St. Margaret’s last day in Spring Valley: ‘It’s sad. It’s gut-wrenching. It’s horrible.’
With hours before St. Margaret’s Health-Spring Valley was closed for good, dozens of displaced workers, retirees and supportive residents steadily filled the south parking lot Friday for hugs, tears and thanks.
Pistol Shrimp slip past the Danville Dans, 4-3
The Illinois Valley Pistol Shrimp used a RBI double by Louis Perona in the seventh inning to defeat the Danville Dans 4-3 in a Prospect League game on Friday night at Schweickert Stadium in Peru.
Photos: Ottawa cruise night packs the downtown
Ottawa’s downtown was packed full of people and classic cars for the 25th annual Cruise Night sponsored by the La Salle County Cruisers.
Illinois Valley mayors pledge cooperation, EMS support as Spring Valley hospital closes
Local mayors said Friday they’re working on contingencies to ensure rapid-response times by EMS personnel and trying to ready the local workforce for the day when OSF HealthCare restores hospital services in Peru.
Town Hall meeting set in Ottawa to talk about downtown parking, Madison Street
The first quarterly town hall meeting in Ottawa is scheduled 6 to 6:45 p.m. Tuesday, June 20, prior to the regularly scheduled City Council meeting at City Hall, 301 W. Madison St. The discussion will be about
Baseball: 5 standout statistics from across The Times area in 2023
Here’s a look at five statistics across The Times coverage area that might surprise even the most die-hard area baseball fans, highlighted by standouts from Ottawa, Streator, Marquette, WFC, Seneca, Newark, Somonauk and Serena.
2023 Illinois Valley summer fireworks schedule
There are 20 different fireworks shows planned across the Illinois Valley region from June 18 to Aug. 12.
La Salle County police reports: June 16, 2023
Here are the La Salle County police reports for Friday, June 16, 2023.
Wisconsin fugitive apprehended in La Salle County on child porn charges
A Wisconsin man was picked up by La Salle County sheriff’s deputies on a fugitive from justice warrant from Wisconsin on three counts of possession of child pornography, the sheriff’s office said in a Friday news release.
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