The Ottawa Police Department will host a sensory-friendly family event for Autism Acceptance Month on Wednesday, April 1, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Reddick Library Community Room.

4th Ward Alderman Mark Peasley announced that with the help of Mendota Project Director Annie Short, the city of Mendota is looking to utilize the Team Up app for deciding basic usage of public parks, fields and courts.

The University of Illinois Extension will hold a garden planning workshop for adults from 10 to 11 a.m. Friday, April 17, at the Putnam County Library District’s Granville branch, 214 S. McCoy St., Granville.

The St. Padre Pio Altar Society will host its 12th annual taco sale on Sunday, May 3, at Sacred Heart Church Hall in Granville.

Fulton Sheen, the Peoria priest who gained fame as a 1950s televangelist, will be beatified Sept. 24 in St. Louis, Peoria Diocese announced Wednesday.

The Mendota softball team topped Marquette 9-4 on Wednesday, receiving a two-homer, five-RBI performance from Addy Perryman and a complete-game pitching win courtesy of Lexie Saylor.

The Ottawa/Marquette High School Class of 1984 donated over $7,500 to the Natalie Claire Conrad Memorial Foundation.

The Putnam County Public Library District invites the public to participate in “Citizen Science Month” by taking part in hands-on projects at its branches.

Panchero’s Mexican Grill officially confirmed that it will be opening up a new location in Princeton as early as this summer.

A La Salle County grand jury convened Tuesday and returned the following indictments.