Olivia Storey is a member of the Washington Wonders 4-H Club. This year she had several entries at the Newton County Fair: ...

Bradley Hayworth came from Florida to participate in the Newton County Fair. He is a member of the Busy Beavers 4-H Club. He ...

The Domestic Arts Building was filled with entries this year for the 100th anniversary of the building. The ...

Vicki Carlson, owner of The Trumpet Vine Gift Shop on U.S. 41 just north of Morocco, selected a photograph of a sunflower by ...

Kankakee Valley’s ace pitcher for the past four years, Alex Barr, has been selected in the Major League Baseball Draft by the ...

Six contestants sought the title of 2025 Iroquois County Fair Queen Tuesday night during the opening night of the Iroquois ...

RENSSELAER — Rensselaer Central junior Jayse Kueny was awarded a $825 Bombers for Academic Excellence grant in the spring.

One of the great things about living where we do is that you don’t have to look too far in order to find decent stream or ...

RENSSELAER — Fendig Theatre for Children celebrated its 50th anniversary this summer with a full-scale production of Matilda the Musical, a show that not only entertained but fulfilled the organizatio ...

Thea Richardson is in the Horse and Pony 4-H Club. She shows horses and rabbits at the Newton County Fair. This year she had a horse, a rabbit and made a poster for chickens. She likes being in 4-H.

Riley Smith enjoys the Newton County Fair. A member of the Washington Wonders 4-H Club, Smith entered two sheep, two goats, floriculture and ceramics projects. She earned grand champion with ...

Cameron Moberg and his band of mural artists created two more murals behind the Amtrak station in Rensselaer last week, including a train motif hidden among a field of sunflowers ...