Beelman wins IVCC Matthiessen Award
IVCC President Jerry Corcoran awards Hope Beelman the 2022 F.W. Matthiessen Award PHOTO IVCC OGLESBY – Sophomore Hope Beelman of the Peru won the prestigious Frederick W. Matthiessen Award at Illinois Valley Community College’s 56th annual commencement
Illinois Housing Development Authority announce tax credits to fund area housing developments
CHICAGO – Governor JB Pritzker and the Illinois Housing Development Authority Board announced conditional awards totaling nearly $34 million in federal Low-Income Housing Tax Credits that will fund 25 affordable housing developments in 15 counties across Illinois.
Ottawa Township High School Student awarded OSF Scholarship
OTTAWA – Ottawa Township High School graduate, Cody Marko, is the 2022 recipient of the Don Morehead Community Service Scholarship. The $1,000 award will assist Marko’s higher education goals. He will attend Northern Illinois University in the
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UTV crash takes life of Lee County teen
FRANKLIN GROVE – A teen is dead and two other teens are injured after a UTV crash in rural Lee County. The Lee County Sheriff’s Office say that on Thursday afternoon they were called to rural
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President Biden calls on Congress to ban assault weapons and implement stricter gun laws
President Joe Biden delivered a prime-time nationwide address from the White House on Thursday evening, calling for Congress to ban assault weapons and implement stricter gun laws in the wake of several mass shootings in the United
Tulsa police say hospital gunman targeted doctor who performed his back surgery, blaming him for pain
Tulsa, Oklahoma police say that the motive of the alleged hospital shooter was to kill the doctor who performed back surgery on him “and anyone else who got in his way.” Tulsa police Chief Wendell Franklin said