I-80 pedestrian bridge project in Ottawa set to begin in spring

  OTTAWA – Ottawa’s I-80 pedestrian bridge project could be completed by next year. At Tuesday night’s city council meeting, a resolution authorizing federal grant participation and a maintenance agreement to care for the bridge was passed. Mayor Dan

Bison coming Thursday morning to Buffalo Rock State Park

  MORRIS – Pretty soon Pebbles the bison will have a companion at Buffalo Rock State Park. 14-year-old Pebbles has been living alone since her mother Holly’s passing in September. Site Superintendent Daniel Bell for the Illinois

Pekin man dies after fall from boat in Louisiana

POINTE-AUX-CHENES – A Pekin, Illinois man has died after a mishap at a dock involving an ice chest in Louisiana. The Terrebonne Parish Sheriff Jerry Larpenter said that on Monday afternoon 70-year-old Johnny Martin was a passenger