Marseilles News

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.

The La Salle County Board gave unanimous approval Tuesday to a key element in Ottawa's plan to provide additional water and sewer lines to its industrial park and gain ownership of the long-vacant downtown Jordan Block.

This week in U.S. District Court in Chicago, an imprisoned cocaine dealer from Chicago settled a lawsuit arising from a police chase that began in Ottawa almost three years ago.

Exelon Nuclear"s La Salle County Generating Station in Marseilles has planned a community information night Monday.

A second teenager was arrested during the weekend in Ottawa in connection with an attempted purse snatching last week in Peru.

SENECA AMERICAN LEGION AUXILIARY Ten members were present for the Oct. 20 meeting of the Seneca American Legion Auxiliary at the Seneca Fire Station.

The end may be near for La Salle County departments that have been enjoying "private checkbook" control of some state and federal grant funds they have received.

A Marseilles teenager is accused of trying to steal a woman's purse Wednesday night in Peru.

La Salle County Clerk JoAnn Carretto Tuesday filed for re-election to a second four-year term.

MARSEILLES police arrested a man on drug charges Wednesday, Oct. 21. Jacob Ingersoll, 23, Marseilles, was taken to the La Salle County Jail on charges of possession of a controlled substance and possession of a hypodermic syringe.

Toby Lee Tuntland, 38, 1570 North 30th Road, was cited Thursday at 4109 Columbus St.

The low-cost bonding authority Ottawa has been counting on for its plan to take over ownership of the long-vacant downtown "Jordan Block" is scheduled to be authorized by the La Salle County Board.

MARSEILLES CLASS OF 1950 The Marseilles Class of 1950 reunion was at Rockwell Inn in Morris.

One hundred volunteers are needed Saturday morning to help plant the 200 oak trees that will make up the Illinois Fallen Soldiers Tree Memorial.

U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu yesterday announced new ARRA funding for three university-led wind energy research facilities that will help test and produce advanced land-based and offshore wind turbines.

Marseilles police are accepting applications for the department's fourth annual Shop With a Cop program until Friday, Dec.

An all-day Oktoberfest is on tap for the town on Saturday, Oct. 17. A fundraiser for the Marseilles 175th Anniversary Celebration in June 2010, the Oktoberfest will feature musical entertainment, children's activities, beer stands and the Fall Folly Craft Show.

Saturday's Marseilles Oktoberfest will get a boost from the Marseilles T'n'T - Teens and Teamwork - organization.

Winter coats will be given away from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 16, and Saturday, Oct.

Mr. and Mrs. Don Johnson of Seneca will be celebrating 60 years of marriage on Oct.