Princeton News

Communication is the key to understanding and to good relations between city officials and residents, according to Princeton City Manager Jeff Fiegenschuh.

The Princeton City Council is going forward with about $800,000 worth of street work in the 2009-10 fiscal year.

About 40 percent of the earthwork is completed for the Zearing Park expansion project on the southeast edge of Princeton.

Gov. Pat Quinn followed through on his promise and vetoed Senate Bill 1197 - the so-called Doomsday budget - Wednesday, allowing the state to start the new fiscal year without a budget.

Mary Ann Clark, 67, of Princeton died Monday, June 29, 2009, at OSF St. Francis Medical Center in Peoria.

Pet owners looking to prevent potential problems with their pets when they go on vacation or leave for a day or two now have an alternative to placing them in a kennel.

A Princeton man has been sentenced to two months in the county jail after pleading guilty to the Class 3 felony of unlawful use of a credit card.

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.

It was July 4, 1856, and a great and popular speaker addressed a crowd of an estimated 10,000 people at a political rally just south of downtown Princeton.

Jennifer Reinbeck of Buda, a new insurance agent for Farmers Insurance Group, recently opened her office in Princeton at 105 S. Main St., Suite 1. “This is a perfect location for me being on Main Street,” she said.

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

A recent Letter to the Editor asks the question “Replace 882 street lights! What are the city council and the mayor thinking about?” The very simple answer to this question is that they were thinking about saving more than $100,000 per year.

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.

The Jessie Bickett family picnic will be from 2 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Zearing Park in Princeton.

Due to our present deficit, Gov. Quinn is threatening many spending cuts if new revenues are not found.

Replace 882 street lights! What are the city council and the mayor thinking about? Replacing 882 street lights! Shouldn't we be fixing all the streets that have potholes or doing something about the sewers? On top of the terrible condition of the streets and sewers in this city, what about the railroad crossing on Euclid Avenue.

Come mid-July, the city of Princeton will no longer be designated as an Illinois Main Street community.

The Princeton City Council has approved nearly $1.5 million in upgrades at the city's electric department.

The rumors may be running rampant about the future of LCN Closers in Princeton, but there are no new facts to report, according to Kyle Stuebs, human resource manager for LCN.