Princeton News

SYNGENTA: SHIELD CORN AGAINST EARLY-SEASON STRESS May 17, 2013 Source: Syngenta news release At the beginning of the season, it's impossible to know what stresses corn will face.

Princeton placed second at the varsity level and first in the F/S level in the final NCIC boys track and field at Rathje Track last week.

An open house to honor Deacon John Murphy will be from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday at Harkrader Hall, St.

Harold Steele of rural Princeton demonstrates the use of the antique corn sheller process, as he will also do during this weekend's spring preview planned by the Bureau Valley Antique Club.

Over the past 10 years, Bryan Moyer Suderman has logged many thousands of miles, mostly by train, with a soul full of music and communities eager to listen and sing along.

At last count, there were a grand total of 69 theatrical productions scheduled to debut at area venues between Memorial Day weekend and Labor Day weekend.

Melissa Olivero of Peru was elected chair at a special reorganizational meeting of the Illinois Valley Community College Board May 7. Olivero was first elected to the board in April 2009 and appointed vice chair in May 2011.

The next open meeting of the “We the People” Tea Party will be at 6:30 p.m. May 23 at 230 E. Backbone Road, Princeton .

An open house to celebrate the 90th birthday of Lilly Mae Wiggim will be from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday at Greenfield Retirement Home in Princeton.

More than 120 people attended Tiskilwa's Museum on Main event April 8 to learn about “The Underground Railroad and Secret Codes in pre-Civil War Quilts,” in a presentation by author and lecturer Clarice Boswell who was assisted by her husband Hank.

Michael "Mack" Wade Martin, 64, of Princeton passed away in a household accident on Saturday, May 11, 2013, at his daughter's home in Pekin.

For many people, birthdays are all about getting gifts, but for Pat Polson, her birthday has been about giving gifts.

Postal employees Scott Maschek and Dave Mead of the Princeton Post Office shop Friday for items for the U.S. Post Office Food Drive held Saturday around the country.

Perry Memorial Hospital employee Leslye Mack serves a glass of wine to Nick Oertel during Friday evening's A Toast To Health wine-tasting fundraiser sponsored by the Perry Memorial Hospital Foundation at A Hundred Acres Orchard and Market in rural Princeton.

Born Feb. 26, 1958, in Chicago to Ivan and Evelyn Fox, she married Arlin Schmutz Aug.

PRINCETON – Everett J. Solon, market president of Centrue Bank, recently announced the addition of Michael E. Smith as the bank's new vice president/regional business development officer.

Beginning June 1, designated trip days and lowered out-of-town rates have been set by Bureau-Putnam Area Rural Transit .

Doris V. Peterson, 85, of Dixon, formerly of Amboy, died Monday, May 6, 2013, at Levine-Dickson Hospice House in Charlotte, N.C. Born Jan.

Five years ago Princeton experienced what many referred to as a hundred-year rain.

Zoe Mead crossed the finish line after qualifying for state in the 800 meters with a second place finish at the Princeton Sectional and hugged her brother, Lenny, a PHS freshman, who was standing nearby.