Seneca, Illinois news
Here are the La Salle County marriage licenses for July 1 through July 12, 2024.
Water Days and a Foam Party will be 10 a.m. to noon Wednesday, July 17, at Crotty Park in Seneca.
Follow updates on storms as they move through La Salle, Bureau and Putnam counties on Monday night.
The Illinois Valley Community College Board of Trustees on Thursday approved a $41 million tentative budget and set a public hearing on the document next month.
The La Salle-Peru and Seneca football teams got together for a 7-on-7 on Wednesday. The Cavaliers saw growth in their third event of the summer, while the Fighting Irish are happy with the early part of their summer schedule.
The Grundy County Land Use department is hosting a free tire recycling event from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursday and Friday and 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at Olson Recycling, 354 W. Jackson St. in Seneca.
NCI ARTworks will host an opening reception 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, July 12, for more than a dozen emerging artists at NCI ARTworks Gallery, 400 Fifth St., Peru.
An exhibit telling the story in the aftermath of 9/11 will be on display in July at Illinois Valley Community College’s Ottawa Center.
A fire caused significant damage to a home Friday in the 100 block of East Lincoln Street in Seneca.
Seneca police said Thursday a minor has been referred to the La Salle County Juvenile Probation Office on charges stemming from damage at Graves Park.
The Starved Rock Country Community Foundation awarded more than $37,000 to 12 students recently at its annual scholarship reception in Ottawa.
After more than 45 years, Jane “Seneca” Doe has been identified, Grundy County Coroner John Callahan’s office said Monday.
The Illinois Department of Transportation announced Thursday work to permanently remove the Nettle Creek Road bridge over Interstate 80 in Grundy County will begin on Monday.
Graves Park in Seneca is closed temporarily after officials said several thousand dollars in vandalism occurred on Friday.
The recent 80th commemoration of the greatest military invasion in human history, the invasion of Normandy, June 6, 1944, has brought significant personal remembrances that I would like to share with you.
Tickets are on sale now for a self-guided tour Saturday, June 29, of nine agricultural sites in the Illinois and Michigan Canal National Heritage Area.
Here are the La Salle County marriage licenses for June 3 through June 14, 2024.
Seneca High School announced its honor roll for the second semester of the 2023-2024 school year.
The Seneca High School Conservation in Action group is hosting a clothing giveaway from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.
The Seneca American Legion will be hosting its annual outdoor Breakfast in the Park on Sunday, June 9.
Marseilles Elementary School District 150 conduction its eighth grade promotion ceremony May 16. Diplomas were given to students who will now be attending Ottawa, Marquette Academy and Seneca high schools.
More than 400 Illinois Valley Community College students earned 536 degrees or certificates this spring. Some 200 of them, cheered by families who packed the IVCC Gym, participated in the 58th annual commencement on May 18.
A number of neighboring departments assisted the Seneca Fire Department in extinguishing a two-story house fire on South Hossack Street.
United Way of Eastern La Salle County is accepting applications for this year's Labor of Love event, which is scheduled Saturday, Oct. 5.
Residents of the Illinois Valley area are encouraged to participate in one of the local Memorial Day observances and honor those who gave the ultimate sacrifice.
Erin Stuedemann, a Realtor since 2003 with Coldwell Banker Real Estate Group, supports her fund, The Giving Initiative, with every home she sells.
The new Hey Sweetie candy and ice cream shop in Ottawa will host its grand opening Saturday. Owners Stephanie and Sam Cato share the story of how they got started and what they have to offer in the new store.
The Music Suite 408 flute studio will present the annual Spring Flute Fling at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 19, at the Zion United Church of Christ, 1521 Sixth St., Peru.
Here are the La Salle County marriage licenses from April 15 through April 30, 2024.
Austin Aldridge tossed a complete game as Seneca defeated St. Bede 4-1 in their Tri-County Conference baseball game Wednesday.
The Seneca softball team beat St. Bede 3-2 in 8 innings to win the Tri-County Conference title.
The shot might have been an accident and the only person hurt besides her was a companion whose finger was grazed. Nevertheless, Malinda Missel of Marseilles is going to prison for three years.
Seneca High School teachers and staff selected its March 2024 students of the month.
The Illinois Valley All-Star Basketball Games returned for the first time since 2019 with games Saturday at St. Bede.
The Seneca baseball team used two runs in the seventh, then a two-out RBI single by Josh Lucas in the eighth inning to complete a 5-4 comeback win over Streator on Friday afternoon.
The East 30th Road/North La Salle Road bridge over Interstate 80 at the La Salle and Grundy counties line will be temporarily closed.
The rosters were announced for the Illinois Valley All-Star Basketball Games, which are Saturday at St. Bede.
This spring, Morgan Phillips and Emily Maze will leave their mark on Illinois Valley Community College in a way neither could have predicted when they were students there.
The Reddick Mansion Association invites students from the area high schools to come to the mansion and use its grounds for their 2024 prom photos. Prom attendees, as well as their families and friends, are welcome.
Illinois Valley Community College recognized Thomas J. McCormack Scholars and other academic honorees at its annual Student Academic Awards Ceremony on April 3.
After many years of planning, breaking ground in March of 2023, then 13 months of construction, Seneca High School unveiled its new 28,000-square-foot gymnasium to the public at a ribbon-cutting ceremony Wednesday night.
Seneca High School held a ribbon cutting ceremony their new high school gymnasium addition on Wednesday, April 10, 2024 at Seneca High School. The gym boasts the largest high school video board in Illinois.
Illinois Valley Flute Ensemble and Bloomington-Normal Flute Club will present the Inspired by Starved Rock concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 14, at Zion United Church of Christ, Peru, and again Sunday, April 21, in Bloomington.
Here are the La Salle County marriage licenses for March 2024.
Nursing instructor Amber Robertson of Seneca is the winner of Illinois Valley Community College’s 2024 Stephen Charry Memorial Award for Teaching Excellence.
For the 30th consectuive year, Laborers Local 393 will be sponsoring a hunter safety course at its hall on April 13-14.
Seneca FFA members Ben Biros and Grayson Sobkowich were named State Proficiency Winners.
For the first time since 2019, the Illinois Valley All-Star Games will be played this spring April 20 at St. Bede. The players for the game were announced Tuesday.
Over the past two weekends 14 firefighters from MABAS 25 departments spent 40-plus hours learning the technical aspects of auto extrication and machinery rescue.
Eleven young computer design students from Seneca and Ottawa high schools advanced to state competition after competing in regionals at Illinois Valley Community College on March 8.