Bureau County Sheriff Jim Reed is happy to announce the winners of the Illinois Sheriff’s Association Scholarship for 2022. This year’s winners are Zoe Starkey of Princeton and Brock Loftus of Ohio.

The deadline to apply for 2022 GRAINCO FS and AgView FS “Earn and Learn” programs at Illinois Valley Community College has been extended to June 30.

Some of the trees planted were of the same variety and 12 of the trees were species that are now new to the arboretum and have unique leaf, flower or fruit characteristics to help identify them.

At Saturday’s Illinois Valley Community College commencement, Dr. Holly Novak challenged graduates to “continue to be open, search, dream and pay attention.”

Dozens of online summer classes are still available at Illinois Valley Community College for courses beginning Tuesday, May 31, and most are transfer-eligible.

Sophomore Hope Beelman, of Peru, won the prestigious Frederick W. Matthiessen Award at Illinois Valley Community College’s 56th annual commencement Saturday.

Hall High School’s Class of 2022 graduated Sunday at Richard Nesti Stadium in Spring Valley.

There were 84 students in St. Bede’s Class of 2022 that graduated on Sunday. It was the school’s 130th annual commencement ceremony.

Illinois Valley Community College’s Sabrina Belmonte, of Mendota, was a recipient of the highly-competitive U.S. State Department-sponsored Gilman Program scholarship to aid in her study abroad to Costa Rica this summer.