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Top stories of 2022: LaSalle County Board starts using $21 million in pandemic relief
LaSalle County Board members figured out how to spend $21 million in pandemic relief funds this year in one of our top stories of 2022. Member Douglas Trager of Ottawa urged the board to do something ...
Dec 24, 2022
Top stories of 2022: Grand Bear Resort fire
People parked along Illinois 71 south of Utica on Memorial Day, watching seven cabins burn up at Grand Bear Resort. Fire damage was estimated at $4 million in one of our top stories of the year. Inves...
Dec 24, 2022 Fire destroys cabins at Grand Bear Resort while fire fighters water down areas around the flames to keep them from spreading.
Cause can't be found for west side Ottawa house fire
There's too much damage to figure out what started a fire on Ottawa's west side Friday morning. Fire Chief Brian Bressner says it started in the laundry room though. The woman who lives in the house a...
Dec 23, 2022
LaSalle County government offices close early due to snow
Except for essential services, all LaSalle County government office buildings and departments closed at 12:30 this afternoon. They'll reopen Tuesday. LaSalle County Emergency Management Agency Directo...
Dec 23, 2022
Local Farm Family of the Year has ag roots seven generations deep
Seven generations of the same family have lived on and worked a farm in Otter Creek Township since 1851. The Isermanns are the LaSalle County Soil and Water Conservation District's Farm Family of the ...
Dec 23, 2022 LaSalle County Soil and Water Conservation District photo of the Isermann family
Frozen fire truck water pump part of the challenge in kitchen fire south of Marseilles
There's smoke damage throughout a house south of Marseilles after a fire late Thursday night. Grand Ridge Fire Department Chief Timothy Geiger says damage directly from the flames is limited to the ki...
Dec 23, 2022
Ottawa police officers can live farther away
Ottawa police officers can live farther out of the city. An agreement the City Council approved with the union representing the police officers lets them live up to 40 miles away. Mayor Dan Aussem say...
Dec 23, 2022
Streator property tax levy request approved with opposition from mayoral challenger
Streator's nearly $213,000 property tax increase for next year is too much for some City Council members. But they approved it four-to-one. City Attorney Sheryl Churney warned Wednesday night that if ...
Dec 22, 2022
Coronavirus weekly report: no new fatal cases in LaSalle County
Reporting a day early because of the weather, the LaSalle County Health Department says there were no fatal coronavirus cases in the county since last Friday. The figures issued Thursday say there wer...
Dec 22, 2022
Local unemployment climbed from October to November
The tight labor market seems to have eased a bit in the local area. From October to November, unemployment went up slightly. State figures out Thursday show a 4.7% rate for LaSalle County in November,...
Dec 22, 2022 Got Credit / CC