The annual spring cleanup at Ladd Cemetery will begin Monday, March 24.

The Starved Rock Country Community Foundation’s recent Mardi Gras Carnivale in La Salle was a sell-out success.

Students flooded Illinois Valley Community College in Oglesby last Wednesday to show off their engineering skills with a twist by participating in the 19th annual edible car contest. Here are the winning participants.

A reported child abduction attempt in Bureau County on Friday was determined to be unfounded, Bureau County Sheriff James Reed said in a Monday news release.

The Illinois Valley Sports Card and Collectible Show is 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, March 8, at the Peru Mall.

St. Bede Academy boys and girls track and field teams will be hosting a Lenten Fish Fry on from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 21, at the Ladd Moose, 1528 E. Cleveland St. 

A Night to Remember prom is scheduled for special needs high school aged people and older 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday, April 5, at the Bureau County Metro Center, 837 Park Ave. W., Princeton.

The Friends of Princeton Public Library are hosting the Spring Book Sale.

The University of Illinois Extension Master Naturalists invite people to a Migratory Bird Discovery Hike from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, March 22, at the Sue and Wes Dixon Waterfowl Refuge, 780 East Road, Hennepin.