Bridge information available online

It’s hard to get far in the Illinois Valley without crossing a bridge. Whether it’s a bridge over a creek or the Illinois River, you can find out what inspectors have to say about the bridge’s condition through a state website.
IDOT’s Bridge Information site allows you to select a highway and the bridges along it to find out how it did during the most recent inspection.
One bridge included on the site is the Route 251 bridge over the Illinois River south of Peru. It lists the most recent inspection as June of last year.

Man hospitalized after crash

A crash near Cedar Point has left a man from Peru in fair condition at a hospital in Peoria.
Police say Gregory Tondi was on County Highway 16 north of Cedar Point Wednesday night when he lost control on curve and drove through a fence and hit a tree.
Tondi was taken to Illinois Valley Community Hospital and later St. Francis Medical Center.
He was arrested for DUI, not slowing down to avoid an accident and improper lane usage.

Student’s swine flu diagnosis incorrect

The recent diagnosis of swine flu with an Ottawa Elementary student was apparently a wrong diagnosis.
Elementary Superintendent Craig Doster says the student that he reported last week came down with swine flu just had symptoms like the virus. Doster notified parents about the student after a doctor’s original diagnosis.
In the future, Doster says he will wait for the public health department to confirm a swine flu case before reporting it to parents.