Peru firefighters raced to Water Street on Monday morning, and quickly sent for reinforcements, after a closed tavern caught fire.

OSF St. Elizabeth Medical Center in Ottawa will seek to close its five-bed intensive care unit and 14-bed obstetrics services, as facilities at OSF St. Elizabeth in Peru prepare to take their place.

During his State of the City address last week, Ottawa Mayor Robb Hasty addressed questions about the future of development on Jackson Street.

The Marseilles Subway is closing its location at 237 Commercial St. permanently at 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, March 25.

GDL Mexican Restaurant opened this month in the former Monte’s, 903 E. Norris Drive, Ottawa.

Starved Rock State Park will host a cleanup day Saturday, April 26, along the trails.

Ottawa officials have announced the intersection of East Lafayette and Guion streets will be closed to all traffic from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Tuesday, March 25, and Wednesday, March 26, for a construction project.

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Firefighters responded to a structure fire at the former Platform 31 tavern on Monday on Water Street in Peru. The fire broke out just after 8:30 a.m. Peru Fire upgraded the scene to a third alarm, summoning fire departments from La Salle, Utica, Mendota, Tonica, Ottawa, Ladd, Spring Valley, Lostant, Cedar Point and Troy Grove.

Stage 212 has big capital improvements ahead (along with big bills) and thus needed a seat-filler for its spring production. Their solution? "The Miracle Worker"