Utica News

Ottawa-Kaskaskia Canyon and the Tonti Canyon bridge in Starved Rock State Park near Utica remain closed, according to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources.

More than 150 people attended Illinois Valley Community College's 46th annual student academic awards banquet recently in the gymnasium.

The Great Hall of Starved Rock Lodge near Utica will be the site of the 97th annual dinner for the Ottawa Area Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

La Salle County deputies, assisted by llinois State Police, responded at 4:51 a.m. Sunday, May 5, to a large-fight-in-progress call at the Grand Bear Lodge in Utica.

A suburban resident was arrested early Sunday morning after a disturbance at Grizzly Jack's Grand Bear Lodge in Utica.

Lindsey Chavez, of Ottawa, said she can drink more than four Monster energy drinks and a pot of coffee on any given day.

Illinois Department of Natural Resources crews have reopened a portion of the trail system at Starved Rock State Park near Utica.

The American Red Cross has set up several distribution sites in La Salle/Putnam counties for those affected by flooding to receive clean-up kits/supplies. They include: Hennepin: Old Steel Mill Hall, 1120 Old U.S. 6. Utica: Temporary Village Hall, 105 Division St.

LA SALLE COUNTY RETIRED TEACHERS ASSOCIATION President Jackie Sapienza called the April 22 meeting to order.

The 2013 Convoy Against Cancer big truck show will head to a new destination this year when it moves from Utica to Main Street in Ladd.

Mr. Eugene “Jim” V. Kisellus, 73, of Utica, Ill., passed away Saturday, April 27, 2013, at OSF St.

The Chicago Astronomical Society will meet Sunday, April 28, in the Fox Ridge area outside Starved Rock Lodge near Utica to present a program celebrating Saturn in honor of its closest 2013 approach to Earth.