Bureau County News

Child on team: Raley, 12. Coaching experience: 11 years, both boys' and girls' summer baseball.

Susie Bishop is not alone. Last month, Bishop came to the Bureau County Republican to express her frustration with high taxes, and to see if there was any interest among community members in holding a Taxed Enough Already Party, such as were held across the country on April 15.

A case of H1N1 flu, commonly called swine flu, has been confirmed in Putnam County.

After improvement in April, unemployment remained steady in May for Whiteside and Lee counties, according to statistics released Thursday by the Illinois Department of Employment Security.

The investigation into a shooting early last week in Bureau County spun off two arrests Friday in Streator.

Bureau County drivers that use Interstate 80 have many opportunities to deal with construction zones this summer.

Four Kewanee residents have been charged in a recent burglary of the former Tiskilwa High School building.

Six Bureau County collection sites have been set up for the “Shoes for Orphan Souls” shoe drive.

OHIO – Folks from Walnut to Ohio were without power most of Monday night and well into the early morning hours Tuesday.

A Bureau County Coroner's jury ruled on the deaths of three Bureau County residents - Brenda Linder of Wyanet, Courtney Denault of Princeton and John Evans of Spring Valley.

In recognition of her 80th birthday, the children of Joyce Jacobson will host a reception from 2 to 4 p.m. June 27 at the New Bedford Church hall.

They came to the lawn outside the Bureau County Courthouse Thursday, determined to make their voices heard.

A woman and a relative of the Da Hittaz drug gang - both with ties to La Salle County - were charged in Bureau County in connection with a shooting Tuesday in DePue.

Road upgrade work could start this week at City-County Park, if the weather cooperates.

Event-goers to Sheffield's Homecoming celebration parade enjoyed seeing this horse and buggy entry, sponsored by Buda's Bunker Hill Church in celebration of the church's 150th anniversary.

Two people remain in the Bureau County Jail after being charged in a shooting incident early Tuesday morning in DePue.

Spring Valley's Kendall Rush and Princeton's Alyssa Donner were reunited in Saturday's Senior Spotlight Meet in Platteville, Wis.

MAPLE PARK – Kaneland High School has begun the search for a new principal.

Battery Caleb R. Towne, 47, of Tiskilwa was charged with battery in the 1700 block of 1075 North Avenue at 9 p.m. June 5. Carrie L. Williams, 32, of Wyanet was charged with domestic battery in the 100 block of South West Street at 9:45 p.m. June 7. Crime against property Brenda J. Landsiedel, 29, of Sheffield was charged with crime against property ...

Today, the Illinois Department of Public Health informed the Bureau County Health Department that a dead bird found and submitted for testing on June 4 in Princeton tested positive for West Nile Virus .