History of Student Newspapers

L-P-O Junior College and IVCC

The IV LEADER, like the college itself, has a long, distinguished history. The earliest student newspaper at IVCCs predecessor, LaSalle-Peru-Oglesby Junior College, was founded in 1933, nine years after the first students entered L-P-O. The junior college shared facilities with LaSalle-Peru High School, and occasionally student newspapers, from 1924 through 1967 when local voters approved the formation of Illinois Valley Community College, and a separate campus was built at its present location.

To Hi-Co Scanner, 1933 – 1935
To L-P-O Echo, 1938 – 1941
To Hi-Co Courier, 1941 – 1942
To Keyhole: A Peek at the News, 1946 – 1952
To Apache Smoke Signal, 1964 – 1966, L-P-O
To Apache Smoke Signal, 1966 – 1967, IVCC
To the Apache, 1967 – 2001
To the IV LEADER, 2002 – 2011