According to the Illinois River Valley Chamber of Commerce, the Village of Seneca has been told the last of the old Seneca bridge will be coming down this Wednesday afternoon. The exact time will be announced that morning by IDOT. Tickets for the implosion raffle are still on sale at the Seneca Village Hall, the chamber office and Seneca businesses. Tickets are two dollars and if chosen, the holder gets to detonate the charges on the remaining portions of the bridge. The winner will be drawn tommorrow in Ellis Hardware in Seneca. The first section fell a few weeks ago. A video of the WGN Morning news hosts missing the actual implosion has had over 8.5 million hits on you tube.
Archive for December 5th, 2010
Final Seneca bridge implosion
Posted by wlpo on December 5, 2010
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the price of farmland
Posted by wlpo on December 5, 2010
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snow fall recap
Posted by wlpo on December 5, 2010
The National Weather Service says much of northwest Illinois – including Princeton – got the most snow in that early winter storm Friday night. Weather Service records show 9 inches fell one mile southeast of Princeton and 8 point one inches was measured in northwest Princeton. The heaviest dropped near Elizabeth in Jo Daviess county – in far northwest Illinois – 9.2 inches.
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Food for fines
Posted by wlpo on December 5, 2010
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Monks’ market
Posted by wlpo on December 5, 2010
It’s time for the annual St. Bede Academy Monk’s Market. The event is going on today from one until four in the abbey church. There are baked goods for sale along with candles, cookbooks, t-shirts, greeting cards, jewelry and rosaries.
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Sentencing for face-kicking
Posted by wlpo on December 5, 2010
Kicking a police officer in the face means 12 years in prison for a Peru man. 30-year old Jeremy Arbuckle was sentenced Friday in La Salle County Court after pleading guilty to aggravated battery to a police officer. After being arrested in April for a domestic disturbance, Arbuckle admitted to kicking a Peru police officer in the face while struggling to get into a squad car. Arbuckle has previous criminal convictions for burglary and residential burglary. He will get 158 days credit towards his prison sentence for time he’s served in the La Salle County Jail.
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