Seneca News

It is not very often a team loses a baseball game due to a foul ball, but it happened to the Seneca Fighting Irish Wednesday afternoon.

Seneca Grade School was rocking with school spirit as fellow raiders and staff cheered on seventh-graders Taylor Bushman, Paige Hepner and Taylor Vroman, who headed Friday, May 3 to the state science fair.

Anticipating huge numbers at this weekend's Tough Mudder agility endurance event, Seneca officials have issued temporary parking restrictions for Saturday and Sunday.

A northern stretch of the Illinois River that has been closed since Saturday for emergency lock repair work may reopen to commercial navigation as soon as Tuesday evening, the U.S. Coast Guard and Army Corps of Engineers said.

Classic tractors are set to roll next month near Seneca to aid the town's food pantry.

It was a special Saturday for three local individuals at the IESA Class A state track meet in East Peoria.

The Seneca Historical Guild is gearing up for its annual yard sale fundraiser and is in need of donations from the public.

Just in time for summer, the La Salle County Board on Thursday eliminated all fence requirements for swimming pools in rural areas.

Emma Freebairn and Madisen Warning were honored with Student Excellence Awards at the La Salle County Board's April meeting.

Barge shipping returned to normal this week on most of the Illinois River after spring floods, but lock repairs will halt navigation on a northern stretch for at least a week beginning on Friday, the Army Corps of Engineers and Coast Guard said.

He sure found one at Tough Mudder, a worldwide series of 10 to 12 mile obstacle events that force participants to run through electric wires, swim through ice water, and sprint through fire.

Flood damage last month in Seneca was minimal compared to Marseilles, according to Seneca Mayor Dave Spicer, but some Seneca businesses are about to suffer delayed damage.

The Seneca Historical Guild is gearing up for its annual yard sale fundraiser and is in need of donations from the public.

A Seneca man was charged with DUI after crashing his pickup truck on Illinois 71, near Interstate 80, Friday, May 3. Michael K. Hawkins, 40, was westbound on Interstate 80, traveling at a high rate of speed, when he lost control of his vehicle as he attempted to exit onto Illinois 71.

The Seneca Historical Guild needs donations for its upcoming annual yard sale fundraiser.

OTTAWA DEMOLAY Round Table Chapter, Order of DeMolay, of Ottawa, is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year.

Sheena Ramirez of Morris and Jason Stahl of Seneca are engaged to be married Saturday, May 18, 2013, at First Christian Church in Morris.

Marseilles Elementary School students will resume classes Thursday at three off-site locations.

MARSEILLES ROTARY A club assembly is a good time to review the club activities of the year and see which ones might be modified to be even more effective.

The first chamber of commerce was established in Boston in 1825. Since that year, the business organization has grown to include more than 7,000 chamber members throughout the nation.