The Illinois Valley Symphony Orchestra will present “Romantic Imaginations” at 3 p.m. on March 8 at Ottawa Township High School.

If you rooted for the USA Hockey teams in the Olympics (wasn’t everyone?), then you also cheered on a La Salle native and St. Bede graduate who serves as Chief Medical Officer for USA Hockey.

The Putnam County Public Library District’s Granville Branch invites the public to attend a free screening of “Her War, Her Story: Women of World War II” on Tuesday, March 10, at 1 p.m.

Illinois Valley Community College will be closed to the public on Friday, March 6, to allow employees to participate in professional development sessions. There will be no classes that day.

The Putnam County Public Library District invites the public to a free screening of “Triangle Fire” on Wednesday, March 11, at 5 p.m. at the McNabb Branch.

A single-family home in Peru that sold for $700,000 tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in La Salle County in the past week.

Fire on Fifth Pizza will host a free Writers at Westclox author fair from noon to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 14.

Ladd Cemetery will begin its annual spring cleanup on Monday, March 23.

As Shaw Media continues to celebrate its 175th anniversary, we looked back at four front pages from February 28