WLPO-AM (LaSalle, IL)

WLPO (1220 AM) is a radio station located in LaSalle, Illinois, that serves the Northern Illinois area, including towns like LaSalle, Ottawa, and Princeton, all nestled in Starved Rock Country. The station offers a mix of news and talk programming alongside a classic rock music format. WLPO-AM/FM holds the #6 position in market ratings. The station is home to popular on-air personalities, including Rod (Thorson) and Tom (Henson) in the morning, Clare Bennett during midday hours, and Jeremy Aitken, who serves as the news director in the afternoon. On January 1, 2020, WLPO was acquired by Starved Rock Media, Inc., a company founded by longtime staff members Steve Vogler and John Spencer.

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U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood Asks for Funds for Proposed Community Projects in Oglesby, Mendota, La Salle

2 days ago | starvedrock.media | Tom Henson

Congresswoman Lauren Underwood has nominated 14 projects worth a total of $26 million in for improvement projects around her district. Three of the 14 are being considered in La Salle County. It's important to note that these are not funded grants, just examples of what the congresswoman is requesting from the federal government. For Oglesby, Underwood is asking for just over a million dollars to help replace water main lines that are impacted by lead and/or asbestos cement.
Utica Garden Club Holding Plant Sale Saturday and Sunday

2 days ago | starvedrock.media | Tom Henson

The Utica Garden Club is holding its 23rd-annual Garden Faire and Plant Sale this weekend. It'll be happening both Saturday and Sunday from 9 to 4 at the Canal Market in Utica. The proceeds from the sale will go toward a scholarship at Illinois Valley Community College. And, the organization says it's also sponsoring a scholarship at La Salle-Peru Township High School to support the new agriculture program. The plant sale will happen rain or shine. And only cash or check will be accepted.
American Water Doing Annual Maintenance in Streator

3 days ago | starvedrock.media | Tom Henson

If you live in Streator, you might experience a brief change in your water. Illinois American Water has started flushing hydrants in Streator as part of its annual maintenance program. You can expect the work to be done by June 20. Until then, hydrants will be checked for functionality, repaired if necessary, and flushed. Hydrant flushing involves increasing water flow rates. This can help scour mineral deposits.
IDOT Sponsors Photo Contest

3 days ago | starvedrock.media | Tom Henson

Hey, shutterbugs. You're invited to enter a photo contest sponsored by the Illinois Department of Transportation. To enter, simply photograph anything transportation-related and, in 200 words or fewer, explain why the subject of your photo is important to you. IDOT says it wants to see whatever inspires you, or helps you get where you're going – an airport, a bridge, or an interesting stretch of road, to name a few. The contest starts Friday and runs through June 20.
Organization to Host Public Meeting on Proposed New Marquis Well

3 days ago | starvedrock.media | Tom Henson

Marquis Energy in Hennepin is scheduled to be awarded a draft permit for a new injection well on its property. The company has floated a project to capture, transport via pipeline, and store CO2 on its campus. The proposed well would hold CO2 plant emissions in a deep geologic reservoir on the Marquis property. You have a chance to learn more about the project, and share any concerns, at the Granville branch of the Putnam County Library next Thursday, June 12.
LP Basketball Camp Set for Upcoming Monday through Thursday

3 days ago | starvedrock.media | Tom Henson

Your basketball player to learn from one of the best teams around – the coaches and players who lead the back-to-back Regional Champion La Salle-Peru Cavaliers basketball team. The LP basketball camp will run the upcoming Monday through Thursday. It's open to boys in third through eighth grades who live in the area – not just those in the LP district. Third and fourth graders will have camp from 8 to 9 a.m. Those in fifth and sixth grades will be there from 9 to 10:15.
Bishop of Peoria at La Salle's St. Hyacinth Tuesday Night, Part of "Party on the Plains" Marking 150th Anniversary of Diocese

4 days ago | starvedrock.media | Tom Henson

On February 12, 1875, Pope Pius the Ninth decreed the establishment of the Diocese of Peoria. 150 years later, the diocese is spending a lot of time this year making a special effort to raise awareness and remind people about the history of the church in the diocese and in their lives. They're calling it the Party on the Plains. And the next event is a local one. Tonight, Bishop Louis Tylka will continue the ongoing event by celebrating mass at St. Hyacinth Church in La Salle, at 5:30.
Court Views Video of Police Interrogation of Marseilles Man Charged with Father's Murder

4 days ago | starvedrock.media | Tom Henson

Monday marked Day Two of the bench trial of 22-year-old Logan Petre, the Marseilles man the state says brutally murdered his own dad last Father's Day weekend. Most of the two-plus-hour session focused on playing the video of Petre's interrogation by Marseilles Police Sgt. Dan Ellis. Inside the Ottawa courtroom of Judge Michelle Vescogni, the court viewed Petre's interrogation video from the morning of his arrest. The footage shows Logan's rambling and contradictory answers to Ellis' questions.
Ralph Coyle Sr., Businessman, La Salle County Figure, Passes

5 days ago | starvedrock.media | Tom Henson

A man who made a successful career in Chicagoland and eventually became known for his service in La Salle County, has passed away. Seventy-nine-year-old Ralph Coyle Sr. is remembered for his involvement in his community following his move to Seneca in 1991. Coyle was a founder of the La Salle County Landowners Association and precinct committeeman of Brookfield Township. He was born in Chicago and raised in and around the city.
OSF Mendota, Ottawa to Launch Resilient-Healing Program in June

1 week ago | starvedrock.media | Tom Henson

Employees gathered in a room Friday at OSF St. Paul in Mendota. The reason? To announce the late-June launch of its Resilient Healing program – specifically designed to help survivors of sexual assault. The Peoria-based healthcare organization says Resilient Healing is all about helping survivors recover from trauma through through hope, and a renewed commitment to recovery.