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After years without a Labor Day parade, Streator will once again be hosting the event sponsored by the Streator Chamber of Commerce.
Streator City Council held a special meeting on Wednesday night to approve the bid from Vissering construction to complete Streator’s oxidation ditch project in the amount of $3,149,815.
In a move aimed at bolstering Streator's downtown revitalization efforts, the City Council recently approved a series of facade grants during its latest meeting for Blue Eyed Rascal, Vette to Vette and Curley’s Furniture.
Streator City Council members discussed Wednesday an ongoing issue of street parking by non-residents on the 100-200 block of Morrell Street, directly across from Streator High School.
Streator’s City Council decided to table the decision on funding the oxidation ditch project at the wastewater treatment plant during Wednesday’s meeting.
The Streator Plan Commission recommended Tuesday two $15,000 facade grants for Blue Eyed Rascal Baking Company at 121 E. Main St. and 106 S Park St.
Streator City Council approved an update to its comprehensive plan to include a hazard mitigation component, a move aimed at securing a Federal Emergency Management Agency grant potentially worth $150,000.
The Streator City Council asked City Manager David Plyman last week to provide some more information before it decides whether to spend reserves or borrow money to make up about $1.45 million to complete an oxidation ditch update to the wastewater treatment plant.
The Streator Police Department will be adding a new squad car to the force.
Two houses were approved for demolition during the Streator City Council meeting on Wednesday night. The properties are located at 812 Hoyne Street and 101 South 2nd Avenue.
The Streator City Council joined Ottawa and Marseilles city councils, as well as the La Salle County Board, in opposing OSF’s plans to build a new hospital in Ottawa and move obstetrics and ICU services outside of the city.
An increase in equipment and labor costs have put Streator in a situation where it must find about $1.45 million to complete work an oxidation ditch for the wastewater treatment plant.
The Streator City Council approved an item Wednesday that could lead to the construction of a Scooter’s Coffee at the corner of Bloomington and Frech streets.
Improvements to the pond area of Marilla Park in Streator may begin as soon as fall.
The Streator Plan Commission approved a recommendation Tuesday that could set in motion the opening of a coffee chain store at the corner of Bloomington and Frech streets.
The Streator City Council soon will vote on rules for non-profit organizations soliciting money at intersections, in an effort to make the events safer.
The Streator City Council approved two applications Wednesday to obtain $90,000 more for its downtown facade grant program, as well as $5,000 to improve lighting in Central Park.
The Streator City Council accepted a bid Wednesday of $646,426 for its 2024 general revenue road project.
Eight members of the Streator Fire Department and EMS were honored Wednesday for saving the life of a Streator resident in a Jan. 1 fire.
Streator is moving forward on a pair of house demolitions, including a former rental house deemed a nuisance following a shooting this past summer.
The Streator City Council agreed to give a company up to two years to create a solar farm on the former Smith Douglas fertilizer manufacturing site.
The Streator City Council and Streator High School Board are moving forward to buy two electronic radar speed signs near the intersection of Lincoln Avenue and Bloomington Street, where students regularly cross.
The Streator City Council recently approved a pair of downtown facade grants and placed a Bloomington Street facade grant request on hold until July 1.
Motorists traveling through downtown Streator may have noticed a return of flow Thursday between traffic lights.
Streator firefighters no longer will be involved with code enforcement duties.
Streator residents are two times more likely to be resuscitated and three times more likely to return to a normal life after experiencing a cardiac arrest compared to the national averages, according to new data shared by the Streator Fire Department.
The Streator City Council talked Tuesday about its options should a bus of migrants stop short on its way to Chicago and abandon its passengers in Streator.
Streator is seeking a $650,000 grant to rehabilitate about 10 single-family, owner-occupied homes.
The Streator City Council took a step forward Wednesday on repairing the Kelly Street bridge.
The Streator City Council will vote on its tax levy Wednesday, after reaching a consensus last week.
Chances are Streator residents will be paying more on their property tax bills, not because of an increase in the tax rate, but because their property has been assessed at a higher value.
The Streator Police Department reminded anyone driving non-street legal vehicles their vehicles will be impounded and they will be ticketed, following a crash Tuesday on Route 23.
Not wanting to set a “bad precedent,” the Streator City Council voted unanimously Wednesday against a special use permit to allow the first floor of a downtown building for apartments.
Drivers traveling on 12th Street in Streator now will have to stop at Otter Creek Road.
For those diners who like a mimosa or bloody mary with Sunday brunch, they soon will be able to have that opportunity in Streator.
The Streator City Council is looking to allow alcohol sales earlier on Sundays, but the council will decide Wednesday which businesses will be able to do so.
The Streator City Council wants to move forward with buying an electronic radar speed sign, or two, near the intersection of Lincoln Avenue and Bloomington Street where Streator High School students regularly cross.
Traveling downtown Streator soon will have more flow.
More on Main in Streator is looking to expand and asked the City Council for tax increment financing assistance.
The Streator Plan Commission recommended Tuesday a $15,000 facade grant for 114 N. Monroe St.
The Streator Plan Commission recommended against converting the Vermillion Arcade into six small, first-floor apartments.
The Streator City Council opted Wednesday to repave an additional street - the 1500 and 1600 blocks of Baker Street - in 2024, rather than restore West Grant and LaRue streets in brick. Baker, Grant and LaRue streets now will be repaved in 2024.
The Streator City Council is exploring options to make Bloomington Street safer near Streator High School.
The Streator City Council approved a $30,000 economic incentive Wednesday to build a possible Arby’s restaurant on the corner of Oakley Avenue and Bloomington Street, reversing course of a previous council that rejected the proposal in November 2022.
The Streator City Council again will consider Wednesday an economic incentive to build a possible Arby’s restaurant on the corner of Oakley Avenue and Bloomington Street.
The Streator City Council agreed to move its Committee of the Whole meeting time to 4 p.m. on the second Tuesday of each month.
Llerem LLC wanted to find a way to keep jobs in Streator.
The Streator City Council will consider again an incentives deal to build an Arby’s restaurant.
The Streator High School Board finalized a 10-year deal with the city of Streator to convert an unused football and baseball field into soccer fields at James Street Recreation Complex.
The Streator High School Board is expected to meet Wednesday to finalize an agreement with the Streator City Council for use of James Street Recreation Complex as its soccer facility.