LaSalle County news

Daniel Thomas, deputy director of the Illinois State Tourism office, presented the cover of the fall winter 2023-2024 Enjoy Illinois magazine to owners Tim and Jennifer Bias on Monday at Camp Aramoni.

Check out photos of the new La Salle County Forensic Center in Oglesby.

Fire departments from all across the Illinois Valley responded Monday afternoon to a house fire on Dee Bennett Road, less than a mile west of the Starved Rock Marina.

More than 66,000 people can receive up to $5,000 from Illinois’ Unclaimed Property program – and all they have to do is open their mailboxes.

Fifty La Salle County girls and boys earned bids to the 4-H General Project Show at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield, with 21 bringing home state fair medals.

The La Salle-Peru football team is changing its offense in 2023 in hopes of taking the next step after three straight playoff berths and first-round exits.

Livestock shows and the Broken Horn Rodeo were some of the events at the La Salle County 4-H Show and Junior Fair on Friday in Ottawa.

The La Salle County 4-H Fair opened Thursday at the fairgrounds in Ottawa with a number of 4-H projects. The fair continues through Sunday.

After hearing from 48 participants in 2022, a total of 195 people responded to the 2023 survey from the Bureau-Putnam Area Rural Transit. The survey was available to riders who made a reservation in 2022 and was also available at public locations and online.

The L-P/Plainfield co-op Rugby Club played La Salette Academy (Georgetown) on Wednesday, April 12, 2023 at Howard Fellows Stadium at L-P High School.

A National Weather Service meteorologist said Thursday that areas near and south of Interstate 55 could could receive the most snowfall during Friday's storm.

Defensive pressure is what has made the Comets defense tough to face this season. Tuesday night, in a Three Rivers East battle with visiting Mendota, Newman forced 32 turnovers and allowed just 32 shots in a 66-46 win.

A HAZMAT team cleans up chemicals Tuesday at Carus Chemical in La Salle.

Unseasonably warm temperatures northern Illinois residents have enjoyed so far this winter won’t last as a cold front with plummeting digits is expected to hit the region this weekend, said a National Weather Service meteorologist.

A tractor-trailer semi truck rolled over on the west ramp to Interstate 39 on Friday near La Salle. La Salle and Utica fire and EMS were dispatched to the scene. The incident happened shortly before 9:30 a.m.