Grand Ridge News

Two people were taken to the hospital Tuesday after a four-vehicle traffic crash at 7:40 a.m. on Route 23, south of North 21st Road in Grand Ridge.

The Times' Been There, Done That feature puts reporters in the middle of a story, so they can write from a personal perspective.

With only six weeks left in its community campaign, United Way of Eastern La Salle County has reached 43 percent of its $434,000 fundraising goal.

Kathy Ferko's eighth-grade class at Wallace Elementary School was the winning class of the annual United Way of Eastern La Salle County coin campaign, bringing in a total of $689.26, about $34.46 per student.

Leonore firefighters were assisted by five other area fire departments to extinguish a grain bin fire Monday afternoon on a farm near East 13th Road, a half mile south of Route 18.

Brenda Leake wants to find a heartwarming and loving home for her "kids." Leake, the shelter director of Just Animals in Seneca, is partnering with Petfinder.com, hoping to foster some of its dogs this Christmas season.

Pet Project in rural Grand Ridge has moved its dog population to the new facilities in the former Dog Wash inn in Marseilles, and hopes to move the cats within the next 10 days.

FARM RIDGE UNIT The Farm Ridge Unit of the Home and Community Education met Nov.

The Times/Jeremy Reed Makaia Decker, 9, of Ottawa; Megan Morel, 7, of Grand Ridge; and Jaxson Decker, 6, of Ottawa, check out an ice sculpture Saturday afternoon in Ottawa.

OTTAWA NOON ROTARY Mike Harsted heads the La Salle County Department of Environmental Services and Land Use.

Tanner D. Shepard, 17, of Grand Ridge, was cited Wednesday in the 200 block of East Main Street on a complaint of possession of smoking materials.

Grand Ridge village offices are going to be moved in January. At Tuesday's village board meeting, the trustees agreed to lease offices, including space for police, at 130 W. Main St.

THE ISSUE: What's next for Pet Project shelter? OUR OPINION: Good news that shelter has new home, but funding and volunteers still needed.

Facing the burden of monthly lease payments in its new home, Pet Project feels its positioned itself well financially thanks to a fundraiser.

Christopher J. Sexton, 17, 209 1/2 Superior St., was arrested Friday at 211 East Main St.

The Pet Project animal shelter in Grand Ridge will be moving to Marseilles. The facility, scheduled to lose its longtime current facility at the end of the year, will be leasing the former Dog Wash Inn in Marseilles for six months.

A Streator man was hospitalized following a Tuesday night fire at Del Monte Court in Streator.

The state has formally accepted the architects for Illinois Valley Community College's $30.5 million Community Technology Center, President Jerry Corcoran reported at the Oct.

NO TOWNSHIP UNIT No Township Unit of Home and Community Education met Oct. 27 at Duffy's Tavern in Utica for lunch.

FARM RIDGE UNIT OF HOME AND COMMUNITY EDUCATION The Farm Ridge Unit of Home and Community Education met Oct.