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FBI agent says child abduction team helps Peru and many other communities with abduction cases
Peru Police Chief Doug Bernabei says he knows last week's apparent kidnapping shocked a lot of people who just don't expect it to happen around here. FBI Special Agent Jonathan Williamson with the Chi...
Jun 21, 2021 J / CC
Marseilles citizen wants the city to do more to quiet fireworks at night
A citizen of Marseilles says that there's an issue with fireworks being shot off and causing too much noise. Brad Miller says he would like to see the fines raised in the city for people shooting off ...
Jun 21, 2021
Dekalb man charged with Streator arson
An arson charge was filed over the weekend against 42-year old Nathaniel Austin of Dekalb. He's accused of setting a car on fire in Streator. Police say the car was burning in the 300 block of S. Park...
Jun 21, 2021
Radium girls story author to talk about new book
The Radium Girls author Kate Moore has a new book about a woman of the 1800's who defied her husband and ended up in an insane asylum for it. The book is called The Woman They Could Not Silence. Eliza...
Jun 21, 2021 WordRidden / CC
Dan Stecken soon to be superintendent at Seneca High
Jim Carlson says he doesn't feel like he had enough time during the last year to be a good mentor to Dan Stecken who's taking the superintendent's job at Seneca High School. Stecken disagrees. Stecken...
Jun 21, 2021 Dan Stecken at Seneca High School
Recorder of Deeds wants to raise fees for time share documents
It costs a lot more for the LaSalle County Recorder of Deeds to do some work than it charges for. The County Board is hiring a firm to do a cost study to justify raising the rates. And those rates cou...
Jun 20, 2021
FEMA offers help with funeral expenses for COVID-19 deaths
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is offering money to pay for funeral expenses for people who died of the coronavirus. The LaSalle County Emergency Management Agency says it won't cover pre-pai...
Jun 20, 2021
There is another death from the Coronavirus in Lasalle County
The now weekly COVID-19 update from the Lasalle County Health Department reported another death from the virus. A woman in her 70's is the 310th death from the pandemic. This week the health departmen...
Jun 18, 2021
City of Marseilles has awarded a bid for construction of a new boat launch
Instead of having to drive across the bridge to Illini State Park to launch a boat, the city of Marseilles will start to build one on Broadway Street. The city awarded a bid Wednesday to John Pohar an...
Jun 18, 2021 Dorothy Riley / Unsplash
Sheridan Village Hall to get new roof
Sheridan Village Hall needs a new roof. The village is advertising to contractors to bid for the project. There's an online system contractors have to be part of through which they submit bids. The vi...
Jun 18, 2021