La Salle County Rejects, Then Approves, Oglesby Solar Array

In July the La Salle County Board rejected a 4.95-megawatt solar array in Oglesby 20–7, after neighbors objected and questions arose about a wetland on the site.

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103.9 WLPO (Starved Rock Media) · Sept. 14, 2026

In July the La Salle County Board rejected a 4.95-megawatt solar array in Oglesby 20–7, after neighbors objected and questions arose about a wetland on the site. In September the board reversed course and approved it 21–4 with nine conditions.

The conditions include landscape screening, a vegetation management plan, an Army Corps of Engineers wetland review and a relocated entrance.

Read the full story at 103.9 WLPO: “La Salle County Board Changes Course On Proposed Oglesby Solar Project”

Disclosure: the project is on land around Starved Rock Media’s studios, and Starved Rock Media owns WLPO. WLPO reported the July rejection here: La Salle County Board Rejects Solar Array (July 10, 2026, Tom Henson).

Summary by the Illinois Land and Farmland Preservation Coalition. More from our News page. See also: Lawsuits Tracker · County Fights

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