Marseilles News

Tom Templeton has to be happy, or at least a little relieved. It's taken forever for the La Salle County sheriff to put into action a simple idea to ease the challenge he faces with deputies spread thin across La Salle County - the second largest county in Illinois in square miles.

"Marseilles and More," the long-anticipated 372-page history of Marseilles created for the city's 175th anniversary next year, will be available this weekend for viewing and purchase.

A Marseilles man, charged with theft and failure to register as a sex offender, appeared in the La Salle County courtroom of Circuit Judge Cynthia Raccuglia Monday following his arrest over the weekend.

An Ottawa woman was arrested on an alcohol complaint Friday, then rolled her vehicle early Saturday and was arrested again.

Just a name and a recommendation may not be enough in the future for an appointment or reappointment by the La Salle County Board to a local government board.

Questions about open burning led to a heated exchange Wednesday at the Marseilles City Council meeting.

Many millions of veterans have held the nation's democracy in their arms, Illinois Gov.

Thanksgiving cooks can get a hand with dessert this year through the Ottawa Lions Club's new "Pies for Eyes" program.

MARSEILLES NURSING SERVICE The November board meeting was at the nursing service office with six board and two staff members.

Two Marseilles men were arrested Thursday, Nov. 5, on a charge each of unlawful possession of marijuana with intent to deliver.

MARSEILLES police arrested two people on criminal damage to property charges Monday, Nov.

MARSEILLES WOMAN'S CLUB The Marseilles Woman's Club met Nov. 4 at the home of Mary Johnson.

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.