La Salle County News

Action by the La Salle County Board Friday helped clear the way for action by the Streator City Council on an enterprise zone for Iberdrola Renewables' 155-turbine Streator Cayuga Ridge South Wind Farm.

Increased La Salle County license fees for "intact" dogs will take effect Jan. 1. The County Board voted 21-4 on Friday to double the fees for dogs that are not spayed or neutered.

A Marseilles man was sentenced to prison and a woman from Odell was given probation for lying to an Ottawa police officer during the initial investigation of a service station robbery on the city's South Side Sept.

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

As part of their American National Government studies, six Illinois Valley Community College students presented a Constitution Day "Death Penalty Debate" Wednesday in which they argued the pros and cons of the ultimate punishment controversy.

A Henry man, charged with predatory criminal sexual assault of a child, a Class X felony, appeared in a La Salle County courtroom Tuesday where his bond was set at $50,000. Shaun E. Green, 31, 313 Jefferson St., is accused of committing an act of sexual assault against a child who was 4 at the time of the alleged offense between July 2004 and ...

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

Ottawa Regional Hospital & Healthcare Center's The Family Room Store has expanded its hours and is now open from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Fridays mornings.

As La Salle County prepares to part ways this month with Illinois Valley Community College as its computer services provider, the clock is ticking on the sticky procedural question of how to transition the four-person college staff onto the county staff.

A Streator man was sentenced to jail and probation Thursday in a plea agreement sanctioned by Circuit Court Judge Cynthia Raccuglia for an August burglary attempt of a popular downtown restaurant.

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.

There's nothing like sun to gladden a farmer's heart at harvest time. After a long spell of rain, recent sunny days have allowed local farmers to get busy bringing in their crops.

A DePue man, arrested on a charge of aggravated battery to a child younger than 13 in August, was sentenced to prison Thursday in the La Salle County courtroom of Circuit Judge Cynthia Raccuglia.

A Streator man, wanted for sexual abuse and retail theft, was taken into custody by Streator Police over the weekend after the La Salle County State's Attorney's Office issued a warrant for his arrest on Oct.

An investigation into heroin and marijuana sales in Spring Valley led to charges against four Spring Valley people this week.

Exelon Nuclear"s La Salle County Generating Station in Marseilles has planned a community information night Monday.

When a tornado devastated Utica in 2004, a response focus was the plight of people trapped when the Milestone tavern collapsed on top of them.

The La Salle County Board gave unanimous approval Tuesday to a key element in Ottawa's plan to provide additional water and sewer lines to its industrial park and gain ownership of the long-vacant downtown Jordan Block.

A La Salle man, charged with robbing a convenience store in the city, appeared in the La Salle County courtroom of Circuit Court Judge Cynthia Raccuglia Tuesday morning where bond was set at $200,000. Wesley Michael Villarreal, 30, 627 Hennepin St., was charged with armed robbery, a Class X felony, after his arrest by La Salle Police for robbing at ...

A retired police officer once shot by a robber has filed to run as a Democrat against incumbent La Salle County Sheriff Tom Templeton, a Republican.