Peru News

The Youth Symphony of the Illinois Valley invites the public to attend the fall concert of its 23rd season.

With some minor adjustments, the La Salle County Board's Committee on Appointments approved a final version of the new consolidated committee structure.

Just a name and a recommendation may not be enough in the future for an appointment or reappointment by the La Salle County Board to a local government board.

A Peru doctor was arrested during a weekend traffic stop in La Salle. Dr. Mario E. Cote, 918 14th St., Peru, was in a vehicle police stopped at 9:07 p.m. Saturday in the 800 block of Third Street in La Salle.

A Peru man was arrested Tuesday following delivery of a package from Texas that contained more than seven pounds of marijuana and and five grams of cocaine in an undercover operation by the Tri-County Drug Enforcement Narcotics Team.

La Salle County Health Department employee Connie Brooks has been appointed to the new position of assistant coordinator at the county Emergency Management Agency.

The move to hire Don Pollex as the head of La Salle County's new Information Technology Department went from nearly a sure thing Monday morning to a definite maybe on Monday afternoon.

The new 10,000-square-foot Lily Pads Resale Boutique on Progress Boulevard in Peru launched its grand opening celebration recently with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.

The Times/Tom Sistak Alyssa Conness of Peru keeps occupied with a video game as she and hundreds of people wait for H1N1 vaccinations Thursday outside the Knights of Columbus hall in Ottawa.

A first draft for the members of the new La Salle County Board committee structure was hammered out Tuesday morning by the board's Committee on Appointments.

The annual Medicare D election period will run Sunday, Nov. 15, through Thursday, Dec.

Utica has proven for a third time that everyone loves a parade, especially if it's one honoring our nation's veterans.

The following is provided by the La Salle County Sheriff's Office, listing those processed at the jail, with their age, address, day of processing and pending charge : Michelle L. Biba, 22, 2351 N. 2453rd Road, Marseilles, Thursday, sentenced to county jail.

The University of Illinois Extension's La Salle County unit has planned pesticide safety education training and testing clinics at 9 a.m. Friday, Dec.

A Business Breakfast Seminar, sponsored by the Illinois Valley Area Chamber of Commerce and Economic Development Business Breakfast Seminar Committee, will be held at 7:30 a.m. Wednesday at Mario's Maples Supper Club in Peru.

Q. The Times recently printed a financial report for LEASE. What is that? A. The La Salle/Putnam County Educational Alliance for Special Education provides the organized administration of all special education programs and services for La Salle and Putnam counties.

In order to make Illinois a more environmentally friendly state, Rep. Debbie Halvorson recently secured funding for projects aimed at increasing Central Illinoisa green energy and green jobs.

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.

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