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The Streator City Council spent part of Wednesday night’s Committee of the Whole meeting continuing work on a potential ordinance that would allow golf carts and other low-speed vehicles on certain city streets.
Marseilles will host the traveling “Remembering Our Fallen” memorial from June 16-21 in partnership with Patriotic Productions and the Middle East Conflicts Wall Memorial Marseilles Middle East Tribute Committee.
The Streator City Council will continue discussions Wednesday night on a potential ordinance that would allow golf carts and certain low-speed vehicles to operate on some city streets.
The Arts of Starved Rock Country Fund distributed $13,931.47 in grants to 11 arts and cultural organizations this spring, supporting everything from summer theater camps to art therapy programs for brain injury survivors.
A few more volunteers are needed for Oglesby Summer Fun Fest, to be held June 18-21.
The Streator City Council heard a proposal during their meeting Wednesday night to move and improve the Canteen memorial, A.K.A “Coffee Pot Lady” memorial which currently sits near the former Santa Fe Depot site.
The event is by appointment only. Passport agency specialists will be on hand to help walk you through the process and submit your materials.
Raikes traces his commitment to service back to his childhood in Marseilles, because he had role models who instilled the importance of putting community before self.
The Dickinson House in Oglesby will host a fundraiser fried chicken dinner on Monday, May 18 at Cortileno’s Restaurant in Oglesby.
For the 43rd year the Elks of Oglesby Lodge #2360 has once again sponsored The Eighth Grade Ball.
There will be a special meeting of the Utica Village Board at 6 p.m. Tuesday, May 12.
The Streator City Council will meet Wednesday night to continue the discussion of updating city laws regarding non-highway vehicles.
The Marseilles Food Pantry saw a record turnout during its annual tuna drive this weekend, as a local boy turned a birthday tradition into his biggest success yet.
Beth Findley Smith (R-Ottawa) was elected April 15, 2026, as the 14th Congressional District state central committeeperson (SCC) for the Illinois Republican Party, securing a four-year term on the party’s governing board.
Interested in helping a local boy reach his birthday goal this weekend? If so, a community tuna drive benefiting the Marseilles Food Pantry will be held from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday, May 2, outside the pantry at 200 Broadway St.
After the discussion of data centers at Monday morning’s Committee of the Whole meeting, the committee decided to vote on a water survey and study at the next county board meeting before considering any decisions on data centers within county limits.
The projects across the 14th Congressional District, which would come under federal Community Project Funding initiative, range from protecting clean drinking water to strengthening access to quality health care in rural communities to public transit systems.
The La Salle County Board discussed the future of the La Salle County Nursing Home in a special Committee of the Whole meeting on Monday morning.