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The Ottawa City Council approved the purchase of 13 surveillance cameras Thursday to be used to monitor city parks against vandalism.
The Ottawa City Council authorized a pair of administration and coordination services agreements with the North Central Illinois Council of Governments for grants received.
Ottawa's week-long Friendship Days features music, food, drink and fun for people of all ages, beginning this Saturday.
The Culpepper & Merriweather Circus will be returning to Marseilles Aug. 9, thanks to the Marseilles Rotary
Kendall Eslinger will be opening her own business, Kendall's Coffee, beginning on Monday in Ottawa. She tells the story of what inspired her to start her own mobile coffee shop.
The bus stop at Jefferson and La Salle streets in downtown Ottawa has been removed for being structurally unsound, city officials said.
The Ottawa Fire Department received a $272,000 grant it will use to buy air packs for its firefighters.
Marseilles Mayor Jim Hollenbeck said Wednesday to the City Council and the audience the city will continue to make the most of a $600,000 Open Spaces Land Acquisition and Development grant obtained for the Broadway Park improvement project.
The Marseilles City Council reached a land lease agreement with CSX Transportation and now will maintain the area near the property line.
OSF HealthCare has asked a decision by the Illinois Healthcare Facility and Services Board on its new hospital in Ottawa be deferred to September.
The Ottawa City Council authorized Tuesday a proposal for a hotel market study by HVS Global Hospitality Services regarding the possibility of a hotel on the Ottawa riverfront.
Josh Pellegrini, a lifelong resident of Spring Valley, was promoted Monday to the rank of sergeant of the city's police department.
The fifth annual Ottawa Military Show will reconvene at the Krug Farm on Saturday, July 13, and Sunday, July 14.
Donations are helping the city of Marseilles to complete summer construction projects.
Ottawa First, the nonprofit organization run by volunteers to fund the city's annual Fourth of July fireworks, will disband unless new members step up.