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December registers second-highest COVID-19 total in La Salle County in 2021 DEREK BARICHELLO

dbarichello@shawmedia.com December already has tallied the second-most amount of confirmed COVID-19 cases in La Salle County of any month in 2021, and there are 21 days remaining.

On Friday, the county announced 640 new cases since Dec. 3 – 171 of them residents of Ottawa’s ZIP code.

The most cases in La Salle County in a month in 2021 was 1,682 in January. No other month in 2021 exceeded 1,000 cases. The 3,433 confirmed cases in November 2020 is the most the county has registered since the pandemic started.

There have been no COVID-19 related deaths this month. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there were 23 hospital admissions for COVID-19 in the past seven days. There were 198 cases removed from isolation since Dec. 3, according to the health department.

Making up the new cases are 66 boys younger than 13, 63 girls younger than 13, 44 teenage boys, 49 teenage girls, 36 men in their 20s, 38 women in their 20s, 54 men in their 30s, 56 women in their 30s, 42 men in their 40s, 38

women in their 40s, 30 men in their 50s, 37 women in their 50s, 29 men in their 60s, 27 women in their 60s, 12 men in their 70s, 11 women in their 70s, three men in their 80s, four women in their 80s and a woman in her 90s.

By ZIP code, there were 171 new cases in Ottawa, 87 in Streator, 70 in Mendota, 54 in Marseilles, 46 in La Salle, 38 in Peru, 26 in Sheridan, 21 in Oglesby, 19 in Seneca, 18 in Leland, 15 in Somonauk, 14 in Earlville, 12 in Utica, 11 in Sandwich, seven in Tonica, six in Serena, five in Grand Ridge, four in Lostant, four in Ransom, three in Cedar Point, two in Troy Grove, one in unincorporated Wenona and one in Millington.

La Salle County remains in the warning level for the state’s COVID-19 risk metrics. A warning level means that a county saw increases in two or more COVID-19 risk indicators. La Salle County continues to have a new case rate of higher than 50 per 100,000 (470 per 100,000). In addition, within the county’s health region, there are 12.1% of ICU beds available, which is below the 20% target.

The La Salle County Health Department urges everyone 5 years and older to get vaccinated and all eligible adults

to get a booster.

There are 58,097 La Salle County residents fully vaccinated for COVID19, which is 53.09% of the county’s population, according to the Illinois Department of Public Health. There are 62,919 La Salle County residents who have had at least one dose of vaccine, which is 57.5% of the county’s population. There have been 18,272 booster shots distributed.

For information on how to get a vaccine, go to www.vaccines.gov. The La Salle County Health Department has COVID-19 vaccine available at the health department on Etna Road in Ottawa by appointment only, Monday through Friday. The health department has Johnson & Johnson, Moderna and Pfizer vaccines available.

Residents who still need to be vaccinated should call the health department at 815-433-3366 to make an appointment.

The health department also offers booster doses on a weekly basis, by appointment only. Additionally, the La Salle County Health Department offers the Pfizer vaccine for children on a weekly basis, by appointment

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Firefighters from Hennepin, Spring Valley, Standard, Lostant, Oglesby, along with first responders from Putnam County EMS and 10/33 Ambulance, as well as the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office and Granville Police Department, responded at dusk to the structure fire.

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Adults who are enrolled in employer-sponsored health insurance plans may feel as though their options are limited in regard to their health care services. However, there are many ways for patients to get more out of their health care plans.

■ Shop around for a primary care physician. It’s easy to be overwhelmed when perusing lists of in-network primary care physicians provided by insurance companies. Such lists can seem endless and it can be hard to distinguish one physician from another.

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Evidence from Starved Rock murders ready to be sent to crime lab

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Judge Michael C. Jansz gave the OK for eight exhibits to be reexamined. These include cigarette butts, hairs and pieces of string collected at various spots at the crime scene.

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ABOVE: Investigator Tyson Szafranski, evidence custodian for the La Salle County Sheriff’s Office, wheels in a padlocked file cabinet Thursday bearing evidence from the 1960 Starved Rock murders.

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Granville Police Department swears in new officer Putnam County to induct 2021 Hall of Fame Class on Dec. 18

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Granville Police Department has a new full-time officer.

Seth Unzicker was hired to fill the full-time position for the department and will be assigned to work the night shift, Chief Mike Padilla said.

Unzicker served in the Army for 14 years and has eight years of police experience. Unzicker is a certified firearms instructor and violent critical incident and response instructor.

Unzicker is a Putnam County resident, residing in Mark.

“Officer Unzicker has an impressive resume, he brings a lot of experience and knowledge to our department and we are lucky to have him,” Padilla said.

Unzicker was sworn-in Dec. 7 before the Granville Board of Trustees.

Mandi (Cioni) Perko, 2008 state baseball team to be inducted GRANVILLE – Putnam County High School will be holding its Hall of Fame Night on Saturday, Dec. 18, as the Panthers host Streator in boys basketball.

The 2021-2022 PCHS Athletic Hall of Fame Class is: • Mandi (Cioni) Perko from the Class of 1998 - Softball • 2008 State baseball team - Class 1A third place The freshmen boys will play at 4 p.m. followed by the varsity. The sophomores are at the Serena Tournament. The Hall presentation will take place between games, around 5:30 p.m.

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New Granville Police Officer Seth Unzicker was sworn in Tuesday, Dec. 7, by Village President Jared Baker.

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jeustice@shawmedia.com The Peru City Council approved a $100,000 donation to the TBM Avenger’s Salute to Veterans. These funds will be used to put on the yearly airshow at the Illinois Valley Regional Airport.

The event has been in Peru for the past five years, and after a rain-shortened weekend in 2021, the City Council was excited to welcome it back with its donation.

“It’s for our veterans and it’s an incredible thing,” Mayor Ken Kolowski said. “I know the TBM Avengers want to add to it and keep growing it. It brings a lot of people into our community.”

Kolowski said that he is happy the city was able to provide these funds to the organization and said events like these help people outside of the Illinois Valley come to know Peru. It also gives locals an event to look forward to every year.

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The Peru City Council approved a $100,000 donation to the TBM Avenger’s Salute to Veterans. These funds will be used to put on the yearly airshow and event at the Illinois Valley Regional Airport. over to enjoy this event,” Kolowski said. “With working with TBM and the Pistol Shrimp this is becoming a travel destination, which is very important.”

TBM Reunion and Salute to Veterans Chairman Cary Miller said the organization is grateful for the city’s contribution to keeping the event going strong.

“This event would not happen without the city and their financial help that they give us,” Miller said. “It’s just tremendous. We have conversations with other air shows throughout

the state and beyond and they are just in awe of the kind of support that we get from the city of Peru and our other sponsors as well.”

Miller echoed Kolowski’s statement, saying that such events are great for the city as they bring people and families from all over to Peru. The event also is a salute to all of the veterans in the area.

Miller mentioned that while this event started as just a TBM Avenger Reunion, it has since evolved to be a complete tribute to all veterans and

accompanying airshows.

An event like the TBM Avenger Reunion can only really happen at the capacity in which it does in Peru, Miller said.

“Around here there are just no other cities that can do anything like this,” Miller said. “It’s pretty nice for Peru to support us.”

Miller said the committee has had some preliminary meetings so far to help prepare for the event, but plans will really begin to kick into gear as the new year rolls around.

The timing of this support is great for the event as the booking for airshows happens quickly and far ahead of time, Miller said.

“Commitments have to come pretty early, which is why we appreciate the funding from Peru, because that will turn us loose to be able to start getting some of these aircrafts,” Miller said.

Kowlowski said the TBM Avenger event is something that makes the city unique.

“We want people to come and enjoy Peru,” Kolowski said. “We get outside people coming in to see a baseball game or the TBM Avenger event, these are things that other communities do not have.”

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Health officials deluged by COVID-19 phone calls SHAW LOCAL NEWS NETWORK COVID-19 activity has ramped up in La Salle County, leading to a large volume of phone calls to the La Salle County Health Department and causing delays in their response.

The health department is reminding all employers and school officials it is not necessary to have a release letter from the agency for individuals to return to work or school.

For a positive test result: An individual must be excluded for a minimum of 10 days following onset date if symptomatic or date of COVID-19 test if asymptomatic. If the individual is symptomatic, they must be fever-free for at least 24 hours and other symptoms have improved.

For a close contact: Anyone who has had close contact (someone who was less than 6 feet away from an infected person for a cumulative total of 15 minutes or more) with someone with COVID-19 should quarantine for 14 days after their last exposure to that person, except if they meet the following conditions. Someone who has been fully vacci-

nated and shows no symptoms of COVID-19 does not need to quarantine. However, fully vaccinated close contacts should wear a mask indoors in public for 14 days following exposure or until a negative test result, get tested 5-7 days after close contact with someone with suspected or confirmed COVID-19, get tested and isolate immediately if experiencing COVID-19 symptoms.

Vaccines remain the best public health measure to protect people from COVID-19, slow transmission, and reduce the likelihood of new variants emerging, the health department said. La Salle County Health Department urges everyone 5 years and older to get vaccinated and all eligible individuals to get a booster. People should continue to take the recommended public health precautions – vaccinate, booster, wear a mask, avoid crowds, physically distance, stay home when you are sick and test.

“We thank you for your patience and are handling the influx as quickly as possible,” health officials said of addressing the high volume of calls.

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Hospital numbers As of Dec. 8, OSF HealthCare reported 223 patients hospitalized with COVID19 across its chain. Of those 223, 164 of them (73.5%) were unvaccinated and all but 10 were considered in need of a booster. There were 51 patients in ICU (45 of them unvaccinated) and 31 patients on a ventilator (28 unvaccinated).

At Morris Hospital, there are 32 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 (27 of them unvaccinated). Of those 32, six are in ICU (each unvaccinated) and two on ventilators (each unvaccinated).

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Our water system recently violated a drinking water standard. Although this is not an emergency, as our customers, you have a right to know what happened, what you should do, and what we are doing to correct this situation.

We routinely monitor for the presence of drinking water contaminants. Testing results we received on 12/6/2021 show that our system exceeds the standard, or maximum contaminant level (MCL), for total trihalomethanes (TTHMs). The standard for TTHMs is 0.080 milligrams per liter (mg/L). The average level of TTHMs over the last year was 0.166 MG/L and 0.186 MG/L. What should I do?

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However, if you have specific health concerns, consult your doctor.

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The chapter noted the birthday of the National Guard on Dec. 13 with the first militia established in MA in 1636. Facts about the Revolutionary War revealed America lost about 50,000 wounded or killed during the war compared to about 20,000 British soldiers. Information was shared on the Indian village and its chiefs from Indiantown, now Tiskilwa.

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Online condolences may be made to his with her family, especially her grandchildren Jennie E. Young, family at www.dcfunerals.com and great grandchildren. She was member of 97, of Granville, IL the United Church Of Christ in Granville. passed away Saturday, Survivors include her daughter-in-law Sally December 4, 2021 in Young of Hennepin, her grandson, Chris (Lily) Heritage Health Care Young of Hudson, her granddaughter Nicole Center in Normal. IL. Funeral services will Young of Granville, her great-grandson Henry, be held at 3 p.m. Sun- her great-granddaughter Naomi, her brotherday, December 12, 2021 in the Helmer-Shields in-law Robert (Rhoda) Hobneck of Tonica and many nieces and nephew who she loved very Funeral Home in Granville. Burial will be in Forest Lawn Memory Gardens in LaSalle. Pas- much.

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GRANVILLE – Two equally matched newer programs took on an established area power Tuesday at Putnam County High School, and the results showed the stages of the programs as Princeton dominated the first two legs of the evening.

The Tigers beat host Putnam County-Hall, 59-15, before blanking St. Bede, 70-0.

In the final dual, the Bruins edged the Panthers, 42-36.

“We are happy with the effort we had tonight,” PHS coach Steve Amy said. “A lot of these kids have come through the Tiger Town youth program, and the ones that didn’t have worked hard and caught up. We have been working on starting out aggressively and talked about how many times the person that scores the first takedown wins the match. We also talked about finishing matches with pins, and I felt we did a better job of that tonight.”PC-Hall coach Jerry Kriewald was pleased how his short-staffed squad wrestled. John Davis led the Panthers with two wins.

“We only have eight wrestlers, so we are about individual matches and not the team scores,” Kriewald said. “Davis had a great night with a pair of

wins and we had some other good showings. We are more about the tournaments and building the program right now.”

The first dual of the evening saw a litany of forfeits and the score 36-6 in favor of Princeton before anyone had taken to the mat to wrestle.

The first match to be contested was at 182 pounds, where freshman Anthony Vujanov won by major decision for PHS over Bailey Herr.

Princeton built on its lead by getting a quick pin

by Drew Harp at 195 over Eli Leota.

The Panthers then got an exciting win at 220 as John Davis out dueled Jesse Wright, 2-1, in the match of the night to bring the score to 53-15.

In the last match of the first dual, Princeton’s J.J. Wiscaryus scored a methodical win, finally earning a pin with 1:05 left in the third period over James Irwin to bring the first round to a close with the Tigers taking a 59-15 win.

The second dual began with Princeton’s Steven Benavidez getting things started with a quick pin over Mason Hurst, which was followed by another pin by Ace Christiansen over Bruins freshman Ryan Nawa and a technical fall by Matthew Harris over Logan Pineda for a 17-0 lead.

Carlos Benavidez followed with another technical fall at 132 over Henry Orteza before the Tigers got pins from Preston Arkels, Augie Christiansen, Harp, Wright and Wicaryus to finish the dominating 70-0 win.

Girls basketball Serena 44, Putnam County 14: The Panthers fell in a nonconference game Saturday, Dec. 11, in Serena.

Fieldcrest 46, Putnam County 18: Ava Hatton led the Panthers (6-3) with 11 points on Tuesday, Dec. 7.

In the final dual of the night, the Bruins led the Panthers 30-18 after several forfeits before Ryan Migliorini recorded a pin at 195 to extend St. Bede’s lead to 36-18.

But the Panthers fought back as Davis scored a first-period pin to tighten the score at 36-24.

PC-H struck again at 285 as Irwin pinned Matt Pozzi to make the score even closer at 36-30.

The Panthers got a forfeit at 106 to level the score at 36, but the Bruins’ Mason Hurst accepted a forfeit at 113 to seal St. Bede’s victory at 42-36.

“We knew Princeton was going to be tough,” St. Bede coach Sam Allen said. “They have a great program over there. But we matched up well with Putnam County and we had some kids have good matches. We are very young and are working hard to get better and be ready at regional time. It’s a long season.”

• Brooker third at Plano: Brooker placed third at 170 at the Reaper Classic on Saturday at Plano.

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Freshman James Irwin of PC-Hall squares off with Princeton’s Justin Wicaryus in their heavyweight match Tuesday, Dec. 7, in Granville. Wicaryus won by fall with 1:05 left in the third period.

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COLMONE CLASSIC CHAMPIONSHIP: PRINCETON 66, LA SALLE-PERU 62

Princeton comes back to win Colmone title

By KEVIN HIERONYMUS

khieronymus@bcrnews.com SPRING VALLEY – After Princeton lost its first game of the Colmone Classic, the last thing anyone would have thought was that the Tigers would come back to win the tournament.

A pool championship tiebreaker and semifinal victory later, the Tigers made it all the way back to capture the Colmone championship, defeating La Salle-Peru, 66-62, in front of a large crowd at Hall High School on Saturday night.

Princeton became the first champion in the 47-year history of the Colmone Classic to have a loss in the tournament.

“It feels awesome. Colmone’s a coveted tournament and we took that. We’re the first team to get it losing a game, too, which makes it even better,” said PHS junior Grady Thompson, who led the Tigers with 27 points and was named Tournament MVP. “Honestly, it didn’t seem possible [to come back to win the tournament]. But God gives us chances. We take them.”

PHS coach Jason Smith doesn’t care how the Tigers made it there. He’s just glad they did.

“Somebody said last night Princeton kind of back doored into the semifinals. I said, ‘Whatever it takes, we’ll take it,’ ” he said. “I’m excited for these guys, especially after the week we had the week before [at the Geneseo tournament]. Finally pulled out a close one. That was huge for us.

“I think this is the game we needed to set the standard for the rest of the season.”

Smith said he already hugged St. Bede coach Brian Hanson for beating Stillman Valley after the Cardinals beat the Tigers in their Colmone opener Dec. 4 to give the Tigers the edge by a points-allowed tiebreaker and planned to text him again to say thanks.

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Members of the Princeton basketball team react after beating La Salle-Peru in the championship game of the 47th Colmone Classic on Saturday in Spring Valley.

Teegan Davis, who also made the all-tournament team, added 11 points and Kaden Monroe had 10 in the Tigers’ winning effort. For L-P (7-3), Josh Senica had 23, London Cabrera 17 and Sean Whitfield 13.

It was a battle from start to finish with both teams taking each other’s best punch and hitting back.

Senica scored on two putbacks and added another hoop in the post and Cabrera hit a 3-pointer to put the Cavaliers up, 30-23, late in the second quarter.

Thompson scored on the break and hit two free throws and Kolten Monroe hooped to bring the Tigers within 30-29 at the half.

Thompson was just beginning to warm up. He opened the third quarter with a bucket and 3-pointer to give the Tigers their first lead of the night at 34-30. He hit another 3 to tie the game at 39 with 4:09 left in the

third quarter.

L-P went back up, 49-42, on a three-point play by Senica with 1:30 left in the quarter. A step back 3-pointer by Thompson and a hoop on the break by Kolten Monroe made it 49-47 at the end of the quarter.

The Tigers outscored the Cavs, 12-3, to start the fourth quarter and open a seven-point lead.

Thompson scored on a drive and then popped off a screen to make it 55-52 at the 6:05 mark. Davis soared for a breakaway dunk followed with a give-in-go layup from Kolten Monroe to give the Tigers’ their biggest lead of the night at 59-52.

Senica wiped that out all by himself, hitting a 3-pointer, a bucket and two free throws to tie the game at 59 with 3:30 left.

Thompson made 1-of-2 free throws and Davis scored off a steal and a layup to put the Tigers ahead to stay at 62-59 with 21.8 seconds remaining.

“These kids deserve it. L-P’s a heckuva team and we knew that going in,” Smith said. “I felt like if we could keep it close, we had a chance. I don’t think a lot of people expected us to win tonight. And I said, ‘You keep it close, tighten the clamps on them,’ and it worked.

“Hats off to these guys. They made a heckuva run in the fourth quarter and played well.”

L-P coach Jim Cherveny said “that’s exactly how a championship game should be. It was fast paced, both teams defended well. You couldn’t ask for anything more for a championship game.

Hall 58, Putnam County 29: The Red Devils claimed 11th place by defeating neighbor PC in the first varsity game of the day.

Drake Garland knocked down 6-of-9 3-pointers and scored a game-high 22 points to lead Hall, while Ethan Plym added 18 points.

Orlando Harris scored nine points to pace Putnam County.

COLMONE CLASSIC SCOREBOARD 2021 Colmone Classic at Hall High School RED POOL: 1. Pontiac 2-0, 2. Marquette 1-1, 3. Hall 0-2 WHITE POOL: 1. L-P 2-0, 2. Mendota 1-1, 3. Fieldcrest 0-2 BLACK POOL: 1. Rock Falls 2-0, 2. Bureau Valley 1-1, 3. Putnam County 0-2 GRAY POOL: 1. Princeton 1-1, 2. Stillman Valley 1-1, 3. St. Bede 1-1 Saturday, Dec. 4 1 - Rock Falls 52, Putnam County 37 2 - Stillman Valley 60, Princeton 47 3 - L-P 63, Fieldcrest 40 4 - Hall 70, Pontiac 54 Monday, Dec. 6 5 - Bureau Valley def. PC by forfeit 6 - Pontiac 66, Marquette 26 Tuesday, Dec. 7 7 - L-P 59, Mendota 24 8 - Princeton 70, St. Bede 51 9 - Marquette 65, Hall 40 Wednesday, Dec. 8 10 - St. Bede 66, Stillman Valley 51 11 - Rock Falls 53, Bureau Valley 30 12 - Mendota 64, Fieldcrest 52

Thursday, Dec. 9 13 - St. Bede 69, PC 39 14 - Fieldcrest 70, Hall 61 (3 OT) 15 - Bureau Valley 64, Stillman Valley 52 Friday, Dec. 10 16 - Red #2 (Marquette) vs. White #2 (Mendota) 17 - Black #1 (Rock Falls) vs. Gray #1 (Princeton) 18 - Red #1 (Pontiac) vs. White #1 (L-P) Saturday, Dec. 11 11th place - Hall 58, PC 29 9th place - St. Bede 61, Fieldcrest 53 7th place - Stillman Valley 46, Mendota 36 5th place - Marquette 67, Bureau Valley 64 3rd place - Pontiac 65, Rock Falls 60 1st place - Princeton 66, L-P 62.

2021 Colmone Classic sophomore tournament RED POOL: 1. Marquette 2-0, 2. Hall 1-1, 3. Pontiac 0-2 WHITE POOL: 1. Fieldcrest 2-0, 2. L-P 1-1, 3. Mendota 0-2 BLACK POOL: 1. Rock Falls 2-0, 2. Putnam County 1-1, 3. Bureau Valley 0-2 GRAY POOL: 1. Princeton 2-0, 2. St. Bede 1-1, 3. Stillman Valley 0-2

Saturday, Dec. 4 Marquette 50, Hall 35 PC 53, Bureau Valley 41 Hall 55, Pontiac 50 Rock Falls 62, BV 37 L-P 50, Mendota 24 St. Bede 57, Stillman Valley 41 Fieldcrest 37, L-P 20 Princeton 55, Stillman Valley 26 Marquette 56, Pontiac 52 (2 OT) Fieldcrest 47, Mendota 25 Rock Falls 52, PC 32 Princeton 56, St. Bede 40 Thursday, Dec. 9 Stillman Valley 43, Bureau Valley 40 (OT) Pontiac 42, Mendota 23 Hall 38, L-P 26 Friday, Dec. 10 Game 17 - Princeton 55, Rock Falls 46 Game 16 - PC 44, St. Bede 41 Game 18 - Fieldcrest 45, Marquette 27 Saturday, Dec. 11 Championship - Fieldcrest 37, Princeton 26

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Vegetation Management Activities In Adams, Bond, Cass, Champaign, Christian, Clay, Clinton, Crawford, Effingham, Fayette, Ford, Franklin, Fulton, Greene, Hamilton, Hancock, Iroquois, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Jersey, LaSalle, Lawrence, Logan, Macon, Macoupin, Madison, Marion, Mason, Massac, McDonough, McLean, Menard, Montgomery, Morgan, Peoria, Perry, Pike, Putnam, Randolph, Richland, Saline, Sangamon, Schuyler, Scott, Shelby, St. Clair, Tazewell, Vermilion, Washington, White and Williamson Counties Please be advised that Ameren Illinois will perform vegetation management in your area in the near future.

Our professional vegetation management specialists will be managing vegetation on transmission rights-ofway that could affect our electric lines. This vegetation management work is necessary to protect the integrity of the electric system and to prevent potential safety hazards.

This work might include: aerial or manual trimming, removal of vegetation, mowing, application of environmentally-safe herbicides, and inspections.

Interested persons may call the Ameren toll free number 1-800-232-2477 or visit our website at www.ameren.com/transmission to understand any potential dispute resolution opportunities, processes, rights and/or remedies. Customers and property owners may appeal the particular vegetation work planned on their property by 1) calling the Ameren toll free number mentioned above referencing CODE TMT or 2) accessing the website mentioned above referencing CODE TMT or 3) contacting the Illinois Commerce Commission Consumer Services Division at 1-800-5240795. Common addresses of properties affected by the planned vegetation management have been provided to the office of the mayor of any affected municipality and the office of the county board chairman of any affected county.

Sincerely, Ameren Illinois (Published in Putnam County Record December 15, 2021) 1942416

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