The Ottawa City Council will host a meeting Wednesday with OSF HealthCare officials to discuss plans for health care in Ottawa moving forward.

Rooted on Main LLC in Marseilles carries all the common houseplants, but it also carries ones many people have never seen.

The La Salle City Council approved a letter of support Monday for OSF HealthCare’s plan for Saint Elizabeth Medical Center, after hearing the city of Ottawa and the La Salle County Board will consider passing a resolution in opposition of it.

An Ottawa man linked to pair of “stash houses” of guns and drugs pleaded guilty Monday to three felonies and was sentenced to 15½ years in prison.

A former Bolingbrook man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for the attempted murder of his estranged girlfriend in 2022.

When Debbie Damron and friend Dianne Jamison first joined a church group from Naperville going on mission to Uganda in 2008, they weren’t sure what they’d experience. Both women had done mission work locally in Ottawa and then in Guatemala, but this mission was to be different.

The recipient of the 43rd annual Conkey Family Award was announced Monday at OSF HealthCare Saint Paul Medical Center in Mendota as part of National Health Care Week. This year’s honoree is Brenda Grobe, a hospital administrative assistant.

The following property transfers were recorded April 18-30, 2024, at the Bureau County Recorder of Deeds’ office.

Spring Valley Hall High School held its prom Saturday at Senica’s Oak Ridge.