Tiskilwa News

Parents eagerly anticipate the moment when their child first begins to talk. But for some parents, it is a time of anxiety because their child struggles to get words out.

"I know it sounds trite, but it really is family and friends." Jane Morris of Princeton "I'm thankful for my family, for my little great niece who will turn 1 year old in a few days on my birthday and for my wonderful students at Princeton High School." Elaine McVety of Tiskilwa "I'm thankful that God has blessed us and our family, all the way down ...

Members of St. Patrick Church in Arlington will be making sausage on Dec. 5. Orders may be placed by calling Ruth Pommier at 638-2430 or Ladyne Huhn at 894-2006 by Nov.

BUREAU COUNTY GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY Bureau County Genealogy Society will have its November and December combined program Thursday, Dec.

Tim Welsh of Princeton recently received his Nov. 29 birthday gift and his Christmas gift a few weeks early.

Area food pantries are stocking up for the holidays, and more supplies are always needed.

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.

Once again, the Christmas spirit is coming early to Tiskilwa. On Monday, the Tiskilwa Historical Society announced the dates for its annual Christmas Walk, set this year for 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Dec.

A Bureau County grand jury considered the following cases on Nov. 9 at the Bureau County Courthouse: • Raymond G. Olivo, 34, of Spring Valley was indicted for the Class 2 felony of unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon.

Mr. and Mrs. Jack Yepsen of 200 State St., Tiskilwa, will celebrate their 60th anniversary with a family dinner, hosted by their children, on Nov.

Janet and Scott Given of Downers Grove are announcing the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter, Debra, to Chad Wysocki.

Fifth-graders Jaxon Harris , Kyle Kinnamon, Marisa Bacorn and Bret Emmerson stand in front of classroom murals created by them and their classmates at Reagan Middle School in Tiskilwa.

Historian Owen Muelder, director of the Galesburg Colony Underground Railroad Freedom Center at Knox College, will be the guest speaker at the Bureau County Historical Society's annual dinner Oct.

More people than usual are showing up to get their seasonal flu shots this year, according to Diana Rawlings, administrator of the Bureau/Putnam County Health Department.

Connie K. Chastain, 61, of Princeton passed away on Saturday, Oct. 17, 2009, at St.

An attorney representing the Bureau County Board has released details of a dispute over a road agreement the county claims a wind farm company has failed to honor.

The body of a missing East Moline woman was found Thursday morning by a groundskeeper at Camp Menno Haven, west of Tiskilwa.

Authorities say an elderly East Moline woman missing since Tuesday evening has been found dead near Princeton.

The Early Beginnings will meet for playgroup at the Princeton Public Library at 9:30 a.m. Thursday.

Every home – large or small, young or old – has its unique history, its own special story of those who built it and the families who have lived there.