The Silver Rose, a traveling Knights of Columbus exhibit, will be displayed at services following the 4 p.m. Mass on Saturday, Aug. 30 in Mendota.

The annual pasta fundraiser returns to in September to Dalzell’s Catholic church.

Here's a roundup of sports around Bureau County for Tuesday, Aug. 26

Princeton played Alleman to a 1-0 halftime score and to a 4-0 game until the Pioneers chipped in two goals in the final six minutes to put the finishing touches on a 6-0 victory over the Tigers.

A look at Bureau County area scores for Monday, Aug. 25

With the 2025 season set to start, here's a look at the girls tennis teams from Princeton and St. Bede

Newman rallied from a 23-20 deficit to take the opening set 25-23 and finished off the Storm with a 25-15 win and the second set to defeat their former Three Rivers Conference rival.

The Prairie Arts Center and Studio K Architecture will present the fourth annual LEGO competition as part of this year’s Bureau County Homestead Festival in Princeton.

A Colorado man could face up to five years in prison if convicted of threatening seven public officials in Bureau and Marshall counties.

With the 2025 season set to start today, here's a look at the boys soccer teams from Princeton and DePue-Hall.

Catch up on the week’s top Illinois Valley news and sports in minutes for August 17-23. Hear the week’s 5 most popular stories, read aloud for you

A total of 148 students earned 169 degrees and certificates this summer at Illinois Valley Community College.

Wanniarachchi will offer several general podiatry services, as well as specializing in advanced foot and ankle and wound care, according to a news release.

Liberty Village of Princeton recently hosted a back-to-school supply drive at its campus, collecting donations over the past several weeks.

Evangelical Covenant Church, Princeton, will host a free movie and root beer float event at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 6 in the church parking lot, 24 N. Main St.

Bureau Valley High School will hold its 2025 Meet the Storm Night tonight with introductions of all activities and athletes for the 2025 fall sports.

The Ladd American Legion Auxiliary, Post 938, will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 2, at the Legion Hall, 111 S. Main St.

Johnsons Carpet Shoppe in Princeton is adding furniture to its inventory.

Ten Veterans were honored during a Quilts of Valor Tribute to Veterans ceremony on Wednesday, Aug. 20, 2025, at the Bureau County Fair in Princeton. Quilts of Valor was founded in 2003 by Catherine Roberts, who had a dream where a soldier who was distressed was comforted by a quilt. In 2003, quilter Roberts started the movement that became Quilts of Valor when her son was deployed in Iraq. Since that time, more than 400,000 quilts have been awarded. The local group, Illinois Valley Quilts of Valor, awarded 189 quilts in 2024 and has given more than 800 quilts since its start in April 2017.

The Illinois Valley Community College Board of Trustees hired a building contractor for the College’s new agricultural education center on Tuesday, according to an IVCC news release.

The Starved Rock Country Community Foundation will celebrate its 10th anniversary this fall.

Preparations underway as the 170th annual Bureau County Fair kicks off, featuring rides and performances. The fair welcomes Country Music star Trace Adkins on Thursday, tractor pulls on Friday, followed by a demolition derby on Saturday. Sunday, is free admission for all.

A celebration honoring world-renowned violinist Maud Powell will take place at 6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 22, at the Maud Powell statue in the Fourth Street courtyard in downtown Peru.

We take a look at the top players from around the area.

One person was killed and three others were injured Monday afternoon in a two-vehicle head-on crash on Route 18 in Putnam County, the Putnam County Sheriff’s Office said in a Tuesday news release.

John Garvin and Elisa Gugerty won the 2025 Wyaton Hills Course Championships.

Bureau Valley went 6-5 in Lincoln Trail Conference play in their first season, finishing sixth, and coach Saige Barnett said having that familiarity will help in their second go-around. The Storm will also be getting a taste of Class 1A volleyball for the first time.

With the 2025 girls golf season teeing up soon, here's a look at area golf teams from Bureau Valley, Hall, Princeton and St. Bede.

There are six seniors returning for Princeton with a taste of wanting more after a strong postseason performance. Four of them have started since their sophomore season - Makayla Hecht, Camryn Driscoll, Keighley Davis and Caroline Keutzer.

Two firefighters were taken to a Princeton medical center after a three-alarm fire at the Washington Mills facility in Hennepin, where a transformer fire resulted in a three-alarm response.

Illinois Valley Community College Professor Matthew Johll’s students learn how science can make an impact far beyond the classroom, reaching courtrooms across the U.S. and the U.K., according to an IVCC news release.

The event is open to the public, with additional parking available in the gravel lot at Beck’s.

Illinois Community College’s Continuing Education Center offers training to become a real estate broker or a home inspector through two courses.

Take a look at some of the week’s best photos, captured by Illinois Valley photographers from Sunday, Aug. 10, through Saturday, Aug. 16.

A free workshop on the Mediterranean diet will be held Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025, from 5 to 6 p.m. at the Walnut Public Library.

Three leaders in the Illinois Valley Community College’s theater program have created a scholarship to support students who perform onstage or behind the scenes.

A look at the top returning Bureau County statistical volleyball leaders with players from BV, Hall, LaMoille, Princeton and St. Bede

With the 2025 boys golf season teeing up soon, here's a look at area golf teams from Bureau Valley, Hall, Princeton and St. Bede.

This week’s Play of the Day for the Wyaton Hills Ladies Play Day was “top 3 scores.” Winners were Elisa Gugerty first, Mary Cooney second and Sue Moss third.

The Bureau County Courthouse will begin a modernization and elevator repair project beginning on Tuesday, Sept. 2, Bureau County Sheriff Jim Reed said in a news release.

A new event has been planned for the 170th annual Bureau County Fair in Princeton: a tractor show from noon to 4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 24. 

The Princeton varsity volleyball team is taking their annual team-bonding trip to Great America today for a day of roller-coaster rides.

Spring Valley will host a free electronic recycling event from 8 to 11 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 16, in the parking lot of JFK School, located at 999 N. Strong Ave

The Princeton Junior Woman’s Club Baby Contest has received two new entries for 2025.

The production opens at 7 p.m. Friday to Saturday, Aug. 22-23 and 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug.24, at Putnam County Community High School.

Crews began building the exterior walls at the future home to an Aldi grocery store on Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2025 at the intersection of Backbone Road and North Main Street in Princeton. The 20,000 square-foot store could be open by Thanksgiving.

Read the transcript from our interview: Trace Adkins is coming to the Bureau County Fair, and spoke with Dani Holland ahead of his visit

Shaw Local Radio’s Dani Holland interviews country music superstar Trace Adkins as Adkins prepares to play at the Bureau County Fair on August 21 in Princeton

The University of Illinois Extension will host two upcoming cooking workshops focused on planning and preparing quick, healthy meals using seasonal ingredients, according to a U of I news release.

This spring, the Putnam County Panthers embraced a groundbreaking shift in high school baseball, deploying Bluetooth technology to enhance on-field communication – a move approved by the NFHS just last July, setting a precedent that could revolutionize high school sports