This spring, La Salle and Bureau county voters get to decide who will make the important decisions regarding their communities, schools, townships, fire departments, parks and libraries.

A La Salle man who was shot and killed by a law enforcement officer after police said he pointed a handgun at authorities during a standoff was identified Monday.

A large police presence responded in the 600 block of Chartres Street in La Salle near La Salle-Peru High School.

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Police responded on Sunday afternoon to the scene of a two-story apartment building on the corner of Seventh and Chartres streets in La Salle. Police said a man barricaded himself. The situation is resolved but more information is expected to be released by La Salle police.

A power outage at Epsilyte in Peru led to a safety foam being activated and an odor to be released into the air.

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The Epsilyte LLC plant in Peru lost power to its facility causing the smell of a polymer to be released into the air.

A Chicago man is headed to prison for nine years for selling fentanyl-laced heroin to undercover agents in Utica.

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.