toxicologist takes the stand Monday to testify for prosecution in the murder trial of a former Ottawa Fireman. 52-year-old Kenneth Cusick is accused of drowning his wife, Tracy in a toilet in 2006.
Pets Rescued After Saturday Streator Fire
STREATOR – Pets were rescued Saturday after a house fire in Streator significantly damaged a home. According to the Streator Fire Department they were called around 10 AM to a home in the 900 block of Maple
Ottawa Man Charged After Tri-Dent Investigation
OTTAWA – An Ottawa man is charged in connection to an investigation by the Tri-County Drug Enforcement Narcotics Team on Thursday. 29-year-old Charles A. Bishop is charged with Unlawful Delivery of over one gram of purported heroin after a
A Date That Will Live in Infamy….
LASALLE – On Dec. 7, 1941, Japan launched an attack on the U.S. Navy base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. 22-year-old Adolf J. Loebach of Peru was a Navy Fire Controlman 3rd Class on board the
Forensic Pathologist: ‘Tracy Cusick died of drowning by force’
OTTAWA – A forensic pathologist says that there’s foul play in the death of a woman that prosecutors claim was drowned by her husband. 52-year-old Kenneth Cusick, a former Ottawa fireman, is accused of drowning his wife