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LaSalle County tourism coalition approves marketing support for more than a dozen 2026 events
Summary
At its Dec. 19 meeting the LaSalle County Tourism Coalition approved rack cards, billboards and social-media campaigns for a slate of 2026 events — from youth music training to large festivals — and heard marketing and Heritage Corridor updates.
LaSalle County's tourism coalition on Dec. 19 approved marketing support for a wide range of 2026 community events, endorsing requests for rack cards, billboards and social-media campaigns intended to boost attendance and tourism across the county.
The coalition approved funding for Poco a Poco's 10th‑anniversary season and youth-program promotions, the Marseilles Renaissance Faire, the Hegler Karas Mansion fundraising gala, multiple heritage-site promotions for President's Day weekend, Wild Bill Days (May 30–31), the LaSalle County Historical Society rack‑card refresh, the county's large ragoo/burgoo festival, the Streeter Food Truck Festival, Camp Tuckabachee, the I & M Canal Corridor Association marketing push, Music in Knutson Park, Oglesby's Summer Fun Fest, Ottawa's Morel Fest and Burger Bash, Restaurant Week, Debate Days (Lincoln–Douglas reenactment), and the LaSalle County 4‑H show and junior fair.
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