Illinois Valley Community College’s Continuing Education Office will offer college admissions test preparation classes in February and March for high school students.

School districts across the Illinois Valley have announced full closures, shifts to e-learning or delays on Monday due to dangerously cold temperatures and wind chills forecast for the region.

Graduates and their degrees or certificates are listed by hometown. The students are eligible to participate in the college’s spring commencement.

Dr. David Lawrence, principal of St. Bede Academy in Peru, Friday announced St. Bede’s honor roll for the first semester of the 2025-26 school year.

The Illinois Valley Community College Board of Trustees Facilities Committee will meet at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday to review current and upcoming construction projects.

Uwill Mental Health and Wellness will extend services to evenings, weekends and other periods when the college is closed, and the on-campus provider Transformative Growth is not available.

Illinois Valley Community College’s Continuing Education Center will offer a 12-session Private Pilot Ground Training course from 6-8 p.m on Tuesdays beginning Feb 3 at the main Oglesby campus.

St. Bede Academy partners with American Red Cross for Feb. 10 blood drive

30 students at Bureau Valley Junior High/Elementary had perfect attendance in the first half of the 2025-26 school year.