Utica News

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

Here are some of the local planned Veterans Day activities : Ottawa The Ottawa Memorial Association will conduct a ceremony at 10 a.m. in Washington Square.

Edward P. Kazirskis, 24, 517 E. Marquette St., was arrested Wednesday at Farm & Fleet, 4140 Columbus St., on a complaint of retail theft.

Terry Weiden is putting the finishing touches on Utica's Veterans Day celebration, but there is always room for more.

Drs. Brett L. and Janet L. Casanova, upper cervical chiropractors of Casanova Chiropractic, 417 Cornell St., Ottawa, attended the annual fall convention of the Illinois Prairie State Chiropractic Association Oct.

NO TOWNSHIP UNIT No Township Unit of Home and Community Education met Oct. 27 at Duffy's Tavern in Utica for lunch.

Most local elementary school districts met the benchmarks overall under the state's version of the federal No Child Left Behind legislation, but even while school officials breathe a sigh of relief, they wonder how many more years that success will last.

Ethan Credi was born 26 weeks prematurely. He weighed only two pounds and 2 ounces.

One hundred volunteers are needed Saturday morning to help plant the 200 oak trees that will make up the Illinois Fallen Soldiers Tree Memorial.

A second bout of sadness surrounds Kiddieland, as the legendary amusement park lost a chance to be sold as a whole and will instead be auctioned Nov.

A second bout of sadness surrounds Kiddieland, as the legendary amusement park lost a chance to be sold as a whole and will instead be auctioned Nov.

TOPIC: The possibility of a high-speed commuter rail line connecting several towns in La Salle County has been on the table for several years.

UTICA – Saint Margaret Hospital Foundation will present “Those Were The Days,” a rock and roll dance fundraiser starring Phil Dirt and the Dozers, on Oct.

The 40th annual Burgoo festival, sponsored by the La Salle County Historical Society, got a chilling start Sunday while boiling kettles of burgoo stew sent out warming aromas to hungry fairgoers in Utica.

No matter how you first put it, serving on anything called "The POO crew" just does not sound very appealing.

Preparations are under way for the 40th annual Burgoo Festival Sunday, Oct. 11 in Utica.

The Illinois Valley Area Chamber of Commerce and Economic Development will sponsor a legislative luncheon from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Monday at the Starved Rock Lodge and Conference Center in Utica.

The 81-year-old amusement park in Melrose Park is scheduled to close Sept. 27. However, most of the rides, the sign at the entrance to the park and the name, Kiddieland, might re-emerge at another location.

Firefighters were forced to stay into the afternoon Tuesday to continue monitoring an early-morning at a Utica grain elevator.

For a third year, the Utica American Legion Pierce Davis Post 731 will host a Veteran's Day parade.