Ottawa

The eastbound lane of the 200 block of West Main Street between La Salle and Clinton streets in Ottawa will be closed to all traffic beginning 8 a.m. Monday, May 13.

Reddick Library in Ottawa will begin a new book club.

The free, family-friendly kite event is from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. May 18-19.

Here are the La Salle County marriage licenses from April 15 through April 30, 2024.

Some La Salle County Board members aren’t happy about OSF HealthCare’s plans to tear down the Ottawa hospital, build a new facility and redistribute services, but they declined Thursday to pass a resolution in opposition.

A La Salle County grand jury convened Tuesday, May 7 and returned the following indictments.

Independent Order of Odd Fellows Ottawa Lodge 41 presented a check for $2,000 to the Illinois Corn Stars high school all star wrestling team.

Ottawa High School athletic director Mike Cooper will retire on June 1 after 18 years at the position.

Felecia Rasmussen was on the road helping on the others when female officers were a scarcity in La Salle County. Rasmussen has decided to call it a career after 23 years as a sheriff's deputy.

Ottawa finally got the TIF district extensions the city had asked of La Salle County.

OSF HealthCare and Katherine Shaw Bethea Hospital in Dixon have entered into exclusive negotiations, anticipating a full merger, the two entities announced Friday in a joint news release.

A resolution opposing any name change for Starved Rock State Park sailed Thursday through the La Salle County Board.

Marquette Academy and the Marquette High School Foundation in Ottawa announced the successful repayment in full of the loan extended to the academy in August 2004.

From whimsical cupcake creations to hand-crafted chocolates and ice cream, there are many treat shops waiting to satisfy any taste.

A 76-year-old Farmington man was taken to the Ottawa hospital following a two-vehicle crash in the area of Dee Bennett and Koenig roads just west of Ottawa.