Bureau County News

The investigation into a personnel matter within the Bureau Valley School District is now completed and closed.

The Bureau County Farm Bureau will hold its township caucus meeting for the purpose of nominating the directors from the townships listed below at 10 a.m. Dec.

The Bureau County Board met in an emergency meeting for about 45 minutes Friday evening to discuss ongoing problems with a local wind farm road agreement.

Where you burn your leaves in Wyanet could generate a fine. Wyanet's Village Board would like to remind all residents they will receive a citation and fine if they are caught burning their leaves in an unapproved manner.

Stylist Mandi Moon works with patrons to provide hair cuts for all members of the family, as well as other beauty services.

Bureau Valley Volunteer Hospice was established in 1993 to offer supportive services to the terminally ill and their families in the Bureau Valley Area.

The Bureau County United Way held its sixth annual golf scramble at Hunter's Ridge Golf Course in Princeton.

After an uncooperative and wet October, Bureau County farmers are finally making some good headway in the fields.

Elm Lawn Memorial Cemetery, from junior high through all ages, is a good place to visit history on Veterans Day or Memorial Day or any time that is comfortable.

Eighty-nine year old Clifford Heaton spends Friday morning behind the wheel of the combine in family fields north of Princeton.

Last spring, students in third, fifth, sixth and eighth grades took the Illinois Standards Achievement Test in reading and mathematics, while students in fourth and seventh grades were tested in reading, mathematics and science.

Four Spring Valley residents were arrested Oct. 29 by agents with the Tri-County Drug Enforcement Narcotics Team on drug-selling charges.

On Oct. 27 the Bureau Valley High School National Honor Society trick or treated for canned goods, paper products and toiletries for the Western Bureau County Food Pantry.

Forty-four people have died from suicide in Bureau County during the last 10 years.

Katelyn McFadden of Valley Bar and Grill in Spring Valley displays a copy of “A Taste of the Region.” The book, available at the restaurant and other locations in Spring Valley and Princeton, includes information and recipes from businesses along the Illinois River Road.

The Bureau County Health Department has scheduled additional clinics to combat the spread of H1N1 flu among high risk groups in Bureau County.

The Bureau Valley School Board is continuing its investigation into an employee matter which surfaced in the district several weeks ago.

We are not the enemy, though I sometimes think reporters are viewed that way. I think sometimes there are people representing locals boards and committees and organizations who see newspaper reporters as the enemy, the ones seeking out or creating the negative news.

Officers with the Illinois State Police, District 17 / Zone 3, recently conducted Alcohol Countermeasure Enforcement surveys at 11 establishments in Neponset, Sheffield, Wyanet, Buda and Princeton.

The one sure sign I have to rely on telling me harvest season is here is when my daughters begin asking if they can go to the pumpkin store.