The Constitution series: Why It Matters
PRINCETON - Joseph Flynn, Associate Professor of Curriculum and Instruction and Associate Director for Academic Affairs for the Center for Black Studies at Northern Illinois University (NIU), will be the speaker for the third program in the Constitution series at the Princeton Public Library.
Updated: 20 hours ago
County computers hit with ransomware attack
OTTAWA - The LaSalle County information technology department learned on Feb. 23 that the county's network had been infected with a ransomware demand.
Updated: 1 day ago
Mendota students receive John Ourth Awards
MENDOTA - This year’s Illinois Principals Association John Ourth Awards were presented to Mendota District 289 students on Feb. 20 at Streator High School.
Updated: 2 days ago
IVSO Young Performers Competition winners to perform March 8
OTTAWA - The Illinois Valley Symphony Orchestra’s March 8 concert will feature the winners of the 2020 IVSO Young Performers Competition, which was held in January.
Updated: 2 days ago
Tickets now on sale for Mendota H.S. musical
MENDOTA - Tickets for this spring’s Mendota High School musical, “Little Shop of Horrors” are now on sale at Sports-n-Stuff in downtown Mendota.
Updated: 2 days ago
Perfectly Flawed to host Overdose Prevention Training in Peru
PERU - The Perfectly Flawed Foundation will host a free Overdose Prevention Training event on Saturday, Feb. 29 from 11 a.m. to noon.
Updated: 2 days ago
Free Mental Health First Aid Training offered
OTTAWA - The LaSalle County Farm Bureau will hold a free two-day session on Mental Health First Aid. Course materials and food will be provided.
Updated: 2 days ago
OSF Saint Paul to host blood drive
MENDOTA – Mississippi Valley Regional Blood Center (MVRBC) will hold a blood drive from noon until 5 p.m. on Friday, March 13 in Conference Room C at OSF HealthCare Saint Paul Medical Center in Mendota.
Updated: 2 days ago
Mendota FFA members compete at Section 7 proficiency interviews
SENECA - Four members of the Mendota FFA competed in eight different proficiency areas at the Section 7 proficiency interviews at Seneca High School on Feb. 12.
Updated: 1 week ago
Mendota FFA members attend FFA 212° conference
DECATUR - Mendota FFA members Karli Althaus and Julia Krueger attended the annual 212° conference at the Decatur Conference Center and Hotel, on Feb. 7 and 8. Both students are freshmen at Mendota High School.
Updated: 1 week ago
Mendota H.S. to hold spring Parent/Teacher/Student Conferences
MENDOTA - Parents of Mendota High School students are reminded that spring Parent/Teacher/Student Conferences will take place from 4-7 p.m. on Monday, March 2 and Wednesday, March 4. Families may attend on either day.
Updated: 1 week ago
Elks announce Mendota area Teens of the Month for November
MENDOTA - The Elks recently announced their November Teens of the Month, Meghan Davis and Cole Stremlau.
Updated: 1 week ago
Stage 212 presents “Cocktails & Classics: Swingin’ to the Golden Oldies!”
LA SALLE - Stage 212 is kicking off a new benefit concert series, “212 Sings,” with “Cocktails & Classics: Swingin’ to the Golden Oldies!” All proceeds from the event will go toward the Stage 212 building renovation fund.
Updated: 1 week ago
LaSalle Co. schedules electronics recycling events
OTTAWA - LaSalle County has announced the dates of four free electronics recycling events to be held in 2020. The first will take place on Saturday, March 28.
Updated: 1 week ago
Cannabis production minor to launch at WIU in fall 2020
MACOMB – Forbes says the cannabis industry is among the fastest-growing job markets in America and Leafly’s 2019 Cannabis Jobs Count reports that cannabis directly employs more than 211,000 full-time workers in the U.S. And now, Western Illinois University students who are interested in careers in what Leafly calls America’s hidden job boom will have the opportunity through a new Cannabis Production minor that is set to debut at WIU this fall.
Updated: 1 week ago
Census 2020 - Everyone counts
ROCK ISLAND - The Western Illinois Area Agency on Aging, in partnership with the Illinois Department on Aging, is supporting an accurate count for Illinois in this year’s census.
Updated: 1 week ago
NCI Works partners presenting at Business Services Forum
OTTAWA - Partners of NCI Works, Illinois Department of Employment Security and BEST, Inc., will host a Business Services Forum on Wednesday, May 15 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at the Reddick Public Library in Ottawa.
Updated: 10 months ago
OSF Saint Paul receives national recognition for performance leadership
MENDOTA - OSF HealthCare Saint Paul Medical Center has been recognized by The Chartis Center of Rural Health and the National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health (NOSORH) for overall excellence in outcomes reflecting top quartile performance among all rural hospitals in the nation.
Updated: 10 months ago
Free Elks Clinic for children Feb. 7
PERU - Mendota Elks 1212 and Oglesby Elks 2360 lodges in cooperation with the Illinois Elks Children’s Care Corporation will sponsor a free children’s orthopedic assessment clinic on Thursday, Feb. 7.
Updated: 1 year ago
CHP celebrates renovation
MENDOTA – Community Health Partnership of Illinois (CHP) hosted an inaugural open house to celebrate the renovation of their Mendota Community Health Center on April 19.
Updated: 2 years ago
