La Salle News

A DePue man, arrested on a charge of aggravated battery to a child younger than 13 in August, was sentenced to prison Thursday in the La Salle County courtroom of Circuit Judge Cynthia Raccuglia.

Omicron Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma Society International is offering two grants to young women planning to study or studying in the field of education.

Exelon Nuclear"s La Salle County Generating Station in Marseilles has planned a community information night Monday.

The La Salle County Board gave unanimous approval Tuesday to a key element in Ottawa's plan to provide additional water and sewer lines to its industrial park and gain ownership of the long-vacant downtown Jordan Block.

A La Salle man, charged with robbing a convenience store in the city, appeared in the La Salle County courtroom of Circuit Court Judge Cynthia Raccuglia Tuesday morning where bond was set at $200,000. Wesley Michael Villarreal, 30, 627 Hennepin St., was charged with armed robbery, a Class X felony, after his arrest by La Salle Police for robbing at ...

SENECA AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY Ten members were present for the Oct. 20 meeting of the Seneca American Legion Auxiliary at the Seneca Fire Station.

YEPSEN Air Force Capt. Erika A. Yepsen has deployed to the Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

An Oglesby man apparently fell to his death Wednesday morning at the La Salle Cement Co.

Two men, one from Ladd, the other from Wheaton, had several criminal counts of burglary and deceptive practice dropped to one criminal count in a guilty plea agreement Thursday sanctioned by Circuit Court Judge H. Chris Ryan Jr.

Voters in eight more La Salle County townships will have the chance to cut their townships free of what remains of the once countywide forest preserve district.

Interesting La Salle County government elections already began to shape up on the first day of filing Monday for the Feb.

The low-cost bonding authority Ottawa has been counting on for its plan to take over ownership of the long-vacant downtown "Jordan Block" is scheduled to be authorized by the La Salle County Board.

An Illinois attorney general's opinion has cleared the way for La Salle County Board Chairman Jerry Hicks, D-Marseilles, to recommend appointments for a five-member board of commissioners for the La Salle County Forest Preserve District created by voters last November.

A DRIVER was ticketed about 6:40 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 18, after an accident in La Salle County.

La Salle County Board Member Randy Freeman, R-Lostant, said the county was shortchanged on its $5,000 pledge toward the August appearance in Ottawa of the American Wind Symphony Orchestra, which performed from a barge on the Illinois River.

Katie Brodzik of La Salle, Caitlin Rinker of Grand Ridge and Brad Cockrel of Ottawa have been elected to the Illinois Valley Community College Student Government Association following freshman elections.

A suburban teenager is in custody in connection with the kidnapping of an 80-year-old woman Wednesday in La Salle.

Halloween decorations were reported stolen from a residence in the 800 block of James Street Monday.

The 40th annual Burgoo festival, sponsored by the La Salle County Historical Society, got a chilling start Sunday while boiling kettles of burgoo stew sent out warming aromas to hungry fairgoers in Utica.

Michelle Fahle liked hugs. The 14-year-old declared it proudly on her Facebook page and demonstrated it when she threw her arms around her best friends before class each day, even when she embraced a friend who complained of feeling sick two weeks ago.