Ottawa News

The future of two facets of Illinois Valley Community College will be on the table in December, with the board of trustees deciding the fate of the college's proposed satellite center in Ottawa, and the on-campus child care center.

Devastated during the last two years from torturous "100-year-floods," the city of Ottawa is working its way to be one of the most prepared cities in the nation for future high water events, according to Scott Cofoid of the Insurance Services Office.

Ameren Illinois Utilities recently announced the completion of an Act On Energy high-efficiency lighting project that is sharply reducing energy consumption in the frozen food reach-in cases and refrigerated dairy and beverage cases at the Kroger stores at 2701 N. Columbus St.

Community House of Arts in Ottawa plans to build its way - log by log - to a Guinness world record.

The producer of "These Shining Lives" will be in Ottawa Wednesday seeking a site to perform the play in March or April.

Murder defendant Keith Mackowiak, standing before Circuit Court Judge H. Chris Ryan Jr.

The La Salle County Transportation Committee will meet at 1 p.m. Friday, Nov. 18, in Ottawa City Hall, 301 W. Main St.

An Ottawa man, burned over 20 percent of his body, is said to be in stable condition at a suburban medical facility following his rescue by city firefighters from a south side apartment blaze early Sunday morning.

OTTAWA KIWANIS The Ottawa Kiwanis Club meets each Wednesday at the Fox High Rise.

A Streator man on parole from prison and already facing auto theft charges from Oglesby, was hit Friday with new charges of arson and burglary stemming from Ottawa.

The Ottawa Police Department is joining Gov. Pat Quinn, the Illinois Department of Transportation's Divison of Traffic Safety, Illinois State Police, local law enforcement agencies and hundreds of other communities throughout Illinois involved in Operation Save 100.

OTTAWA KIWANIS Ottawa Kiwanis Club met Nov. 4 at the Canal Street High Rise lounge.

The Ottawa Police Department reported continued success with its prescription drug disposal program.

A Coast Guardsman with Ottawa ties was part of a crew that recently seized five tons of cocaine in the Caribbean Sea.

A third suspect has been charged in connection with drive-by shootings Sunday in Ottawa.

Seventy-five per cent of those in Ottawa say transportation issues such as traffic and public transportation are the biggest facing the city, according to a new Angus Reid survey released Tuesday.

Ottawa resident Michelle M. Henry was perhaps too trusting. She sold crack cocaine to an undercover police informant Aug.

Thanksgiving cooks can get a hand with dessert this year through the Ottawa Lions Club's new "Pies for Eyes" program.

An Ottawa resident narrowly escaped death early Sunday morning when a fire broke out in his apartment at 222 State St.

OTTAWA ROTARY In 1996, record rains hit the Aurora area and flowed down the Fox River through and around the Dayton Dam.