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| Cleaning fish Cuzzin' Jr.'s way |
Jim Ventrice catches and eats a lot of fish from the Illinois River.
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Tuesday, March 16, 2010
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| Putnam County school board plans $1.1 million in cuts |
The Putnam County School Board announced a plan Monday to potentially cut $1.1 million from its budget, including several staff positions, in light of the state’s financial crisis.
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Tuesday, March 16, 2010
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| Oglesby supports county's broadband plans |
Oglesby officials are eagerly supporting La Salle County’s broadband initiative.
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Tuesday, March 16, 2010
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| Peru explores street repair options |
Peru wants to get the biggest bang for its shrinking bucks this year for street repairs.
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Tuesday, March 16, 2010
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| Winchester named Ottawa High superintendent |
When former Ottawa Township High School superintendent John Harrison died principal Matt Winchester entered the interim superintendent role seamlessly during a heated strike no less.
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Tuesday, March 16, 2010
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| IVCC takes over building for Ottawa 'campus' |
Ottawa Mayor Bob Eschbach signed the papers Monday morning and the city now owns the former Centrue Bank building downtown.
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Tuesday, March 16, 2010
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| Newspaper in Education: Week 7 |
Illinois Valley Community College and Illinois Valley Community Hospital’s rehabilitation and aquatics center are today's Newspaper in Education sponsors, providing free newspapers to 45 area schools.
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Tuesday, March 16, 2010
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| Cleveland State, Klein to play Sunday in NCAA tourney |
Horizon League tourney champs Cleveland State and Hall grad Kailey Klein will play the University of Notre Dame at 1:30 p.m. Sunday CST in the opening round of the women's NCAA tournament.
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Monday, March 15, 2010
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| Judges 'Loved' poem by St. Bede student |
Brianna Lucas is a girl of few words. That’s what the St. Bede sophomore likes about writing poetry.
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Monday, March 15, 2010
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| Federal inspectors blast area mining outfits |
There’s an oddity in the U.S. Silica office parking lot.
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Monday, March 15, 2010
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| Pluto controversy still in orbit |
The "planet" Pluto nearly never got it's current name because Pluto when it was discovered in 1930 also was a very popular laxative water. It would be like naming the next new planet ex-lax in today's terms.
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Sunday, March 14, 2010
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| VIDEOS, STORY: Parades green up downtown La Salle, Utica |
A cold rain greened up the shamrocks Saturday in downtown La Salle for a St. Patrick’s Day parade that was last held in 2007.
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Sunday, March 14, 2010
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| Firefighters dispatched to north La Salle |
Fire in north La Salle
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Saturday, March 13, 2010
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| La Salle man gets 12 years for meth |
A La Salle man was sentenced Friday to 12 years in prison for methamphetamine charges filed just months after he was paroled.
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Saturday, March 13, 2010
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| Starved Rock murders mark 50 years |
Fifty years have passed since Bill Danley first set eyes on La Salle County’s worst-ever crime scene.
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Saturday, March 13, 2010
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| Men sent to prison for sex assault |
Two La Salle County men are headed to prison for sexually assaulting children after pleading guilty Friday to separate incidents.
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Friday, March 12, 2010
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| Accused murderer wants out of solitary |
Accused killer Keith Mackowiak wants out of solitary confinement and wants access to medical treatment that his jailers don’t think necessary.
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Friday, March 12, 2010
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| IV Symphony Orchestra and Young Performers concert to honor Strong |
Illinois Valley Symphony Orchestra and Young Performers will have a concert in memory of William A. Strong, a longtime supporter, at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at the Ottawa Township High School auditorium.
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Friday, March 12, 2010
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| Peru loses power |
Many Peru residents and businesses were without power this morning after a blackout reported shortly after 8 a.m.
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Friday, March 12, 2010
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| La Salle, Utica parades to celebrate St. Patrick's Day |
It’s an Irish time of year and La Salle’s getting into the spirit by bringing back their St. Patrick’s Day parade on Saturday.
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Friday, March 12, 2010
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| Man charged with punching infant |
A La Salle man is charged with striking a 7-week old baby in the abdomen, breaking four of the child’s ribs.
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Friday, March 12, 2010
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| Peru schools prep for budget cuts |
A day after Gov. Pat Quinn announced a state budget that would cut 17 percent of funding to schools, Peru public school district’s finance committee discussed the impacts.
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Friday, March 12, 2010
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| I spy: IVCC celebrates women's history month |
Ginnie Moon produced a Colt Revolver from her dress, pointed it at her Yankee captor, and then demanded that he shoot her dead before he insulted her virtue by searching her.
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Thursday, March 11, 2010
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| Peru airport agreement approved after debate |
An agreement between the city of Peru and Midwest Avtech for the company to manage the city’s Illinois Valley Regional Airport is ready but not after some arguments Wednesday at a council meeting.
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Thursday, March 11, 2010
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