Driving discouraged due to weather

Stay home- that’s the advice from the Illinois State Police and IDOT.  Blowing snow has caused whiteout conditions especially on rural roads.   Route 251 between Peru and Mendota was closed Sunday night.  The Putnam County Sheriff’s Department has also said to stay off the roads.

Most schools have canceled classes and activities for Monday.  Illinois Valley Waste Services, a garbage hauler for many communities, will not be picking up garbage Monday.  For a list of closings and cancellations click on the red banner.

Snowden spills a secret…again

According to a German public broadcaster, the latest from Edward Snowden is that the National security Agency does industrial espionage, too. Broadcaster ARD quotes their interview with Snowden as saying the NSA would use information that’s useful, even if it wasn’t directly related to national security matters.

DIspensaries likely to be “cash only” operations

Experts say Illinois medical marijuana businesses may be cash-only. Even though medical marijuana will be legal in Illinois, selling and using the drug remains a federal offense, so it’s unlikely dispensaries will be able to open a bank account or get a line of credit. That means many of the businesses will need to use cash to pay bills, manage payroll and pay taxes.

Planning Commission hosts public meeting Monday

After months of meetings and the gathering of ideas La Salle has an updated draft of their comprehensive plan. But it’s just a draft. The planning commission will took a look the proposals during a public meeting at 5:30pm  Monday.

The planning commission needs to give a recommendation on the plan before it will be passed on to the city council. You can see the updated draft by following a link available at the WLPO AM and FM dot com news page.