A 41-year-old female was found unresponsive in Marilla Park in Streator this morning just before 4 am. Streator police discovered the body on routine patrol. Streator fire and EMS did respond shortly after 4 am and the woman was taken to OSF St Elizabeth where she was pronounced dead.
No foul play is suspected. A name will not be released until next of kin are notified.
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Cate Moulton, a manager and CPA with Mack and Associates presented a fiscal year 2023 financial audit to the Regular City of Peru Council Meeting last night.
Moulton said that though the audit process went smoothly. The City of Peru had some changes creating a new TIF fund. TIF is, simply put, a mechanism for municipalities to spur economic development in specific neighborhoods they deem blighted or deteriorating. There were transactions due to TIF funding in 2023 that were not typical, routine transactions. This resulted in a few audit adjustments due to debt issued in the creation of TIF funding in 2023. The MVP TIF fund in particular spent more than the money appropriated, which is not uncommon. Moulton all the adjustments are in the report, nothing was systematic just a reclassification of unusual transactions. (Peru city hall)
Moulton’s audit deemed the City of Peru is properly accounting for all their transactions and their financial statements are fair. She said nothing was noted in her due diligence that would change a reader’s opinion of the financial statements.
It can be agreed that an unqualified auditor’s opinion such as Mack and Associates determined fiscal year 2023 for Peru’s to be, provides financial statement users with confidence that the financials are both accurate.
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Eric Carls, the director of engineering and zoning for the City of Peru said last night that residents in Peru south of Shooting Park Road and south of Route 6 may see the city of Peru public works uniformed workers or a local contractor, Illinois Valley Excavator soon.
They will not be knocking on doors but will be hydro-excavating around the water shut-off boxes on the side of selected homes. They will excavate down about 4 to 5 feet deep and 2 feet wide to check the material type of the water lines.
Approximately 1,000 properties in Peru will be affected. Generally, the workers will only be working in the city “right of way”. The workers will return at some future date to put down black dirt and grass to restore the areas affected.
Homeowner’s assistance will not be necessary.
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City of Peru city council Attorney Scott Schweickert presented 5 ordinances at last night’s Regular City Council Meeting. The ordinances abate or end 5 bonds that pay for or have paid for the pensions of city workers. The bonds can get paid for by tax levies though the City has adequate funds within the utility fund and general fund to make payments on the principal and interest of those bond payments. Essentially through the abatements, the city was ending each of the five bonds that paid for and will pay for police and fire pensions. The ordinances were all unanimously approved.
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You may remember 35-year-old Brandon Kling of Ransom, he was arrested by police for disorderly conduct and criminal trespass this past June and he can’t seem to stay out of that type of trouble.
Kling is back in La Salle County jail for residential burglary and driving a stolen car Thursday. He has also been known to give a Streator address.
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WEATHER:
Tuesday
Rain, mainly before 11 am, then a chance of sprinkles afternoon. High near 44. Northwest wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph. The chance of precipitation is 90%. New precipitation amounts to less than a tenth of an inch possible.
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Tuesday Night
Mostly cloudy, with a low of around 33. Northwest wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
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OBITUARIES:
None at this time.
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LOCAL SPORTS:
Ottawa Dolphins Bring Home a 2nd Place Finish at the Lucky Duck Invitational
271 Swimmers competed from 10 teams
The Ottawa Dolphins had 29 swimmers participate
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Team Scores
- YMCA of RRV Stingrays – 855 -exhibition
- Irving Park Y Penguins – 250.5
- Ottawa YMCA Dolphins – 197.5
- Sage YMCA Piranhas – 180
- Dixon Dolphins – 220.5
- Pav Poseidons – 115.5
- Hastings Lake Y – 94
- Foglia Y – 38.5
- Green County Y Gators – 11
- McGaw Y – 7
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Personal Best Swims
- 58/116 (50%) personal best swims!
- 4 first time swims
- 3 swimmers swam all of their events in personal best times!!! Congratulations to Tanner Applebee, Kallyn Jobst, and Lewis Kuiper.
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Individual Event Winners
Dawsynn Kettman – Girls 12&U 50 Free
Kailey Goetsch – Girls 21&U 50 Free
Top 10 High Point Winners by Age Group
8&Under Boys
4th Caden Brown
10th Hayden Bressendorf
10&under Boys
2nd Ethan Farabaugh
12&Under girls
4th Dawsynn Kettman
12&Under boys
6th Cole Bressendorf
14&Under Boys
7th Lewis Kuiper
21&Under Girls
3rd Kailey Goetsch
8th Lily Miller and Annabelle Threadgill
21&under Boys
9th Tucker Ditchfield
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Boys basketball
Woodland 77, St. Bede Academy 45: At the Route 17 Classic in rural Streator, the Warriors raced to a 25-9 lead after one quarter and a 50-22 advantage at halftime in their season-opening win over the Bruins on Monday.
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Earlville 83, Dwight 63: At the Route 17 Classic in Dwight, the Red Raiders opened the season with a triumph over the Trojans.
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Mendota 62, Newark 23: At the Seneca Turkey Tournament, the Norsemen dropped their opening game of the season to the Trojans.
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The Ottawa and Streator boys basketball teams opened their respective seasons on Monday with wins at the Dean Riley Shootin’ the Rock Thanksgiving Tournament at Kingman Gymnasium.
The Pirates defeated Princeton 59-31, while the Bulldogs topped Plano 62-43. Pontiac opened the night’s action by rolling to a 94-25 triumph over Marengo.
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Girls basketball
Morris 60, Streator 13: At Pops Dale Gym, the Bulldogs trailed 13-4 after one quarter and 30-4 at halftime in the loss.
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Marquette Academy 55, Henry-Senachwine 37: At Henry, the Crusaders improved to 3-2 with the win over the Mallards.
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Boys bowling
La Salle-Peru 2,995, Streator 2,633: At the Illinois Valley Super Bowl in Peru, the Bulldogs dropped the road match to the Cavaliers.
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Rochelle 3,257, Ottawa 2,498: At Dettore’s Town Lanes, the Pirates fell to the Hubs.
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PRO & COLLEGE SPORTS:
>>Bulls Get Crushed By Heat
(Chicago, IL) — The Bulls never led during a 118-100 loss to the Miami Heat at United Center. The Bulls trailed by as many as 24 points in the losing effort. Coby White led Chicago with 20 points in the losing effort, while Nikola Vucevic chipped in with 18. The Bulls are in 12th place in the Eastern Conference at 5-and-10. Chicago visits Oklahoma City tomorrow night.
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>>Bears Visit Vikings In Week 12
(Lake Forest, IL) — The Bears will spend the week getting ready for their Monday Night Football game against the Minnesota Vikings next Monday. The Bears lost to the Vikings 19-13 when the two teams met at Soldier Field in Week Six. Chicago will try to bounce back from a fourth-quarter collapse against the Detroit Lions this past weekend. The Bears are at the bottom of the NFC North at 3-and-8. Monday’s game kicks off at 7:15 PM.
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>>Blackhawks Prepare For Blue Jackets
(Chicago, IL) — The Blackhawks are gearing up for their game against the Columbus Blue Jackets tomorrow night. The Hawks are on a four-game losing streak after falling to the Buffalo Sabres 3-2 on Sunday. Chicago is in last place in the Central Division with ten points and a 5-11-and-0 record. Tomorrow’s game begins at 6:00 PM.
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>>Illini Move Up In Coaches Poll
The Illinois men’s basketball team is slowly climbing up the top 25. The Illini moved up one spot to number 22 in yesterday’s coaches poll. Illinois went 2-and-1 last week, but their only loss was by seven points against number-five Marquette. The 4-and-1 Illini have just one game this week, a home contest against Western Illinois on Friday.
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>>College Basketball Round Up
In college basketball action yesterday, Illinois State beat Long Beach State 61-52. Today, Chicago State takes on Northern Colorado, and Valparaiso hosts Western Illinois.
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>>Cubs Bring In RP Escobar
(Chicago, IL) — The Chicago Cubs are adding some depth to their bullpen. The team signed reliever Edwin Escobar yesterday. Escobar has been playing Japan since 2017. He played for both Boston and Arizona in short MLB stints, but he hasn’t pitched in the big leagues since 2016. During that season, he went 1-and-2 with a 7.23 ERA in 25 games for the D-Backs.