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L-P defeated Kaneland 6-2 on Monday, April 28, 2025 at the L-P Athletic Complex in La Salle.

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L-P defeated Ottawa on Monday, April 28, 2025 at Ottawa High School.

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The Lighted Way of the Illinois Valley held its annual spaghetti dinner fundraiser on Monday at Uptown Grill in La Salle.

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Hall beat Erie-Prophetstown 8-5 on Monday, April 28, 2025 in Foley Field at Kirby Park in Spring Valley.

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First responders are cleaning hydraulic fluid Monday in a half mile stretch on Route 251 in the area of the U.S. 6 bridge to the Seventh Street bridge in Peru after an incident involving a John Deere tractor and its farm equipment.

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Visitors tour the new Cassidy Tire on Saturday April 26, 2025, during an open house in Peru. The new location is located at 1414 38th St. in Peru. The event had giveaways, a food truck and other activities.

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A long line of cars stretching a half mile long waited in line to drop off electronics during a free electronics recycling drive on Saturday, April 26, 2025, at the Bureau County Highway Department in Princeton.

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The Ottawa Downtown Association held Operation Clean Sweep on Saturday in downtown Ottawa. In honor of Earth Day this week, Ottawa community members participated in the cleanup. Volunteers helped clean litter throughout downtown Ottawa beginning in the Jordan block.

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Volunteers collected trash during the Perfectly Flawed Foundation cleanup on Saturday near the Lock 14 shelter on the Illinois and Michigan Canal in La Salle. The event also had live music, face painting, snacks and giveaways. Organizers planed the event in honor of Earth Day earlier this week.