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The Illinois Valley District 20 team lost to Iowa in its first game of the Central Region Senior Baseball Tournament on Saturday, July 12, 2025 at Washington Park in Peru.

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The Central Region Senior Baseball Tournament held their Opening Ceremony on Friday, July 11, 2025 at Washington Park in Peru. Check out photos by MaKade Rios.

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Police recruiting numbers are on the upswing with deputies and officers graduating from the academy at a higher rate. La Salle County Sheriff brought on two rookie officers this year.

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Crews continue work on the site of a future Aldi grocery store located on the southeast corner of the intersection of Backbone Road and North Main Street on Tuesday, July 8, 2025 in Princeton. Crews have been working on the property since April this year. The store is expected to open by the end of the year.

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State Rep. Amy “Murri” Briel, D-Ottawa, held a town hall Friday at Northern Illinois University’s Holmes Student Center in DeKalb. Briel will be hosting town halls later this year in Oglesby and Utica.

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4-H'ers from around the region flocked to the La Salle Fairgrounds for this year's La Salle County 4-H Fair.

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Crews installed the front doors to the new Five Below store on Tuesday, July 8, 2025 between Kohl's and PetSmart in Peru. The 10,083 square foot building is starting to take shape. Five Below is a chain of specialty discount stores that prices most of its products at $5 or less with a smaller assortment of products priced up to $25.

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Storms caused flooding, high winds, downed trees and damaged crops throughout Bureau County on Thursday. The Bureau County Courthouse had standing water in the basement on Friday, July 11, 2025 in Princeton. Princeton received over 4 inches of rain from the storm system.

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Crews from CAMCO Construction work on paving a lot at the corner of 7th and West Street on Monday, July 7, 2025 at OSF St. Elizabeth West Hospital in Peru.