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Twenty-four local volunteers went bald during the 18th annual Illinois Valley Emergency Services St. Baldrick's event on Sunday at Senicas Oak Ridge in La Salle. More than $14,000 was raised during the event. The Illinois Valley Emergency Services St. Baldrick's event has shaved more than 1,000 heads and collected $275,000 since it began in 2007.

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A total of 93 boats and 186 anglers participated in the Masters Walleye Circuit Tournament on Friday at the Spring Valley Boat Club. For the 2025 Bass Pro Shops and Cabela's Masters Walleye Circuit, the winning team is guaranteed a minimum of $10,000 in first-place prize money, with the top 20% of the field earning a check.

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Crews with the Illinois Department of Transportation work on replacing a bridge structure Tuesday on Interstate 180 over the Tiskilwa Bottom Road. According to IDOT, the $24.2 million dollar project includes replacing beams and decking on the current bridge. During the replacement, only one-lane of traffic in each direction is using the northbound lanes as work happens on the southbound bridges. When that work is complete, traffic will be switched to the southbound lanes to begin work on the northbound bridges. The entire project will last until 2026.

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Students from Princeton, La Moille, DePue and Bureau Valley schools attended the 29th annual Ag Fair on Thursday, March 20, 2025, at the Bureau County Fairgrounds in Princeton.

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The United States Air Force brought one of its “Own The Sky,” a USAF Virtual Airborne Experience mobile units to La Salle-Peru High School on Wednesday, March 19, 2025, in the Dolan Building parking lot. Students had the option to pilot an F-35 fighter through a canyon using a real-life throttle and flight stick The simulator was brought to La Salle-Peru High School with the help of the U.S. Air Force recruitment office inside the Peru Mall.

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Princeton firefighters responded to a semi crash on Interstate 80 on top the U.S. 34 overpass on Wednesday, March 19, 2025, in Princeton. The crash occurred in the eastbound lane shortly after 5 p.m. Illinois State Police also responded to the incident. Traffic was down to one lane for about an hour.

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Hall defeated Streator 8-1 on Tuesday, March 18, 2025 in Foley Field at Kirby Park in Spring Valley.

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Here are Mike Vaughn's photos of Monday's Princeton Logan Class 3A 8th-grade sectional volleyball championship match vs. Morris Saratoga at Logan's Pannebaker Gym. Morris won in three sets.

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A total lunar eclipse reached its maximum totality just before 2 a.m. Friday over the Illinois Valley area. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Sun, Earth and Moon align so that the Moon passes into Earth’s shadow. When the Moon is within the umbra, it appears red-orange. Lunar eclipses are sometimes called “Blood Moons” because of this phenomenon. The next visible one in Illinois will not occur until March 3, 2026.