Bureau County News

Gwen Garver, director of the Bureau-Marshall-Putnam Tri-County Special Education Cooperative said the District Special Education Profiles are an interesting reflection of what's going on in the state and locally.

It's a safe assumption that West Nile Virus-carrying mosquitoes and/or birds are now in Bureau County, according to Diana Rawlings, executive director of the Bureau/Putnam County Health Department.

Bureau Valley's Derrick Johnson runs in the 3200-meter run during the Class 1A finals.

Angie Schumacher, EMT with the 10/33 Ambulance Service in Spring Valley, poses for a photo in front of one of the six 10/33 ambulances.

The Bureau County Chorus will begin rehearsals for the 2012 spring/summer season on June 4 at the Evangelical Covenant Church, 24 N. Main St.

Members of the Bureau County Open Door 4-H Club took their spades and shovels to the Bureau County Fairgrounds on April 6. Eleven members and a number of parents, grandparents and siblings worked together to plant trees.

Three new members were recently inducted into the Princeton Rotary Club during the club's induction ceremony facilitated by Rotary member Steve Bouslog.

The board heard a proposal by Eagle Enterprises Recycling Inc. for an upgrade to large covered recycling totes.

More than 200 Bureau County residents are serving their communities as First Responders and ambulance personnel, answering emergency calls to help people in need.

Special education in Bureau County is conducted by the Bureau-Marshall-Putnam Tri-County Special Education Cooperative, most commonly referred to as the BMP.

A DePue teen has pleaded guilty to residential burglary and two counts of illegal consumption of alcohol by a minor.

The Neponset 1600 relay won the Bureau Valley Elementary Conference Championship with a school record time of 4:17:28. They also won the Bureau County title.

At last month's public hearing for the Route 89 Bridge Replacement Project, those in attendance had a chance to have their voices heard.

This is the third in a multi-part series on the dodransbicentennial of the founding of Bureau County.

Summertime and good food go hand-in-hand, just like Lunch in the Park and the Farmers Market, two programs which will begin this week in Princeton.

Five of the eight Bureau County high schools held graduation exercises this past weekend - DePue, Ohio, St.

The Bureau County Genealogy Society meet at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Society library, 629 S. Main St.

Vicki Litherland, K-5 teacher for physical education/health and coach at Bureau Valley Grade School, was named as a finalist for the Illinois Ag in the Classroom Teacher of the Year Award.

The Bureau County Chorus will begin rehearsals for the 2012 spring//summer season on June 4 at the Evangelical Covenant Church, 24 N. Main St.

SHEFFIELD/BUDA - Bureau County Sheriff's Department Lt. Investigator Randy Hasbrook said a rash of burglaries has recently occurred.