Ottawa News

OTTAWA NOON ROTARY Ottawa Noon Rotary met July 1. Christie Constantine, director of La Salle County Court Appointed Special Advocates, informed the group of the function and activities of her organization.

Tony LeBeau's summer job preference was pretty simple. He wanted a job working with his hands.

Too much lead in an Ottawa child's blood has prompted state officials to take action against a 65-year-old man.

OTTAWA TOWNSHIP BOOSTER CLUB Ottawa Township High School Booster Club met June 10 with 15 members in attendance.

A 17-year-old Ottawan is charged with sexually abusing a teenaged girl. Jorge I. Velazquez, 625 Adams St., was taken to the La Salle County Jail Friday, where he was released after $750 was posted for his bond.

Ottawa Police are hoping find two men they say used someone else's credit card to pay for tattoos.

Ottawa's River Rescue squad may be hitting some turbulent times this coming year.

An Ottawa woman, convicted of participation in a 1998 murder, was in a La Salle County courtroom Friday, to formally hear that she must remain in Department of Correction's custody until her fall release.

A benefit is being planned Saturday for an Ottawa woman who needs a heart transplant.

Berkeley Springs, W.Va.-based U.S. Silica Co. has begun the construction of a new process facility in Ottawa, Ill., to expand its production of Ottawa White fracturing sands for the oil and gas markets.

U.S. Silica Company is building a new process facility at its plant in Ottawa, Ill., to increase production of frac sand for the oil and gas industries.

A precautionary boil order has been issued for residents living between the 1000 and 1200 blocks of Illinois Avenue.

Ottawa native Deanna Attaway wasn't crowned Mrs. Mississippi, but she still gave a strong showing at this weekend's pageant in South Haven, Miss.

The downtown Ottawa prototype streetscape on the 700 block of La Salle Street continues to move forward, with the stone pavers and brickwork now installed around the tree pits and planting beds.

KAYLA PRECI of Ottawa and SARAH LONGTIN of Seneca were named to the high dean's list for the spring semester at Millikin University.

A woman and a relative of the Da Hittaz drug gang - both with ties to La Salle County - were charged in Bureau County in connection with a shooting Tuesday in DePue.

Parents and guardians of Ottawa Elementary School students are being warned that a student has the H1N1 or "swine flu" virus.

Students in the east side of Illinois Valley Community College"s district eventually may have a shorter commute.

Selma Nelson of Ottawa will celebrate her 90th birthday on Tuesday. She was born June 16, 1919, in Iowa, the oldest of 10 children born to John and Hannah Friestad.

A man's habit of patronizing an Ottawa bar made it easy for police to find him Thursday night, bagging suspected crack cocaine in the process.