Buda News

When the Bureau County Board voted to exclude a certain type of wind turbine from consideration for seven Walnut Ridge sites, the company was understandably concerned.

The black bear of western Bureau County is apparently on the prowl again. On Tuesday, Neponset farmer Clark Currier confirmed he saw the bear about a week ago while doing fieldwork.

An 18-year-old rural Buda man died in a single-vehicle accident Monday evening south of Buda.

The Bureau County Board has voted to ban the brand of wind turbine blade that snapped off a wind turbine last month near Buda from the Walnut Ridge wind farm, at least for seven of its turbines.

In the spirit of fire prevention week, several area fire departments distributed free smoke detectors to children in Bureau Valley North and Bureau Valley South Elementary Schools.

For years, the voices heard at the Matson Public Library were mere whispers among the shelves of books that lined this historic building on Princeton's Park Avenue West.

Matthew and Consuelo Spohn of Peoria are the parents of a son, Gavin Andrew August, born Oct.

The following property transfers were recently recorded at the Bureau County recorder of deeds' office in the Bureau County Courthouse: Oct.

Annual meeting WYANET - The annual meeting of the Wyanet Old Car Club will be at 6 p.m. Nov.

Matthew and Anna Noll of Princeton are the parents of a daughter, Matthea Isabell, born Oct.

Monday: 9 to 11 a.m. at St. Benedict's Hall, Ladd. 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. at DePue VFW Hall.

An accident claimed the life of a rural Sheffield man Thursday morning. According to Bureau County Sheriff John Thompson, John W. Norton, 29, died under what Thompson referred to as "most unusual circumstances" ...

Richard Schertz was glad of one thing Wednesday morning. "I'm glad I wasn't out in the corn on the combine," he said.

Three Bureau County residents, along with two persons from Kewanee, were among five people charged with felony retail theft by Peru police officers at 8:30 p.m. Oct.

Corn is being removed from this grain bin south of Buda Friday to make its way to the nearby ethanol plant, but soon the process will be reversed as area bins and elevators are filled with what's expected to be ...

The Bureau County Board has gone on record opposing the closing of the Hennepin Canal Parkway state park and its satellite area.

In 1946, Richard Stinson and Kathryn Smith boarded a bus in Bloomington as strangers.

The times of camping and picnics along the Hennepin Canal could be a thing of the past.

Until she reached 60, Marion Carper didn't think much about her age. But when she turned 60, she decided it would be nice to reach 70, and then 75.

WYANET/BUDA - Bureau Valley South will hold open houses Monday at the following times: K-2 in Wyanet will be from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. with teachers going over their classroom rules and other information at the ...