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  • Hanna announces candidacy for Princeton Mayor

    Retired firefighter and former Bureau County Board Member Gary Hanna has announced his candidacy for Mayor of Princeton. Hanna says he believes in term limits, and that the only means of limiting an elected official's term is at the voting booth. Hanna ...
  • IHSA Football - Week 5 - September 24/25, 2010

    Week 5 - September 24/25, 2010 NCICLena-Winslow 49 - Princeton 14 (SOPH: L-W 33-7)Illinois Valley Central 28 - Rock Falls 14Mendota 17 - Hall 0 BIG RIVERSBureau Valley 35 - St. Bede 13Amboy-LaMoille 36 - Erie-Prophetstown 14Fulton 34 - Kewanee 24Mo...
  • Bureau County Health Department updates on West Nile

    The Illinois Health Department says mosquitos are testing with high rates of the West Nile Virus in some parts of the state. The Bureau County Health Department's Carey Panier says no birds ...
  • Princeton City Council amends zoning code

    The Princeton City Council has amended city zoning code to prohibit vendor sales on public sidewalks. Commissioner Bob Warren says you can’t sell on the sidewalk unless you own a ...
  • Tiskilwa library project depends on November decision

    The Tiskilwa Public Library building project is dependent on a November second decision. If voters within the library district approve a 1.81 million dollar bond issue on the mid-term ballotth...
  • Three Princeton City Council members up for re-election

    Three Princeton City Council members are up for re-election.  The commissioner seats of Joni Hunt and Ray Swanson and the Mayoral Seat of Keith Cain will be on the April 5th ballot.  All three are seeking re-election.  It would be Cain...
  • IHSA Football - Week 4 - September 17/18, 2010

    Week 4 - September 17/18, 2010 NCICRock Falls 35 - Princeton TIGERS 14 (Soph: PHS 19-12)Mendota 21 - IVC 14Mt. Carmel 50 - Hall 14 BIG RIVERSBureau Valley 31 - Amboy-LaMoille 6Newman 51 - St. Bede 22Morrison 33 - Marquette 0Erie-Prophetstown 29 - Ke...
  • FEMA to award ten million for new Ottawa school

    An Ottawa school will rebuild with the help of about ten and a half million dollars in federal emergency funds.  The Central Intermediate School in Ottawa was flooded and has been closed since 2008.  The school will receive an addition...
  • Sheridan man killed in LaSalle County motorcycle crash

    A LaSalle County motorcycle accident has taken the life of a Sheridan man. A sheriff’s department news release says officers responded just before 7 o’clock Sunday evening to East 752nd Road in Triumph in reference to a motorcycle accident. 63-year ol...
  • Homestead Festival wraps up with Tug Fest

    The Homestead Festival wrapped up Sunday with a pancake breakfast, car show, music, more pork, and Tug Fest at Alexander Park in Princeton. Team Doty Insurance Agency won the novice division ...
  • IHSA Football - Week 3 - September 10/11, 2010

    Week 3 - September 10/11, 2010 Princeton TIGERS 6 - Notre Dame 0 (Soph: ND 14-0)Kewanee 32 - Bureau Valley STORM 12 (Soph: BV 24-21)Lake Forest Academy 28 - Hall 27Mendota 8 - Amundsen 6Manual 40 - Rock Falls 7IVC 21 - Peoria Central 6St. Bede 10 - ...
  • Princeton names new chamber director

    A lifelong Princeton resident has been selected as the new executive director of the Princeton Chamber of Commerce. Kim Frey will take up her new position on Monday. She says she has ideas to ...
  • IHSA Football - Week 2 - September 3/4, 2010

    Week 2 - September 3/4, 2010 Manual 30 - Princeton TIGERS 12 (Soph: Manual 32-2)Bureau Valley STORM 14 - Riverdale 7Hall 7 - Momence 6 (OT)Richmond-Burton 47 - Mendota 7IVC 21 - Limestone 14Winnebago 27 - Rock Falls 26Amboy-LaMoille 42 - Kewanee 18L...
  • IHSA Football - Week 1 - August 27/28, 2010

    Week 1 - August 27/28, 2010 Princeton TIGERS 44 - Monmouth-Roseville 16 (Soph: PHS 42-30)Bureau Valley STORM 39 - Marquette 14Winnebago 34 - Hall 19Walther Lutheran 37 - Mendota 16 Dunlap 35 - Illinois Valley Central 7Byron 28 - Rock Falls 8Alleman ...
  • Bureau County Metro Center pool closed for 24 hours

    The swimming pool at the Bureau County Metro Center in Princeton is closed Wednesday due to what Metro Center management is calling “an incident”. Metro Center officials say in order to be in compliance with Center for Disease Control guidelines,...
  • Pair of crashes shut down Interstate 80 near Utica

    A pair of traffic crashes Tuesday afternoon shutdown the eastbound lane of Interstate 80 between the Utica and Ottawa exits. According to Illinois State Police Trooper Craig Graham, the first crash happened just after 2 o’clock when a semi struck ano...
  • 20 year old from Ohio crowned Bureau County Fair Queen

    A soon-to-be Junior at Illinois State University is the new Bureau County Fair Queen. Leah Metcalf, 20, of Ohio was   Sunday night at the Bureau County Fairgrounds. Emcee Tommy Rose of WZOE made the announcement. Laura Brummel, 17, of Manlius is...
  • Wyoming Police Chief killed in Marshall County car crash

    The Wyoming Police Chief was killed in a 2-vehicle wreck on Friday. William "Bill" Bauer, 36, was pronounced dead at the scene near the intersection of County Road 250 East and Camp Grove Road just before noon, according to Marshall County Coroner Dave...
  • IVCH has a new doctor

    A new obstetrician/gynecologist has joined the Illinois Valley Community Hospital medical staff. Dr. Shyrlena Bogard is in practice with Dr. Andrew Guzman and Dr. Denise Klemczak at the Women’s Health Care Center at IVCH. Originally from Tennessee,...