Illinois Valley Community College trustee William F. Hunt has established an endowed scholarship to support veterans pursuing education at the college.

Ruby Bielema will represent the Mendota BPW in the 79th Annual Sweet Corn Queen Festival pageant.

Addisyn Jones will represent the Mendota YMCA in the 79th Annual Sweet Corn Queen Pageant.

Students must pay tuition or arrange a payment plan by Wednesday to keep their fall classes.

I buy lots of used books. I like them because they often have a personal and visible history.

There’s been many a legendary coach over the decades on the sidelines for Bureau County varsity sports teams. Topping the list is longtime St. Bede coach John Bellino, who racked up 801 wins between the baseball (631) and football (170) fields from 1980-2014.

Doug Bernabei, longtime police chief in Spring Valley and Peru, is retiring from the Peru Police Department, effective Aug. 31

Mendota Police Chief Jason Martin opened the discussion by arguing the city should switch dispatch services to reduce costs.

Super giant bubbles, thousands of tiny bubbles, gigantic bubble clouds and more are made by “Bubble Man”, using the artist’s special custom bubble equipment.

The band will deliver hours of non-stop, crowd favorite dance and rock music spanning the early days of rock and roll through today’s hits with their massive, genre-hopping catalog covers of rock, pop, disco, funk, dance, country, hip-hop, and Motown tracks.