Troy Grove News

Fairmount Minerals through Technisand Corporation of Troy Grove recently approved a grant application for more than $34,000 to support installation of a wireless network and purchase a mobile lab containing a classroom set of iPads for Milton Pope Elementary School in rural Marseilles.

ABATE Starved Rock Chapter, ABATE of Illinois, will meet at 1 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 8, at Mike's Brownstone, Mechanic St.

PRENTICE Harold L. Prentice, 78, of Troy Grove, died Sunday, Dec. 4, at Illinois ValleyCommunity Hospital in Peru.

STARVED ROCK ABATE The December meeting of Starved Rock Chapter of ABATE of Illinois will be at 1 p.m. Sunday, Dec.

Marcus Burk, 25, of Streator, was arrested at 4:20 p.m. Wednesday at an undisclosed location for driving without a valid driver's license and improper lane usage.