The Illinois Valley Youth Choir will be hosting a public concert 4 p.m. Sunday, April 28.

Here are five things to do this weekend in the Illinois Valley.

Policies and procedures have been implemented by the Illinois Veterans’ Home in La Salle “out of an abundance of caution,” following possible cases of an infectious disease, an Illinois Department of Veterans Affairs spokesperson said.

Reading, Long Point, Cornell and Streator firefighters teamed up Wednesday afternoon to knock down a house fire in the 1600 block of South Bloomington Street.

Five communities in the Illinois Valley area were awarded grants of $650,000, Gov. JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity announced Wednesday.

A Marseilles man could face up to seven years in prison after a La Salle County jury convicted him Wednesday of attacking a relative with a machete.

The La Salle-Peru High School Renaissance Students of the Month were recognized during a breakfast ceremony Wednesday.

This will be the final weekend for patrons to enjoy The Camden Bar and Lounge in La Salle, the business announced on Facebook Wednesday morning.

A jury will decide Wednesday whether a Marseilles man was justified or provoked into wielding a machete, as his lawyer claims, or whether he’s guilty of felony battery.