New 4-H program for teens will provide information on mental health issues
LA SALLE COUNTY - Health is an important part of 4-H. After all, an entire H is devoted to it. Just like exercise and nutrition are a part of good health, mental health plays an important role in our daily living.
Updated: 5 days ago
Organizations to provide over $100,000 for regenerative farming practices & water conservation in Illinois
DEKALB – American Farmland Trust, the organization behind the national movement “No Farms No Food,” will partner with The Nature Conservancy to provide over $100,000 for the adoption of regenerative farming practices in Illinois.
Updated: 5 days ago
Remote work preparation classes available online
MALTA - Kishwaukee College Workforce and Community Education offers a variety of online classes that prepare individuals for the remote and digital work environment.
Updated: 5 days ago
NCAT providing free rides for voting Nov. 3
OTTAWA – North Central Area Transit (NCAT) is providing free transportation to vote in the 2020 General Election on Nov. 3.
Updated: 5 days ago
Beauty added to Illinois Avenue
MENDOTA - The Gardening Club of Mendota recently planted 5,000 daffodil bulbs that included a mixture of four different varieties in the flowering beds on Illinois Avenue in downtown Mendota.
Updated: 5 days ago
Extension schedules live virtual presentation on “Preparing Your Garden for Winter”
MENDOTA - University of Illinois Extension Master Gardener volunteer Natalie Martin will present a virtual presentation titled “Preparing Your Garden for Winter” on Wednesday, Oct. 21 at 6:30 p.m.
Updated: 5 days ago
Zoom into 4-H: wHo, wHat, wHere, wHy?
LA SALLE COUNTY - If you live in Bureau, LaSalle, Marshall, or Putnam counties, please join University of Illinois Extension for a Zoom meeting to learn what 4-H is all about.
Updated: 5 days ago
'Fall Colors and Trees' free virtual program Oct. 20
LA SALLE - Everyone enjoys seeing the pop of color that covers the landscape and woodland canopies during the fall season. The LaSalle Public Library will virtually host Illinois Department of Natural Resource Coordinator and University of Illinois Extension Master Naturalist, Lisa Sons, on Tuesday, Oct. 20 when she presents, “Fall Colors and Trees.”
Updated: 5 days ago
Free Elks Clinic for children April 9
PERU - Mendota Elks 1212 and Oglesby Elks 2360 lodges in cooperation with the Illinois Elks Children’s Care Corporation will sponsor a free children’s orthopedic assessment clinic on Thursday, Nov. 5.
Updated: 5 days ago
Voice of Democracy Scholarships offered by VFW
MENDOTA - Need money for college? The Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) gives out more than $2 million in college scholarships every year to 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th grade students through its Voice of Democracy scholarship contest.
Updated: 5 days ago
Carl’s Quiz 10-14
What remarkable television event took place on Aug. 30, 1953?
Updated: 5 days ago
Muzzleloaders group to hold open house weekend events
FRANKLIN GROVE - The public is invited to the Chaplin Creek Muzzleloaders’ open house on Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 17-18 from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. at Chaplin Creek Village in Franklin Grove.
Updated: 1 week ago
Holy Cross students win Americanism Essay contest
MENDOTA - The Mendota Elks have announced their 2019/2020 Americanism Essay winners.
Updated: 1 week ago
Mendota Elks announce Teens of the Month for September
MENDOTA - The Mendota Elks have announced their September Teens of the Month, Grace May and Jackson Lind.
Updated: 1 week ago
Gospel group to perform
AMBOY - The East Grove Union Church in rural Amboy will host The Assemblymen, a southern gospel men’s quartet, in concert at the church on Sunday, Oct. 25 at 6 p.m.
Updated: 1 week ago
Mendota Dist. 289 schedules L.E.A.S.E. preschool screenings
MENDOTA - L.E.A.S.E. will hold preschool screenings for Mendota District 289 on Tuesday, Oct. 13 at First United Methodist Church, 100 E. Sixth St., Mendota.
Updated: 1 week ago
Four Seasons Gardening Program offers free fall series webinars
OTTAWA - The University of Illinois Extension’s Four Seasons Gardening Program, which focuses on environmental stewardship, home gardening, and backyard food production, will hold the next in its fall series of webinars on Tuesday, Oct. 13 at 1:30 p.m.
Updated: 1 week ago
Contact Tracer class available online through Kishwaukee College this fall
MALTA - Kishwaukee College Workforce and Community Education will offer an online Contact Tracer class Nov. 1-14.
Updated: 1 week ago
NCI Works partners presenting at Business Services Forum
OTTAWA - Partners of NCI Works, Illinois Department of Employment Security and BEST, Inc., will host a Business Services Forum on Wednesday, May 15 from 10 to 11:30 a.m. at the Reddick Public Library in Ottawa.
Updated: 1 year ago
OSF Saint Paul receives national recognition for performance leadership
MENDOTA - OSF HealthCare Saint Paul Medical Center has been recognized by The Chartis Center of Rural Health and the National Organization of State Offices of Rural Health (NOSORH) for overall excellence in outcomes reflecting top quartile performance among all rural hospitals in the nation.
Updated: 1 year ago
Free Elks Clinic for children Feb. 7
PERU - Mendota Elks 1212 and Oglesby Elks 2360 lodges in cooperation with the Illinois Elks Children’s Care Corporation will sponsor a free children’s orthopedic assessment clinic on Thursday, Feb. 7.
Updated: 1 year ago
CHP celebrates renovation
MENDOTA – Community Health Partnership of Illinois (CHP) hosted an inaugural open house to celebrate the renovation of their Mendota Community Health Center on April 19.
Updated: 3 years ago
