Ottawa Police have located missing 10-year-old boy

A nearly two hour search that included helicopters flying around Ottawa ended on a positive note.

Jaden Lunsford was found just outside the city around 12:40 this afternoon. Officers say he was found unharmed and eventually reunited with family members.

Lunsford was initially reported missing around 10:30 Thursday morning after he had last been seen before 8 o’clock in the morning. Ottawa Police haven’t said what prompted them to treat Lunsford as a missing child.

Opinions sought for future of Waltham Schools

If you live in the Waltham Elementary School District in Utica, chances are you’ve been called about a survey. If you hung up before taking the survey or never got a call, there’s still a chance for your opinion to be known.

There’s now an online survey you can take to about facility needs and what should be done in the future. The Waltham School Board has hired a survey company to poll would be voters. Earlier this spring, many Waltham voters said no to raising taxes to pay for expanding Waltham North and closing Waltham South.

You can find the online survey by clicking Waltham School Survey

Spring time is already on the minds of IVCC staff

Believe it or not, it’s almost time to register for spring semester at Illinois Valley Community College.

Registration opens next Tuesday with online enrollment available starting at 8 in the morning. In-person registration at the college begins at noon with phone, fax and mail registration gets going at 2. Spring class schedules are available right now at both the Oglesby and Ottawa campuses, on the IVCC website and at grocery stores.

To register online, you have to have a WebAdvisor account. You can set one up by clicking IVCC Web Account

Two hurt in crash on the west side of Peru

A bad crash along Peru’s Plank Road happened after one driver turned in front of the other.

63-year-old Gary Quesse of La Salle was southbound on Plank Road Wednesday morning when he tried turning left into a private drive. He ended up turning into 20-year-old Tre Martinez of Peru. After the collision, Martinez ended up in a ditch. Both SUVs were towed from the scene which snarled traffic near the Peru airport for about an hour.

Quesse was ticketed for failing to yield. He and Martinez were taken by ambulance to Illinois Valley Community Hospital in Peru.