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Crews with the Culpepper & Merriweather Circus set up their 110-by-70-foot "big top" tent on Monday, June 23, 2025, at Boggio's Orchard & Produce in Granville. Shows are 5 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. The event is sponsored by the village of Granville and Boggio's Orchard & Produce. For 32 weeks of the year, Culpepper & Merriweather Circus brings two action-packed 90-minute shows to more than 200 towns in 17 different states.
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T and A Bucking Bulls partnered with Rugged Cross Cattle Company to hold the inaugural Starved Rock Rodeo on Saturday, June 22, 2025 at the LaSalle Speedway & Event Center in La Salle. The event featured bull riding, barrel racing, mutton busting food vendors, apparel, rodeo attire, and much more. Riders from Northern Illinois and throughout the Midwest competed in the rodeo.
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The Utica Fire Department held its annual Car Show and Cruise night on Saturday, June 21, 2025, at Carey Memorial Park in Utica. About 40 cars were on display at the show.