Snowfall sets back harvesting

OTTAWA – A rare October snow that touched down in LaSalle County Wednesday morning is putting harvesting at a halt. Ideally during harvest time dry weather is needed to get heavy machinery across land, but with saturated fields

Oct-Snow-Burr Blast Blankets Area Before Halloween

PERU – A heavy band of rare October snow has covered parts of the area and made roadways slick on Wednesday morning. A winter weather advisory is in effect until 10 AM and some forecasts predict more

Agreement Approved With Mendota Teachers

MENDOTA – The Mendota Board of Education approved the collective bargaining agreement with the Mendota Education Association at Tuesday night’s meeting. The agreement included base salary increases of 4%, 4.5%, and 4% in years 1,2, and 3,

Mayor of Bloomington helps Streator strategic plan

STREATOR – Mayor of Bloomington, Tari Renner, assisted Streator’s council and departments heads with their strategic planning on Tuesday night. The general objective of strategic planning included utilizing an acronym “SWOT” a.k.a, addressing strengths, weakness, opportunities and

Don’t Get Towed – Know Your Parking Restrictions

OTTAWA – Most communities have winter and snow parking restrictions in place in order to get the streets back open after a snowstorm.    Here are some of the area rules, but if you have specific questions

Crane crossing in Streator Wednesday

STREATOR – Beginning Wednesday, County Highway 40 on North 13th Road between East 24th Road and East 25th Road in Streator will be closed. The road will shut down between the hours of noon and 4 p.m.

More reports of BB/Pellet damage in Streator

  STREATOR – A window to a business in Streator was reported damaged by a BB/Pellet gun. According to the Streator Police Department, at some point over the weekend, an unknown suspect damaged a window on the