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"Shuffling non-critical patients back and forth in a ”hub formation” is not a blessing," Peg Reagan, a Citizens for Healthcare in Ottawa member, writes in a letter to the editor.


Bureau County Sheriff Jim Reed went to the Bureau County Board with a proposal suggesting filling the county jail with inmates from the infamous Cook County Jail in Chicago. 


Letter: Princeton Club 56 would like to thank the many donors, churches, businesses and the community groups for their prayers and support.


Letter: I write as a now senior former resident, first of Bureau Township, and then of Princeton, and recalling my former Sunday School teacher Ted Duffield (former BCR editor), and having graduated as a member of the PHS class of 1961. But times marches on.




Letter to the editor: Me, I have a passion for words and I “love” to write. Take the word “passion” for instance. In 2004 the epic biblical drama “The Passion of the Christ” hit Americas theaters.



Our County Board has had several meetings discussing immigration. What I have heard from my constituents and personally believe is that in a rural area, we do not have the resources to process and take in a mass influx of asylum-seekers.







America has many inspirational monuments such as the Washington Monument, Mount Rushmore, the Lincoln Memorial, the Liberty Bell, our National Cemetery and many others. Princeton has Soldiers and Sailors Park and Flags of Freedom.


Our flag has nicknames: “the Stars and Stripes”, “Old Glory” and “the Star Spangled Banner.” A great heritage has been passed down to us since the founding of our nation.