There's something special about a quaint downtown area with a postcard-like setting. The town of Ottawa, Illinois, has ...

Throughout its long and rich history, the Illinois River city of Ottawa has been blessed with attributes many smaller American towns only dream of. Situated at the confluence of the Illinois and ...

Ottawa, Illinois, was in a dispiriting descent in 1999. ... He led a successful citywide effort to attract jobs, revitalize downtown, develop the riverfront and beautify the city.

On Labor Day, the young women of Ottawa who died of radium poisoning from their work at Radium Dial were memorialized. Chillingly, they were the second Radium Girls: an identical case made an ...

In a rural Midwest community, where did they turn for help? To downtown Ottawa at 321 West Main where Ottawa Center, a small satellite campus of Illinois Valley Community College(IVCC OC), is located.

OTTAWA — Downtown Ottawa may feature a Designated Outdoor Refreshment Area where open containers of alcoholic beverages are permitted during outdoor celebrations, but a decades-old ordinance has ...

OTTAWA, Ill. — Historic Ottawa is a two-hour drive southwest of the Loop and is Chicago’s sister city. It’s home to the first Lincoln-Douglas debate, great restaurants and so much more.… ...

Ottawa lags behind most cities in Canada when it comes to public transit ridership and employees returning to their workplaces downtown during the pandemic, according to new data.

Officials in Ottawa, Illinois, were asking volunteers to stay away from the city for now, as crews continue to assess and repair damage from Tuesday's tornado, declaring "the streets are not safe ...