Crete News

Total to date: 279 EMS calls and 136 fire calls. May 6: 8:32 a.m., EMS call for a 75-year-old woman who fell, no transport; 12:10 p.m., brush fire at Harlem and North Peotone Road; 12:45 p.m., change of quarters ambulance to Manteno; 12:46 p.m., general alarm, multiple calls; 8:14 p.m., EMS call for a 36-year-old man choking, no transport.

Beecher Fire Protection District reported 18 calls for the week of May 6, with a total of 261calls this year.

Beecher Mausoleum Open House Beecher Mausoleum Board will host a two-day open house to honor war veterans interred there.

Kane County authorities want more than $216,000 that was seized in February from an Aurora hotel permanently forfeited to the state.

Fox Valley Norman scooted to win the $12,000 Gosox Stake on May 17 at Maywood Park, making his 3-year-old debut a winning one for driver John DeLong.

A former megachurch preacher sentenced to 12 years in federal prison in March for carrying on a sexual relationship with a teenage member of his congregation was sued in Will County court .

A former megachurch preacher from Crete who carried on a sexual relationship with a teenage member of his congregation was sued in Will County court.

The Joliet City Council could vote next week on whether to lay out for the public what plans already exist for building an immigrant detention center in town.

The Beecher Fire Protection District reported 12 calls for the week of April 29, with a total of 243 calls this year.

A call on May 8 at 9:41 p.m. reported a structure fire, 29657 S. Joliet Rd. and requested assistance from Beecher, Manteno, Monee, Manhattan, University Park, Richton Park, Crete, Riverside Ambulance and Grant Park.

The following programs, unless otherwise indicated, are held at the Crete Park District's Willard Wood Center, 515 First Street in Crete.

WCEN to Meet The next Will County Environmental Network monthly meeting will be held on Monday, May 20, at 6:30 p.m., at Laraway School - a half mile west of Illinois Rt.

JoDee Chartrand, with her grandchildren, Madison and Ryleigh, after losing 120 pounds with the help of Weight Control of Crete club.

If one were to use golf as a gauge, consider golf outings usually take place on a single course.

Battle of Crete veterans Bill Bristow and Roye Hammond, both 94, still plan to fly out to the Greek island tomorrow for 72 anniversary commemorations, even though expense claims of $17,712 each were declined by the Government.

Will County Sheriff Paul Kaupas said starting next week his department no longer can afford to provide security for three county office buildings.

The Thorn Creek Basin Sanitary District Board is set to approve the first new contract in two years for the district's 13 union workers.

Works of art from nine graduating Prairie State College students will be on display until May 23 in the Christopher Art Gallery, on the PSC main campus, 202 S. Halsted St., in Chicago Heights.

Senior Assistance Peotone Senior Assistance Center will be open on Thursday, May 16, from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., at St.

The first installment is due June 3 and the second installment is due Sept. 3. The bills are for 2012 taxes payable in 2013.