Crews burn off part of the green area for a controlled burn on Monday, March 2, 2026 at Deer Park Golf Club in Oglesby. The burn helps to manage invasive species, remove thatch buildup, and encourage the growth of native plants.

Students from JFK School, Putnam County Junior High, La Salle-Peru Township High School, LaMoille School, Ottawa High School and DePue, attended the 20th annual Edible Car Contest on Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026, at Illinois Valley Community College in Oglesby. IVCC's Edible Car Contest always coincides with National Engineering Week.

Ken Ficke, longtime member of Oglesby city gover

Ernie Marcelain on fixing school funding: I feel individual property taxes that the counties impose are way out of control. We need to revise the PTELL to make property taxes fairer to homeowners. Read Marcelain's full election questionnaire here

Illinois Valley Community College recently announced its Presidential Honors List for the fall 2025 semester.

Illinois Valley Community College recently announced its academic honors list for the fall 2025 semester.

Firefighters and EMS personnel from Utica, Tonica and Oglesby braved sub-zero temperatures Sunday, Feb. 1, 2026, to conduct ice-rescue training on a private pond south of Utica. Wearing wetsuits, firefighters cut multiple holes through the ice while practicing rescue scenarios. The exercise focused on teaching new techniques to improve safety and efficiency during frozen-water emergencies.

The University of Illinois Extension will hold its annual Oglesby Agronomy Summit for ag professionals and farmers from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 5, at Illinois Valley Community College.

Oglesby Knights of Columbus donated $1,000 to the Oglesby Dickinson House Foundation with proceeds from a fish and shrimp fry fundraiser.

Graduates and their degrees or certificates are listed by hometown. The students are eligible to participate in the college’s spring commencement.

Two people were taken to local hospitals for smoke inhalation Tuesday morning after fire broke out in Fire on Fifth, located in the Westclox building.

University of Illinois Extension will host a winter workshop series on sustainable agriculture practices for farmers and landowners.

The IVCC men's and women's basketball teams sufference conference losses Tuesday in Oglesby.

Crews build the exterior shell of the Dr. Alfred E. Wisgoski Agricultural Education Center on Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026 on the south end of Illinois Valley Community College campus in Oglesby. Last August, IVCC officially broke ground on the $7.6 million Dr. Alfred E. Wisgoski Agricultural Education Center. The 10,250-square-foot facility is expected to open in 2027. The project is supported by a $3.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Economic Development Administration, a $240,000 grant from the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity and a $1 million gift from the Wisgoski family.

La Salle police are seeking information on a three-vehicle crash Monday that injured the three drivers, one of whom was flown to a regional medical center.

Five people have been admitted to intensive care in La Salle County with the flu, health officials said Monday.

Illinois Master Gardeners will teach winter seed sowing techniques Jan. 31 from 10 a.m. to noon at Nell’s Woodland in Ottawa.

Check out these decorative Christmas homes and parks throughout the Illinois Valley.

University of Illinois Extension will host its second annual Agronomy Summit Feb. 5 from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Illinois Valley Community College in Oglesby.

Shaw Local Radio Station’s Christmas Cheer Toy Drive concluded Monday with the delivery of hundreds of toys to local organizations.

Supporters call it Medical Aid in Dying. Opponents call it assisted suicide. The health care network serving the Illinois Valley favors the latter phrase – and pledged to not engage in it.

Churches across La Salle, Bureau and Putnam counties have announced their Christmas Eve and Christmas Day service schedules for 2025.

Here is the list of couples who applied for La Salle County marriage licenses from Nov. 14 through Nov. 28.

Oglesby Knights of Columbus recently donated $1,500 to the Academy of St. Carlo Acutis.

The event is free and open to all children and families.

A windy and cold Thanksgiving morning didn’t stop runners from showing up to the 47th Annual Oglesby Turkey Trot, which drew just shy of 1,300 participants.

A windy and cold Thanksgiving morning didn’t stop runners from showing up to the 47th Annual Oglesby Turkey Trot, which drew just shy of 1,300 participants.

The Carlo Acutis girls basketball team beat Annawan 44-13 on Tuesday to win the IESA Class 1A Annawan Regional championship.

Illinois Valley Community College’s three music ensembles will perform separate holiday concerts during the first week of December.

Oglesby tax is base is projected to grow 9% -- and that could mean a little rate relief for taxpayers.

Colleges up for the award include: Illinois Valley Community College, Kishwaukee College, McHenry County College, Sauk Valley Community College and more

Here are some of the crimes that remain a mystery in northern Illinois

The IVCC men's basketball team will lean on five freshmen and a transfer to lead the way this season after going 11-20 last year.

Catch up on the week’s top Illinois Valley news in minutes for Nov. 2-8. Hear the week’s 5 most popular stories, read aloud for you

The Illinois Valley Community College Board of Trustees Audit/Finance Committee will meet at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 12.

There are hundreds of World War I monuments across Illinois – remain silent reminders of a war legacy that still lingers more than a century later.

Kathy (Ott) Lawyer surprised her family by announcing she was signing up for the U.S. Navy. To no one's surprise, the Oglesby veteran became post commander at the Oglesby American Legion.

The IVCC men's and women's basketball teams beat Blackhawk Technical and more in Thursday's NewsTribune roundup.

Illinois Valley Community College recently received a donation from W.H. Maze Company to fund a campus soil lab.

Oglesby American Legion will hold its monthly taco night from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 12. 

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Illinois Valley Community College will close both campuses Tuesday, Nov. 11, for Veterans Day.

La Salle County authorities have identified the victim killed in a two-vehicle crash Tuesday on Interstate 39 between Oglesby and Tonica.

Illinois Valley Community College recognized three retired professionals with emeritus status during the Tuesday, Oct. 21, Board of Trustees meeting.

Dozens of longtime customers, friends and families gathered at The Rootbeer Stand in Oglesby on Saturday, Oct. 25, 2025, to say thank you to Sam's Pizza owner Sammy Leone during a meet and greet organized to celebrate his retirement.

The IVCC women's cross country team placed second in the NJCAA Division II Region IV Meet on Saturday and had runners Addyson Miller and Tatiana Serna qualify for the national meet.

The Oglesby Elks will hold their inaugural “Sip and Shop” event on Saturday, Nov. 8.

For more than five decades, if you ordered a pizza at Sam’s Pizza in Oglesby more than once, chances are owner Sammy Leone knew your order when you came in and never had to write it down.

Utica and Oglesby firefighters and paramedics were called to Matthiessen State Park for a 16-year old male who fell approximately 30 feet in the area of Cedar Point overlook on Friday, Oct. 24, 2025 in Oglesby. Utica and Oglesby Fire and EMS responded to the park just before 1p.m. The victim from Elmhurst, fell down part of an embankment near the Cedar Point area in the park. Rescuers transported him to the Matthiessen shelter using a six-wheeler and then transferred him by ambulance to OSF St. Elizabeth Peru. The patient suffered non-life-threatening injuries.

The North Central Regional Betterment Coalition and collaborators will host its 11th annual Discover Manufacturing Career Expo on Tuesday, Oct. 21, at Illinois Valley Community College and various regional manufacturing facilities.