The Thorp family is welcoming residents to their house fire fundraiser at 5 p.m. on Saturday, Feb 21 at Venue 450 in downtown Princeton.

Illinois Valley Community College campuses in Oglesby and Ottawa will be closed on Monday, Feb 16, in observance of Presidents’ Day.

Students new to the Princeton Elementary School District 115, as well as current Bright Beginnings Preschool students, can register for kindergarten in the Douglas gymnasium on Feb 26 8 a.m. - 7 p.m. and Feb 27 8 a.m. - noon.

Real estate news: The 2,122-square-foot house, built in 1889, was sold for $185,000, or $87 per square foot

Princeton Logan will take the No. 1 seed for eighth grade and the No. 2 for seventh grade for the Starved Rock Conference Volleyball Tournament which starts Saturday at Peru Parkside. Princeton Christian Academy will host the BVEC girls basketball tourney starting Saturday.

The University of Illinois Extension and Master Naturalist volunteers will offer children a hands-on birdhouse workshop from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, March 7, at Nell’s Woodland.

On the 100th day of kindergarten, Katie Henkel lined up her 19 students at Holy Cross School in Mendota, decked out in their best 100-year-olds’ clothes, and sat down to try and name all of her students.

The new building will help redefine the IVCC agriculture program, outfitting the college to train and upskill agriculture workers, aid in the development of new technology and sustainable practices.

The GriefShare support group is returning to Evangelical Covenant Church, Princeton.

Friends of the Hennepin Canal are set to host their ‘Hike the Hennepin’ 4.6 mile trek on this Sunday.