La Salle News

Recreational destinations like Channahon Parkway State Park at Channahon are plentiful along the historic Illinois and Michigan Canal.

Action by the La Salle County Board Friday helped clear the way for action by the Streator City Council on an enterprise zone for Iberdrola Renewables' 155-turbine Streator Cayuga Ridge South Wind Farm.

As part of their American National Government studies, six Illinois Valley Community College students presented a Constitution Day "Death Penalty Debate" Wednesday in which they argued the pros and cons of the ultimate punishment controversy.

A Peru doctor was arrested during a weekend traffic stop in La Salle. Dr. Mario E. Cote, 918 14th St., Peru, was in a vehicle police stopped at 9:07 p.m. Saturday in the 800 block of Third Street in La Salle.

The Tri-County Drug Enforcement Narcotics Team arrested two La Salle men Monday, one on a drug charge.

A change of venue motion could be in the works for Seneca murder defendant Keith Mackowiak.

The new 10,000-square-foot Lily Pads Resale Boutique on Progress Boulevard in Peru launched its grand opening celebration recently with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.

To the Editor: The "unique" space, up for sale, that opened up in La Salle - St.

The annual Medicare D election period will run Sunday, Nov. 15, through Thursday, Dec.

Utica has proven for a third time that everyone loves a parade, especially if it's one honoring our nation's veterans.

ILLINOIS VALLEY TOASTMASTERS Illinois Valley Toastmasters will meet at 7 p.m. Thursday, Nov.

A DePue man, arrested on a charge of aggravated battery to a child younger than 13 in August, was sentenced to prison Thursday in the La Salle County courtroom of Circuit Judge Cynthia Raccuglia.

Omicron Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma Society International is offering two grants to young women planning to study or studying in the field of education.

Exelon Nuclear"s La Salle County Generating Station in Marseilles has planned a community information night Monday.

The La Salle County Board gave unanimous approval Tuesday to a key element in Ottawa's plan to provide additional water and sewer lines to its industrial park and gain ownership of the long-vacant downtown Jordan Block.

A La Salle man, charged with robbing a convenience store in the city, appeared in the La Salle County courtroom of Circuit Court Judge Cynthia Raccuglia Tuesday morning where bond was set at $200,000. Wesley Michael Villarreal, 30, 627 Hennepin St., was charged with armed robbery, a Class X felony, after his arrest by La Salle Police for robbing at ...

SENECA AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY Ten members were present for the Oct. 20 meeting of the Seneca American Legion Auxiliary at the Seneca Fire Station.

YEPSEN Air Force Capt. Erika A. Yepsen has deployed to the Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

An Oglesby man apparently fell to his death Wednesday morning at the La Salle Cement Co.

Two men, one from Ladd, the other from Wheaton, had several criminal counts of burglary and deceptive practice dropped to one criminal count in a guilty plea agreement Thursday sanctioned by Circuit Court Judge H. Chris Ryan Jr.