Guests who complete the challenge will receive a free, limited-edition, redesigned t-shirt, that showcases the local breweries.

In two separate decisions, the ICC struck $25.4 million from ComEd’s $268.5 million 2024 rate request and $11.2 million from Ameren Illinois’ $59.6 million multi-year rate request

If you’ve been dreaming of a white Christmas, well, dream on. It looks as if Santa and his reindeer won’t be landing on any snow-covered rooftops in the Illinois Valley.

University of Illinois Extension will offer pesticide applicator certification testing sessions across Bureau, La Salle, Marshall and Putnam counties beginning in January.

Illinois Master Naturalists will lead a winter nature walk Jan. 17 from 11 a.m. to noon at Nell’s Woodland in Ottawa.

The Putnam County Library system will host numerous events across its five branches in January, including author presentations, craft workshops and film screenings.

The charges stem from investigations into several burglaries that took place from Nov. 18-22, Joliet police said.

The Geneva Historic Preservation Commission unanimously denied a third request Tuesday from developer Shodeen to demolish a circa-1840 former blacksmith shop after a 90-minute public hearing. Some commissioners accused Shodeen of turning the property into an eyesore.

The Ottawa City Council approved the purchase of Knox Box equipment, allowing the Ottawa Fire Department to begin a residential emergency access program that lets firefighters and paramedics enter homes during emergencies without forcing entry.