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The Illinois Valley Community College Foundation recently celebrated its 50th anniversary with a dinner and auction Friday, March 27.

The I.F. Doug Stonier and Ella Stonier Educational Trust provides scholarships to college students for the school year commencing in August.

Letter carriers across Streator will collect non-perishable food donations on Saturday, May 9 as part of the National Association of Letter Carriers Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive, an annual effort to combat food insecurity in communities nationwide.

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Residents carried signs, drew artwork and voiced their opposition to a number of developments in the political arena, with workers’ wages and the infringement of the First Amendment chiefly among them.

As Market on Mill in Utica officially opened up for the summer this weekend, a group of local elementary school children put their entrepreneurship skills to the test on Saturday morning at the Lemonade Day Youth Market.

Bureau Valley CUSD 340 will hold a sports physical clinic from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, May 12, at Bureau Valley High School, 9154 County Road 2125 N., Manlius.

PCJH Scholastic Bowl team wins regional at home on Wednesday, April 29. The Pumas advance to the sectional, hosted by Flanagan Grade School at 4 p.m. on Monday, May 4 with the winner to advance to state on Friday, May 8 in Peoria.

Seneca baseball and softball both were victorious Saturday, while Earlville and Sandwich softball suffered defeats, all in The Times Saturday Roundup.

Road work on U.S. 34 between Mendota and Earlville began on Friday with daily lane closures expected through mid-July.

Sergeant Raymond Gatza was honored as “hero-grade” for what CentralSquare, a public sector safety and administration software company, called, ”Showing up with purpose, making an impact and lifting others along the way."

Illinois Valley Community College named Project Success counselor Aseret Loveland as the recipient of the Connie Dzierzynski Skerston Memorial Award for Support Staff Distinguished Service.

Criminal justice program coordinator Jonathan Hubbell, Ph. D., of Normal received Illinois Valley Community College’s 2026 Stephen Charry Memorial Award for Teaching Excellence.

The Henry-Senachwine baseball and softball teams won, the Bureau Valley baseball team swept a doubleheader and more in Saturday's NewsTribune roundup.

The St. Bede baseball team won a conference game, the La Salle-Peru boys and girls track teams won a quad and more in Friday's NewsTribune roundup.

BV pitcher Dylan Howlett, who was covering first base on an infield hit to the right side, threw out Stark County’s Kaedon Steelman on a bang-bang play at the plate to end the game, giving the Storm its second 4-3 win of the day in Lincoln Trail Conference play.

The top picks of last week’s NFL Draft were all taken for their considerable talents on the football field. One by one, many of those young men showed what’s carried them off the field, expressing their faith on center stage.

The Rotary Club of Princeton will hold its fifth annual ShrimpFest and Brew Hullabaloo from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, June 6, at Rotary Park, 13593 Bicentennial Drive, Princeton.

La Salle County Sheriff’s Office announced the results of the April enforcement campaign, held during Distracted Driving Awareness Month.

The Illinois Valley Community College board of trustees awarded honorary emeritus status to 11 retired professionals for outstanding service at its meeting Tuesday, April 21.

Illinois folk singer Chris Vallillo will perform at 7 p.m. June 12 at The Abbey in Ottawa.

The Walnut Public Library District will hold a Children’s Business Fair from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, July 1, at Liberty Square, 115 S. Main St., Walnut.

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Illinois Valley Community College will hold its 60th annual commencement ceremony at 12:30 p.m. Saturday, May 16, in the college’s gymnasium, 815 N. Orlando Smith St., Oglesby.

The Walnut Public Library District will offer children in fourth through sixth grades a free “Safe At Home Class” program from 1 to 3 p.m. Wednesday, June 3.