The Starved Rock Country Community Foundation will celebrate its 10th anniversary this fall.

A celebration honoring world-renowned violinist Maud Powell will take place at 6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 22, at the Maud Powell statue in the Fourth Street courtyard in downtown Peru.

Oglesby City Clerk Becky Clinard is officially retired. The city council is expected to name a replacement Sept. 2, 2025.

Both full-time temporary and hourly on-call positions are available to help maintain more than 45,000 lane miles statewide during the winter months, according to IDOT.

The city of La Salle will be a member of the Illinois Valley Chamber of Commerce for another year — at least.

The Streator City Council will meet Wednesday at 7 p.m. to consider the Beck’s Oil proposal, along with a vote to add soccer fields at Oakland Park.

A coffee shop, sales office and climate-controlled self-storage unit will be coming to the former La Salle Public Works Building, at 500 2nd St.

The Bureau County Fair, Illinois’ longest running fair, returns to the fairgrounds at 811 W. Peru St. from Wednesday through Sunday, Aug. 20–24.

Reddick Public Library District in Ottawa announced the schedule of events for the first week of September.