Ottawa

The Paintings in the Park documentary now is viewable online.

Four sophomores were selected as student ambassadors representing Ottawa High School at the Hugh O’Brien Leadership Seminar in June at Illinois Wesleyan University.

NCI ARTworks announced the 2025 Illinois Valley Mad Hatter Ball honorees.

Keep the festive spirit alive with 5 things to do in the Illinois Valley on the weekend after Christmas.

Communities across northern Illinois saw a wide variety of new dining options open for business this past year.

Helmar Lutheran Church will host a kumla fundraiser dinner 4:30 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 18.

The Prairie Singers will present a post-Christmas concert at 2 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 5, at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church, Ransom. 

University of Illinois Extension – Bureau, La Salle, Marshall and Putnam counties is offering the following testing-only sessions and certification program for pesticide applicators.

Kendall’s Coffee in Ottawa is closed for the winter.

A Servant’s Heart, an Ottawa nonprofit, hosted its annual Christmas dinner Monday to feed the community.

Advanced Auto Parts, 220 E. Norris Drive, Ottawa, is shutting down shop.

Plans for the new hospital in Ottawa could be heard as early as January.

An Icelandic tradition will make its way Monday to Reddick Library in Ottawa.

Indian Valley Vocational Center in Sandwich announced its Outstanding Winter Students selected by their instructors.

Check out these decorative Christmas homes and parks throughout the Illinois Valley.

The Girls Just Want To Have Fund$ golf outing has raised $14,000 for the Young Women Leaders Scholarship Fund.

Holiday light shows and shopping markets in Geneva, Aurora, Joliet, Lemont, Ottawa shine bright with festive fun this month.

The City of Ottawa will use a $635,540 OSLAD grant for a multi-sport field complex that will be the future home of the Ottawa Soccer Club with a goal of making it a year-round facility with an enclosure.

Here's a listing of some local retailers in northern Illinois that offer one-of-a-kind shopping experiences.

There’s a new residential listing near downtown Ottawa. You can’t miss it, and its variety of colors.

Green Street in Ottawa will temporarily reopen to all traffic beginning Friday.

For those of you still looking for Christmas activities prior to the holiday, there are some weekend events and attractions to keep the spirit going in La Salle, Ottawa, Princeton and Streator.

An Oglesby man was arrested Tuesday on charges of possessing child sexual abuse images.

The city of Ottawa is levying for $665,000 more tax dollars than the previous year.

Ottawa Sunrise Rotary Club members had their picture taken with the Grinch at Bill Walsh Automotive Group and collected 121 toys and 33 books.

New Ottawa Police Chief Mike Cheatham was sworn in on Tuesday.

A La Salle County grand jury convened Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2024, and returned the following indictments.

The 600 block of Adams Street between West Glover and West Moore streets in Ottawa will be closed to all through traffic beginning at 8 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 18.

Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Illinois Grand Lodge elected Ray Jackson of Ottawa Lodge 41 as its grand master of the Illinois Odd Fellows.

Visitors flocked to one of the Utica-area state parks in 2024, filling the parking lots and smashing attendance records along the way. It wasn’t Starved Rock, however.

Oglesby commissioners suggested Monday the Plan Commission organize informational sessions to ensure residents are fully informed before voting.

The Rotary Club of Ottawa Sunrise recognized two seniors for December 2024.

Spring Valley will receive a $600,000 OSLAD grant to help it build new ball diamonds near JFK school.

Home Hardware shoppers have undoubtedly noticed new signage and remodeling at the Ottawa store.

Members of the Ottawa American Legion Post 33 Auxiliary delivered wreaths to Oakwood Memorial Park in Ottawa on Sunday afternoon.

Reddick Public Library in Ottawa has a new horror-themed book club geared to ninth through 12th graders.

Oglesby Ottawa Elks distributed $500 check to each of five local police departments for their Christmas children’s gift giving programs.

Ottawa Friendship House board of directors, staff and family members gathered last week at The Lone Buffalo Restaurant & Tap Room by Tangled Roots Brewing Co. for its annual Christmas party.

According to Lieutenant Wayne Strayer, corps officer and pastor at the Corps Center located at 516 W. Madison St., in Ottawa, both donations and volunteer bellringers for the Salvation Army’s Red Kettle Drive are down for the season.

Tracy Bedeker of Seneca was named the fifth chair of the Starved Rock Country Community Foundation Wednesday. She will serve as chair for 2025 and 2026.

Starved Rock Lodge, Grand Bear Resort to host New Year's Eve parties for all ages.

The documentary on the Chjrist paintings in Washington Square Park preserves tale of faith

La Salle County CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) is holding open registration until the end of December to train interested persons to be child advocates.

The Music Suite 408 Third Sunday Afternoon Acoustic Jam Series will be from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 15, at Music Suite 408 in Peru.

Lighted parades and Christmas walks in Oglesby and Ladd part of eventful weekend that includes holiday-themed performances.

La Salle/Putnam Educational Alliance for Special Education will host sleigh rides and cookies with Santa from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 12, at 1009 Boyce Memorial Drive, Ottawa.

The La Salle-Peru boys swimming co-op returns several strong swimmers from last year's team that placed fourth in the sectional.

Illinois Valley Community College’s winter break begins next week.

The ninth annual TUBACHRISTMAS in the Illinois Valley is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 15, at Hall High School, 800 W. Erie St., Spring Valley.

The Pop-Up Players, a nonprofit theater troupe, in conjunction with The Ottawa Masonic Occidental Lodge 40, announced three performances of a staged radio play presentation, “On The Air With - It’s A Wonderful Life.”