A Streator man shot twice after allegedly wielding a knife at a Streator police officer was ordered held in La Salle County Jail on $50,000 bond.

Anyone with information or with video surveillance, including door bell video, on these attempted ruse burglaries is asked to call Peru police at 815-223-2151, ext 0.

A Streator patrol officer shot and injured a man who was armed with a knife late Monday morning at Central Park, according to the police chief and county prosecutor.

A 26-year-old La Salle man was arrested Wednesday on an aggravated domestic battery charge after an investigation into a Jan. 6 incident in rural Peru, the La Salle County Sheriff’s Office said.

An Iowa man will appear April 11 for a hearing in hopes of avoiding a do-over trial in his 2017 manslaughter case from rural Ottawa.

Cases were considered Friday, Jan. 13, 2023, by the Bureau County Grand Jury.

Here are the indictments handed down Jan. 17, 2023, by a La Salle County grand jury.

After the results of the first evaluation were returned to Judge James Andreoni on Dec. 16, he deemed the results revealed a bona fide doubt of the defendant’s fitness to stand trial.

Tri-County Drug Enforcement Narcotics Team members found eight large duffle bags containing about 308 pounds of marijuana, following a traffic stop Thursday on Interstate 80 in Bureau County.