City to re-explore sales tax agreement to fund $5.3 million Northview Elementary expansion

Ottawa approves new sales and service tax for next year in response to sunsetting grocery tax
The Ottawa City Council approved on Tuesday a new 1% sales tax and service tax for the city.
Ottawa approves new sales and service tax for next year in response to sunsetting grocery tax

Streator High School honor roll, 3rd quarter 2024-2025
Streator High School announced its honor roll for the third quarter of the 2024-2025 school year.
Streator High School honor roll, 3rd quarter 2024-2025

Photos: U.S. Air Force VR experience comes to La Salle-Peru High School
The United States Air Force brought one of its “Own The Sky,” a USAF Virtual Airborne Experience mobile units to La Salle-Peru High School on Wednesday, March 19, 2025, in the Dolan Building parking lot. Students had
Photos: U.S. Air Force VR experience comes to La Salle-Peru High School

Photos: Princeton Fire and EMS respond to semi crash on Interstate 80

Photos: Princeton Fire and EMS respond to semi crash on Interstate 80
Princeton firefighters responded to a semi crash on Interstate 80 on top the U.S. 34 overpass on Wednesday, March 19, 2025, in Princeton. The crash occurred in the eastbound lane shortly after 5 p.m. Illinois State Police
5 Things to Do: Acoustic session, Civil War style ball, princess tea in the Illinois Valley
The Storytellers Studio Session, the Shadows of the Blue and Gray Ball, Woodland’s spring carnival, a princess tea party and migratory bird discovery hike are five things to do in the Illinois Valley this weekend.