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| Red Cross Mobile Meals could use more clients |
At a time when most charitable organizations are looking for more funds, the Illinois Valley chapter of American Red Cross actually is looking for more people to help.
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Thursday, September 02, 2010
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| Spring Valley Historic Association finds home |
Spring Valley Historic Association has found a new home sooner than expected. Now, its members are gearing up to make the building into a museum that will preserve the history and traditions of the area.
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Thursday, September 02, 2010
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| United Ways to dole out less in 2011 |
United Way of Illinois Valley will be doling out less money — but to more recipients — in 2011.
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Thursday, September 02, 2010
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| Longtime La Salle alderman remembered |
Longtime La Salle alderman Florian “Bud” Konieczny died Tuesday in Illinois Valley Community Hospital in Peru.
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Wednesday, September 01, 2010
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| Police fitness tests halted on lawyer's advice |
Did Oglesby’s police board waive a physical fitness test for a well-connected candidate?
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Wednesday, September 01, 2010
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| St. Bede sees upward trend on ACT scores |
At this time of year news from local, public school board meetings tend to focus on two things: Adequate Yearly Progress results and proposed budgets.
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Wednesday, September 01, 2010
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| Fish kill near Utica leaves dead Asian carp |
It’s hard to find a silver lining in a fish kill, but no one is lamenting the hundreds of dead Asian carp floating on a hunting lake near Utica.
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Wednesday, September 01, 2010
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| Duro named new IVAC executive director |
Marci Duro has been named executive director of Illinois Valley Area Chamber of Commerce, according to an announcement by the IVAC board of directors this afternoon.
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Wednesday, September 01, 2010
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| Families and run-ins with bullies: Last in a series |
Triston Dorsey has been called names, shoved and punched at school. He hasn’t even reached high school yet.
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Wednesday, September 01, 2010
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| Man driving up to 109 mph in triple fatal crash |
James Black was driving at speeds of up to 109 mph when his vehicle crashed Aug. 15, killing him and two others, La Salle County’s sheriff said Tuesday.
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Tuesday, August 31, 2010
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| Peru to crack down on sales of second-hand items |
The city of Peru is going to examine and likely revise its 94-year-old ordinance on selling junk and second-hand items in the city.
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Tuesday, August 31, 2010
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| Large sewage seepage concerns Valley residents |
It started with a broken pipe that turned into a sinkhole.
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Tuesday, August 31, 2010
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| St. Bede alum discusses Peace Corps experience |
One St. Bede Academy alumnus got a very early head start on homecoming with a visit back to the academy Monday with tales from the other side of the globe.
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Tuesday, August 31, 2010
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| Peru to close on Mirror Building sale today |
The city of Peru is slated to close on the sale of its Mirror Building today for a price of $650,000.
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Tuesday, August 31, 2010
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| Bullying as quick as a text: Second in a series |
In the past teachers and administrators simply had to tell children to be nice to each other and keep their hands to yourself.
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Tuesday, August 31, 2010
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| Crime falls in La Salle County |
Summer is usually a busy season for prosecutors: alcohol and sweltering heat have a way of spurring crimes.
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Monday, August 30, 2010
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| Staring down the bully: Part I in a three-part series |
Matt Denault of Princeton talks about his younger sister Courtney with great compassion and admiration.
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Monday, August 30, 2010
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| IVCC, ROE introduce 'dropout rescue' program |
People without a high school diploma may have another chance thanks to a new federal program.
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Monday, August 30, 2010
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| One-day MegaHike planned in park |
Seeking to up the ante on adventure, hikers at Starved Rock State Park soon will be challenged to take a 13.4-mile, all-park “MegaHike” on either Saturday, Sept. 25 or Sunday, Sept. 26.
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Sunday, August 29, 2010
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| Local art appreciation group learns mysteries of pearls |
A pearl is not, as is often told, an oyster’s best effort to make something beautiful from an irritating grain of sand.
The pearl industry has been selling that story for decades, linking its luminous product with an attitude to overcome obstacles.
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Saturday, August 28, 2010
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| Contractors correct sidewalk hazard at veterans home |
The concrete walkways around the Illinois Veterans Home at La Salle got overhauled this week.
After 20 years of settling, the path was pitching and heaving, making it difficult to navigate for the home’s aging residents.
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Saturday, August 28, 2010
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| Enhanced 911 for La Salle County could go live this spring |
OTTAWA — La Salle County’s enhanced 911 services project is moving closer to completion.
“They’re installing equipment now and we’re moving closer to the end result,” said E911 director Curt Yasm. Preliminary testing could begin as soon as November, with the “go live” date at some point in spring.
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Saturday, August 28, 2010
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| Tiskilwa voters can decide whether to build new library |
Library construction, whether to elect a coroner and whether to have a statewide recall of lousy politicians are among referendum questions Bureau County voters are likely to see this fall.
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Saturday, August 28, 2010
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| Balconi's owners set to retire from Oglesby tavern |
There aren’t many businesses where one can pick up a newspaper, pick a lottery number, buy candy for their kids and throw back a couple of pops after work.
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Saturday, August 28, 2010
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| Disc golf course opens on IVCC campus |
Colorful discs soared through the sky on the Illinois Valley Community College campus on Thursday afternoon.
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Friday, August 27, 2010
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| Double murder suspect changing mind again? |
Keith Mackowiak seems to have changed his mind about trying his own murder case.
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Friday, August 27, 2010
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| La Salle school helps students deal with death of 7-year-old classmate |
As La Salle’s Northwest Elementary School deals with the death of a student this week, a crisis team was called in to assist in the grieving process.
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Friday, August 27, 2010
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| Dimmick School in enviable position? |
With test scores up and a stable financial situation, things are looking pretty good at Dimmick Grade School these days.
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Friday, August 27, 2010
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| Unemployment declines in some cities but not Illinois Valley |
Unemployment rates declined from July 2009 to July 2010 declined in Chicago, Peoria, Decatur and Rockford metropolitan areas, but the Ottawa-Streator, La Salle County and Bureau County regions saw increases over that same one-year period, according to Illinois Department of Employment Security.
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Friday, August 27, 2010
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| IVCC sports back on chopping block? |
Athletics at Illinois Valley Community College will come back to the forefront of debate
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Friday, August 27, 2010
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