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The rosters were announced for the Illinois Valley All-Star Basketball Games, which are Saturday at St. Bede.

Illinois Valley Community College recognized Thomas J. McCormack Scholars and other academic honorees at its annual Student Academic Awards Ceremony on April 3.

Illinois Valley Flute Ensemble and Bloomington-Normal Flute Club will present the Inspired by Starved Rock concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, April 14, at Zion United Church of Christ, Peru, and again Sunday, April 21, in Bloomington.

Serena Middle School announced the honor roll for the third quarter of the 2023-2024 school year.

Here are five things to do this weekend in the Illinois Valley, including Easter egg hunts for children and adults.

For the first time since 2019, the Illinois Valley All-Star Games will be played this spring April 20 at St. Bede. The players for the game were announced Tuesday.

The St. Bede girls basketball team rallied from 14 points down to beat Serena on Thursday to win its first sectional championship in 24 years.

The Serena girls basketball team, with senior Paisley Twait making a free throw in the final second, topped Ashton-Franklin Center 41-40 in the championship game of the Class 1A Earlville Regional on Thursday night.

A woman was taken to OSF St. Elizabeth Medical Center with injuries from apparent gunshot wounds and a man was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound following a shooting just before 5 p.m. in rural Ottawa.

For the Fall 2023 semester, the following students were named to the Presidential Honors list at Illinois Valley Community College.

The harvest report, from La Salle County farmers, is published at the conclusion of the 2023 growing season.

The following schools, organizations and businesses have closed, canceled or modified their schedules Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024, in La Salle, Bureau and Putnam counties as a result of icy conditions.

The following schools, organizations and businesses have closed, canceled or modified their schedules Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2024, in La Salle, Bureau and Putnam counties as a result of wind chill advisories.

U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-Naperville) announced Illinois Valley Community College will receive $889,855 in grant funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grants Program.

Six students were honored Thursday by the Illini Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution after they were named Good Citizen Award winners in their respective schools from Ottawa, Streator, Seneca and Serena high schools.