• Iroquois County Sheriff Eldon Sprau has financial proposals to make to the county board on Tuesday to avoid layoffs in the department if the public safety sales tax referendum isn’t brought into the win column by remaining mail-in absentee ballots.

• How did Stephanie Norris and Luke Truesdell, of Bradley meet? Here’s a hint. They were quite young.

• Exhausted and elated, the members of the Bradley-Bourbonnais Community High School cheerleading squad embraced each other after completing a flawless routine in the state’s biggest competition Saturday.