Troy Grove News

Cassandra D. Robinson, 21, 1235 1/2 Phelps St., was arrested Wednesday in the 700 block of La Salle Street on a La Salle County warrant for damage to property.

Wild West legend James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok, a native son of La Salle County, will be honored in his hometown of Troy Grove on Saturday, June 27.

Selma Nelson of Ottawa will celebrate her 90th birthday on Tuesday. She was born June 16, 1919, in Iowa, the oldest of 10 children born to John and Hannah Friestad.

His reputation as a marksman gave rise to legends and tales about his life. As a child in Illinois, Hickok worked on neighbouring farms and helped his father in assisting escaped slaves.

A petition drive is gearing up to offer the rest of La Salle county's townships the opportunity to opt out of the forest preserve district created last November.

Brandon M. Loudenback, 17, 1410 N. Wasson St., was arrested at 12:27 a.m. Friday on a complaint of trespass to state-supported land.

A 27-year-old Peru man is accused of raping and robbing a 67-year-old Dixon woman Monday in a restroom at the train station in Mendota.

A woman and her dog narrowly escaped a collision with a Union Pacific train when her car slid to a stop on the railroad tracks at the Meredith Road railroad crossing near Route 38 on Friday.

Adrian and Silvia Cruz of DePue are the parents of a daughter, Mireya Soledad, born Dec.

La Salle County farmer Barry Beetz of Mendota Township is a newly elected director member of the La Salle County Farm Bureau Board.

Jason T. Fatland, 26, of Sandwich, and Kenneth R. Stevens, 18, of Sandwich, were in a traffic crash at 6:19 p.m. Wednesday on North 4650th Road at East 29th Road in Northville Township.

SNOW AND ICE Tuesday night caused slippery conditions, resulting an accidents throughout the area.