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A decade of news: The Times select top local stories of the 2010s

The four-story Lipton Tea building burned down Aug. 19, 2012, in downtown Streator. (The Times)

The four-story Lipton Tea building burned down Aug. 19, 2012, in downtown Streator. (The Times)

Marseilles homes were total losses after the April 2013 floods. Entire households worth of water-damaged goods are shown piled up outside homes on River Street. (The Times)

Fire and rescue teams work through the debris on Hall Street after the Streator tornado in June 2010. (The Times)

Naplate homes were heavily damaged after a winter tornado swept through Naplate and Ottawa in February 2017. (The Times)

Many wandered throughout City Park watching the Walldogs finish up their murals, including the Hopalong Cassidy mural, in summer 2018. The Hopalong Cassiday mural now stands on a billboard in the 200 block of West Main Street. (The Times)

Ottawa High School students protest the dismissal of building trades instructor Dave Keely inside the school lobby before heading outside in March 2014. The reflection of school officials can be seen in the glass window pane. The high school discontinued its building trades course that year. (The Times)