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St. Bede defeated Marquette in three sets 22-25, 25-21, 25-14 on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025 at Bader Gym.

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Nine area Veterans were honored with Dream Flights on Tuesday, Sept 2, 2025 at the Illinois Valley Regional Airport in Peru. Veterans climbed into a 1942 Boeing Stearman A-75 Primary Trainer and were flown over the Illinois Valley area. Dream Flights has flown close to 8,000 Veterans for the past 15 years. The plane trained pilots in WWII. Many were converted into crop dusters after the war.

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Hall defeated Mendota in two sets 25-20, 25-19 on Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025 at Mendota High School. Check out photos of the match by Kyle Russell.

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Take a look at some of the week’s best photos, captured by Illinois Valley photographers from Sunday, Aug. 24, through Saturday, Aug. 30.

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Around 40 protesters gathered at Rotary Park during A "Workers Over Billionaires" protest on Saturday, Aug. 30, 2025, in Princeton. The protest was sponsored by Indivisible Bureau County. "Workers Over Billionaires" protests are held in towns and cities across the country this Labor Day weekend.

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St. Bede defeated Bureau Valley 47-6 on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025 at St. Bede Academy.

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Newman Central Catholic H.S hosts Princeton H.S. in a non-conference football game at Sterling H.S, on Friday, August 29, 2025.

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Firefighters were called to a structure fire in the 300 block of West Erie Street on Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025, in Spring Valley. The fire happened shortly after 4:45 p.m. A Mutual Aid Box Alarm System (MABAS) call was set out when firefighters arrived. Fire departments from Princeton, DePue, Spring Valley, Peru, Ladd, Cherry, Standard and La Salle were on the scene. Peru and Spring Valley EMS were also dispatched. Spring Valley Police assisted on the call as well.

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The Princeton Area Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate Gateway Services ' 55 years of service to the community on Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025, in Princeton. The event featured a tour of the newly remodeled Ollila Learning Center, a meeting with team members and light refreshments. Gateway Services provides a variety of services to adults with intellectual/developmental disabilities in Bureau, Marshall and Putnam Counties.