Ransom News

Jose A. Flores, 18, 225 W. 10th St., and a boy were taken into custody at 3:17 a.m. Sunday at 401 W. 10th St.

A Ransom man was arrested on marijuana charges after a search of his home turned up four pounds of marijuana, two digital scales and drug paraphernalia.

Ransom-area woman Ann M. Getz could face prison next month for driving drunk and killing three people last year in Grundy County.

Cheri S. Derossett, 31, 1002 Charles St., Unit 3, was arrested at 1:11 a.m. Wednesday in the 1000 block of Charles Street on a civil writ.

A resident at 209 W. Wilson St. reported a chainsaw stolen from the garage on Monday.

Northern Illinois has a perfect storm of wind, transmission lines and available land for wind farms.

Allen-Otter Creek Elementary School District in Ransom will conduct kindergarten screenings for the 2009-2010 school year from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Wednesday, March 18, and Thursday, March 19.

Robert Kelly caught this snowy owl near the border of Grundy and LaSalle counties.

I Like to walk to the center of an intersection!" wails Jacob Bills, lead singer and sole guitarist of Brooklyn-based four-piece rock noisemakers Asa Ransom, a touch of whimsy and madcap paranoia in his voice ...

A Ransom man is facing a hearing next week in La Salle County Circuit Court for two sex charges.

Sheriff Terry Marketti honored eight of his employees at the Dec. 9 Grundy County Board meeting for their extraordinary efforts on behalf of the office.

Expanding the Enterprise Zone to accommodate the growing wind farms in La Salle and Grundy counties is fine with the city.

The La Salle County Zoning Board of Appeals voted 3-2 to recommend issuing a special use permit for a wind farm in the far southeast corner of the county.

MORRIS, Ill. - A 43-year-old LaSalle County woman is due to be arraigned this coming week on charges related to a drunken driving crash that left a woman and her two young children dead.

A woman who is accused of driving drunk and killing a Dwight family was expected to come to court Thursday with her own lawyer, but instead she asked for a public defender.