A homeless man has been charged after a woman in her 60s was found unconscious with injuries in a wooded area in Ottawa on Thursday night.

A tornado warning issued Friday night for parts of DeKalb County has been allowed to expire, though a flood watch remains in effect until 5 a.m. Saturday.

Emergency crews from throughout northwestern Illinois were in Lena Friday night in the wake of a severe storm that rolled through the village around 3:40 p.m. Friday.

The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Lee County until 8:15 p.m. Friday, April 17.

Leaders from the DeKalb Park District are amending their timeline for reopening Hopkins Park Pool once more, this time to mid-August.

A judge ruled Illinois State Police “separately developed sufficient evidence” for the prosecution of former Joliet City Council member Don Dickinson, which meant two police officials were “not liable" for the prosecution.

The move comes following an outcry against data centers in neighboring communities like Joliet and Yorkville. The meeting will be Monday at 7 p.m. at Plainfield Village Hall.

D&K Pest Control and Wildlife Removal trapped several raccoons and then patched areas inside and outside the Joliet home, where the raccoons had entered.

Weeks after he was placed on leave, former Sycamore Fire Chief Bart Gilmore resigned this month from the city, and will remain on what the city’s calling “non-disciplinary paid administrative leave” through June 26, amid a departmental shake-up.