2025 IV Business Review: Planned Parenthood closes in Ottawa
Planned Parenthood of Illinois closed four health centers in March, including its Ottawa location.
2025 IV Business Review: Planned Parenthood closes in Ottawa
2025 IV Business Review: Big Lots closes in Peru
2025 IV Business Review: Big Lots closes in Peru
The closure was announced in late 2024 when the company made plans to move forward with going-out-of-business sales at the remaining 963 Big Lots stores.
2025 IV Business Review: La Salle County’s last shoe repair shop closes
The last shoe repair shop in the Illinois Valley, Tino’s Shoe & Boot Repair in Ottawa, shuttered after 40 years this past October.
2025 IV Business Review: La Salle County’s last shoe repair shop closes
2025 IV Business Review: Illinois Valley Food and Deli closed less than a year after opening
2025 IV Business Review: Illinois Valley Food and Deli closed less than a year after opening
Illinois Valley businesses large and small closed in 2025. After less than a year in operation, Illinois Food and Deli in La Salle closed on April 30.
Illinois maternal mortality report finds rise in pregnancy-related deaths
Preventable pregnancy-related deaths rose and stark racial disparities remained in the Illinois Department of Public Health’s most recent maternal mortality report.
No pre-trial release in Mendota shooting
A Mendota man said he shot in self-defense. Prosecutors said the Mendota incident was a drive-by shooting. A La Salle County jury will have to settle that.