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HENNEPIN – Cell tower mapping was reviewed at the Clifford Andersen trial Monday.    Andersen is accused in the concealment and murder of his sister in law, Deborah Dewey.  On the stand this afternoon was an Illinois

The trial of Clifford Anderson continued Monday at the Putnam County Courthouse in Hennepin.  Andersen is charged with the murder and concealment of death in the case of his sister-in-law, Deborah Dewey.  The former divorce lawyer of Dewey

PERU – Monday morning will bring more road construction to Peru, weather permitting.   According to the city North Peoria Street from Luther Drive to Sunset Drive will be closed for a water main repair. Also starting

OGLESBY – At Thursdays board meeting of Illinois Valley Community College, it was announced that they would be continuing discussions with Foreign Service Group of China on education matters.   Foreign Service Group is setting up an English-language

DIXON – A Kentucky man who was reported missing after his tractor-trailer was left abandoned in Lee County has been found.   Family say he was located along a road in New Jersey and will be reunited

DEKALB – A woman who was originally reported as being abducted from DeKalb County on Friday afternoon apparently was taken into custody by a bail bond company from Mississippi.  According to the DeKalb Police Department, after an

UPDATE – WOMAN HAS BEEN FOUND ACCORDING TO DEKALB POLICE  See the complete update story here DEKALB – A woman has reportedly been abducted at a gas station Friday afternoon in DeKalb.  The DeKalb Police Department issued

OTTAWA – The Tri-County Drug Enforcement Narcotics Team announced an arrest on Thursday of a Streator man on a felony warrant for unlawful delivery. According to Tri-Dent Thursday afternoon a LaSalle County Sheriff’s Deputy conducted a traffic

HENNEPIN – Air freshener cans in the front seat of Clifford Andersen’s SUV reportedly prompted his arrest in the death of his sister-in-law Deborah Dewey. That’s according to testimony heard Friday from Illinois State Police Special Agent

BLOOMINGTON – Milwaukee Police arrested a man in a drug investigation who was later determined to be wanted for a triple murder in Bloomington.   According to the Bloomington Police Department, 25-year-old Sydney T. Mays Jr. was taken

OGLESBY – The President of Illinois Valley Community College laid out what they hoped would be the future plans for the shared police station on their grounds. At Thursday’s meeting, Jerry Corcoran said that partnering with local

OTTAWA – Four juveniles were arrested in connection with church burglaries in Ottawa. Ottawa Police responded to a call on the 900 block of Columbus Street and on the 100 block of East Lafayette for reported burglaries

  HENNEPIN – The Illinois State Police investigator who discovered Deborah Dewey’s body took the stand Thursday in the trial of Dewey’s brother in law, Clifford Andersen.   Andersen is being tried for a murder charge and concealment

HENNEPIN – On the first half of day four of the Clifford Andersen trial, more witnesses called by the prosecution testified Thursday morning. The victim’s niece was called to the stand to recall the day she and

HENNEPIN – Opening statements were made in the trial of Clifford Andersen Wednesday at the Putnam County Courthouse.  68-year-old  Andersen is charged with killing and burying the body of his sister in law, Deborah Dewey, in a