Author Jim Ridings will speak about the Ottawa Tent Colony at 1 p.m. Saturday, May 18, at the La Salle County Genealogy Guild, 115 W. Glover St., Ottawa.
The opening Third Friday of the season took place Friday on Madison Street in downtown Ottawa, featuring many vendors, live music, food and a mini-golf challenge involving participating businesses.
The Marseilles City Council authorized City Clerk Lesley Hart to advertise for bids for the renovation of 200 Riverfront Drive, or the new City Hall and police station.
The official grand opening of the Starved Rock Disc Golf course will be Tuesday, May 28, in Oglesby’s Lehigh Park.
Thousands of people attended the TBM Avenger Reunion and air show Friday at the Illinois Valley Regional Airport in Peru. The day was capped off with a nighttime airshow from the Titan Aerobatic Team, TBM Avenger Glow and fireworks.
People may be familiar with the adventures of John and Max, two elderly neighbors who have been at each other’s throats for years, but they’ll find Engle Lane Theatre’s version of “Grumpy Old Men” adds music to the laughs.
Wayne Eichelkraut, longtime Ottawa commissioner, on Thursday received the Leo Parkerson Award from the Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce.
Prosecutors say Michael Boaz was caught on tape discussing break-in that appeared to match a November home invasion on Ottawa’s south side. But did he know he was being recorded?