With the forecast calling for wind chills as low as -18 degrees at 6 a.m. Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service in Chicago, schools in Bureau County are adapting their schedules for Tuesday, Feb. 18.

Farmers and grocery shop owners in La Salle County are bracing for the impact the U.S. faces of a potential trade war from recently imposed federal tariffs.

The village of DePue is uncertain about the status of a $23 million grant previously approved by the federal government to build a new wastewater treatment plant that would halt raw sewage from backing up into the basements of homes during floods.

DePue and Spring Valley firefighters responded to their second structure fire in a 24-hour span Monday afternoon in DePue.

Planned Parenthood of Illinois will close four health centers in March, including the location in Ottawa.

Bureau County Jail may yet house overflow inmates from Chicago, but the Bureau County Board tabled the proposal for additional study and discussion.

The Bureau County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of an 18-year-old man found unconscious Saturday in the 100 block of East Second Street in Wyanet.

Country music star Trace Adkins is coming to Princeton in August.

La Salle County authorities identified the victim in a Friday crash north of Ottawa.