Tom Collins

1 week ago | shawlocal.com | Tom Collins

The Oglesby Knights of Columbus, 307 E. Florence St., will host a fish and shrimp fry from 4 to 7 p.m. Good Friday, April 18. Meals are available for carryout only and can be picked up in the bar, which will be open. The dining room is closed. Dinners are $15 each and include fried cod, fried shrimp or a combination, plus fries, coleslaw and bread. To place an order, call 815-883-3181.

1 week ago | shawlocal.com | Tom Collins

Peru Public Library is replacing the flooring on the main level, which will be closed. The project is expected to take three weeks. During this time, the library will not have public-use computers, access to the outdoor bookdrop or copying/scanning/faxing services. Patrons will be able to make returns, pick up holds, place holds, choose seeds from the seed library, browse daily newspapers and browse new books on the lower level. The lower level entrance is located on the west end of the building.

1 week ago | shawlocal.com | Tom Collins

La Salle County authorities have named the La Salle man killed when his electric bicycle was struck by a vehicle Friday on May Road in Peru. Eric L. Mora-Nieto, 33, of La Salle was pronounced dead at the scene at 12:09 a.m. April 11 at 1202 May Road, Peru, just east of the Four Star Family Restaurant, the La Salle County Coroner’s Office said in a news release issued Monday.

1 week ago | shawlocal.com | Tom Collins

The Putnam County Public Library District will host a movie matinee film screening of the documentary, “Intelligent Trees,” at 1 p.m. Tuesday, April 22, at the Granville library. Trees communicate with each other, know familial ties and can care for their young. Peter Wohlleben, author and forester, and Suzanne Simard, scientist, have been observing and investigating the communication between trees over decades. Their findings are featured in this documentary.

1 week ago | shawlocal.com | Tom Collins

Illinois State police said there were no injuries from a pair of back-to-back crashes Friday evening on westbound Interstate 80 near Plank Road in Peru; but the crashes resulted in lane closures for more than three hours. Troopers first responded at 6:10 p.m. when a tractor-trailer struck the guardrail and overturned in the center median. The driver was uninjured. At 8:46 p.m., when the scene still was being cleared, a two-vehicle crash occurred at mile marker 72, about a mile west of Plank Road.