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Fire trucks filled Main Street in McNabb for a fire at Grassers Heating and Plumbing on Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025. The fire began shortly before 10a.m. A Mutual Aid Box Alarm System (MABAS) was elevated to the fourth-alarm. No one was injured in the fire. Fire departments from McNabb, Peru, Utica, Henry, Ladd, Hennepin, Granville, Oglesby, Spring Valley, Leonore, Troy Grove, Seatonville, Wenona, Standard, Lacon-Sparland, Bureau and Tonica all responded to the scene. Firefighters left the scene at 11:30a.m.

The final Third Friday event of the season is Friday, Sept. 19 in downtown Ottawa. Princeton's Artisan

The Streator City Council will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday at city hall to decide on a rezoning request for a house across from Streator High School and a facade grant for the Bowl-Mor bowling alley and restaurant.

Thousands of dead fish were reported Tuesday near the Streator dam in Livingston County, prompting an ongoing review by state and local agencies.

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About a dozen people spoke during a vigil for Charlie Kirk on the front steps of the Bureau County Courthouse on Monday, Sept. 15, 2025, in Princeton. Around 200 people attended the vigil on the courthouse lawn.

U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood said ICE did not provide any public safety or other data to “justify increased operations” in Illinois or any metrics the agency “plans to use to determine when the surge will end.”

The closure affects a section about a half-mile west of Illinois Route 251.

A cultural tribute to departed loved ones will take shape in Illinois Valley Community College’s Main Campus and Ottawa Center lobbies as the college and its communities celebrate The Day of the Dead.

Work is now officially underway on the long-awaited replacement of the Kelly Street Bridge on the north side of Streator.