Utica held its final meeting Monday in the village offices on South Clark Street. Next month’s will be in the new municipal complex.

Utica hopes to build an arcade of portable retail buildings to the north of the tornado memorial — and the village is prepared to put $250,000 behind it if awarded a grant.

La Salle County’s tax rate will climb about a penny, meaning a small increase on the next round of tax bills from the county's portion of the bill.

State Rep. David Welter (R-Morris) announced his intention to run for re-election in the newly-drawn 75th Illinois House of Representative District, including parts of Grundy, DeKalb, La Salle and Kendall counties.

Students attending Illinois Valley Community College this spring semester could receive payments made possible from the Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund, board members learned Thursday.

Property taxpayers in the Illinois Valley Community College district should see their payments stay flat in the community college’s portion of their tax bills.

U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger once again found himself at odds with the majority of the GOP on Wednesday, as he joined one other Republican in voting to censure Rep. Paul Gosar and relieve him of his committee assignments.

Construction on Spring Street in Streator is complete.

Seven months after addressing the Streator City Council about non-highway vehicles and dirt bikes traveling illegally throughout the city, resident Toni Pettit returned Wednesday to the council’s regular meeting to say the issue has not gotten any better.