Oglesby Elks Lodge #2360 performed their Flag Day Ritual at the Illinois Veterans Home at La Salle for 32 residents of the facility on Flag Day, June 14.

The Spring Valley Mini Park Summer Fest will return June 19-22, bringing four days of carnival rides, food, music, and community fun to downtown Spring Valley and Kirby Park.

The Spring Valley City Council has approved the city’s 2025 sidewalk program, selecting Cruz Concrete Inc. to complete the work during their meeting on Monday night.

A Waltham Elementary schoolteacher will fill the vacant seat on the Utica Village Board.

The Northern Illinois University Child Development and Family Center in DeKalb could get a boost thanks to U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood, D-Naperville.

The Spring Valley City Council on Monday approved improvements to a long-vacant downtown property at 220 W. St. Paul St.

The walk-in freezer failed at the Hall Township Food Pantry in Spring Valley. It could scarcely have come at a worse time. Donors have been generous, but more help is needed.

The budget includes $4.2 million in grants for major capital investment, with the largest being the continuation of the Plank Road widening project and the OSLAD grant project at Washington Park.

Mendota Elementary wants to make it safer for parents to drop off their kids at Northbrook School. The Mendota City Council is all for it.