Missing Man Could Be In The Area

A man reported missing from the north suburbs could be in the Princeton area.

Princeton Police say they picked up a cell phone signal of 40 year old Joseph Hammer of Glenview after his family reported him missing.  Hammer is 40 years old, 5 feet, 8 inches tall, weighs 185 pounds and has brown eyes and brown hair.

He was thought to be driving a gray, 2008 Lincoln Navigator with license plates of X28 9641.

If you have any information, call Princeton PD or the Bureau County Sheriff’s Office.

Nursing Home Pick Pulls Out

The day she was supposed to take a physical and officially start the job, Debra Brown sent word to La Salle County Board Chairman Jerry Hicks she wasn’t accepting the administrator job.

The board had approved Brown the week before with a starting salary of 79 thousand dollars.  Nursing Home Committee Chairman Gary Small says Brown didn’t give any specific reasons on pulling out of the job.  She lives in the suburbs and was going to face an hour and a half commute to Ottawa.          Small says he and others in an interviewing committee will get together next week to decide what to do next.  Small says he would like them to first approach the other finalist with Brown to see if they’re still interested.

A consultant has been filling in since Adrienne Erickson was fired as administrator in September.

Swine flu vaccines available at mall

While shopping this Saturday at the Peru Mall, you can also get a swine flu vaccination.

The La Salle County Health Department and Illinois Valley Community Hospital are hosting a vaccine clinic in the mall from 10am until 2pm.  The clinic is walk-in with no appointment necessary.

The vaccine is free.