Marseilles

A 72-year-old Ottawa man was issued citations Friday, including pertaining to violating Scott’s Law, on Interstate 80 between Ottawa and Marseilles, said Illinois State Police District 17.

The public will get a peek Saturday afternoon into the new community center planned in Marseilles at the former Casey’s, 850 W. Bluff St.

Following the Illinois Motorcycle Freedom Run in Marseilles, there will be live music beginning at 10:30 a.m. and then again until 5 p.m. on South Main Street.

The city of Marseilles has again received $550,000 in Community Development Block grants from the state that allows it to remodel homes in town within the area from Bluff Street south to the Illinois River and Main Street east to Chicago Street.

Illinois State Police District 17 will be assisting the Illinois Motorcycle Freedom Run 2022 escort with ramp closures Saturday, June 18, at Marseilles.

The Illinois Valley will have two different carnivals running through the weekend, along with other activities and festivals.

The Gold Star families attending the ceremony that culminates the 19th annual Illinois Motorcycle Freedom Run will have a new tool to find their loved ones’ names on the Middle East Conflict Memorial Wall in Marseilles.

Low-income homeowners can apply for free assistance with essential home repairs, improvements and modifications through United Way of Eastern La Salle County’s Labor of Love program. Homes owned by families of deployed military personnel also are eligible to apply.

Did your property taxes go up this year? Look closely. For most cities, taxes went up because their homes are worth more, and not necessarily because rates increased.

Low-to-moderate income homeowners within specific neighborhoods in Streator, Ottawa, Marseilles and Spring Valley may be eligible for housing rehabilitation grants.

All occupants of a semi tractor trailer fire Tuesday afternoon on Interstate 80 near Ottawa were able to escape their vehicle without injury.

Milton Pope School in rural Marseilles named the following students to the honor roll for the fourth quarter of the 2021-22 school year.

Marseilles Elementary School District conducted its eighth grade graduation May 19.

A bench was dedicated in front of Marseilles City Hall honoring the city’s first female Mayor Patti Smith.

The Music in the Park concert series kicks off Friday, June 3, at Knudson Park in Marseilles.