Policies and procedures have been implemented by the Illinois Veterans’ Home in La Salle “out of an abundance of caution,” following possible cases of an infectious disease, an Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs spokesperson said.
Reading, Long Point, Cornell and Streator firefighters teamed up Wednesday afternoon to knock down a house fire in the 1600 block of South Bloomington Street.
Five communities in the Illinois Valley area were awarded grants of $650,000, Gov. JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity announced Wednesday.