Freezing drizzle leaves roads slick

With temperatures below freezing, roads are slick thanks to freezing drizzle that fell Monday night.

Slow down and give yourself extra time.

State Senator Rezin to visit La Salle

The wastewater treatment plant project and a visit to city hall are some of the things in store for the area’s state senator.

Republican Sue Rezin is meeting with La Salle’s mayor, public works superintendent and business leaders Wednesday  morning at city hall.

Economic Development Director Don Aleksy says they’ll have a binder of information about the city’s projects they’ll give Rezin to take.

La Salle ambulance service ready to begin March 1

The ambulances have been equipped and the paramedics have been hired for the La Salle Fire Department’s ambulance service.  La Salle assumes responsibility for ambulance calls in La Salle starting at 8am next Tuesday.  The city decided last fall to part ways with the Peru Volunteer Ambulance Service.

La Salle Fire Chief Andy Bacidore has been overseeing the transition and working with PSI, the company that hired the paramedics and will be handle billing.  He says they have two units ready to go.  The units include six paramedics, two who are La Salle Firefighters.

An inspector from the Illinois Department of Public Health will be at the station Tuesday to approve the ambulances.

Alderman Diz Demes, who was the La Salle representative on the PVAS board, says the La Salle service will be a well run, well disciplined department.

Marseilles Deputy Fire Chief dies after collapsing at an alumni event

Services have been scheduled for an area firefighter who died after playing in a Marseilles-Seneca Alumni Basketball game.

71 year old Herbert Johnson of Marseilles died Saturday at Morris Hospital.  He was the Deputy Fire Chief for the Marseilles Fire Protection District.

Johnson was a member of the Marseilles department for 40 years and was among a group of local firefighters who worked in Louisiana following Hurricane Katrina.

Public services are being held at the fire station.  You can hear Johnson’s obituary during AM 1220 WLPO’s In Memoriam.

Celebrity Waiter Dinner raises money for LPHS Foundation

The stars came out for the LP High School Foundation and they were generous with their money.

The foundation’s annual Celebrity Waiter Dinner Saturday night at Senica’s Oak Ridge raised an estimated $7,500.  An estimated 90 people attended dresses as such stars as John Lennon and Yoko Ono and Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire.

The foundation helps teachers and school groups purchase classroom items and fund programs.