THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 2020

Marshall County Court News

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Bill and Aly Bentley, 212 Via Ghiglieri, are the proud winners of The Most Improved Yard of the Month sponsored by the To-luca Coal Mine Association.

They moved to their home in August of 2019 from the Plano area and have been working on the property ever since. They have removed 4 trees and a shrub, trimmed the remaining trees and composted around them all. Next to the garden shed that has been stained, Bill built a raised gar-den and installed a fence around

it. Fill has been added and grass has been sewn. Besides planting new flowers around the foundation and under the trees, they’ve made major improvements to the front deck.

Many of the neighbors say they are always working in the yard and Bill says they aren’t finished yet. Their hard work shows. Congratu-lations!

The Bentleys will receive a $50 gift certificate to a Toluca business of their choice complements of The City of Toluca.

Bill And Aly Bentley Named Latest Winners Of Toluca’s Most Improved Yard Of The Month

Congratulations to Gene and Sue Rossetti, 202 N. Via Toma-celli, for being awarded the Toluca Coal Mine Association Yard of the Month.

In Sue’s own words, “our yard is the culmination of plants from previous homes we have lived in over the years. We have tried many different varieties of plants and then picked our favorites. When we were in Wisconsin we had many tea roses, but now we have over twenty knock-out and landscape roses because they are so much easier to care for.

“We also have over thirty hy-drangea bushes of different types and colors. The strawberry hydran-geas make wonderful cut flowers. For added color we incorporated

a mix of cone flowers, Shasta dai-sies, geraniums, moss roses,black-eyed Susans, petunias, Clematis, viburnum, coreopsis , and hybrid lilies. Our color scheme is always changing.

“As we were building our home, we sat down with Jason Knapp of Lawnscapes in Eureka and drew up our plan. He And his crew did a wonderful job of implementing it. Every year we add a little more with Jason’s help. Our yard is definitely a work in progress.” The planning and hard work have certainly paid off - it’s beautiful!

Sue and Gene have donated their $50 gift certificate that is do-nated by the City of Toluca to the Toluca Food Pantry.

Toluca Coal Mine Association Awards Yard Of The Month Honor to Gene And Sue Rossetti

The Toluca City Council met in regular session on Monday, Au-gust 10th, keeping social distanc-ing with Scott Richard presiding as mayor pro tem in Mayor Hank Zilm’s absence. With the Labor Day Committee recently cancelling the annual 4- day celebration due to the COVID 19 pandemic, the Toluca Business Association will now be sponsor-ing a smaller 2 day celebration with social distancing being part of the celebration. Business Asso-ciation president Andrew Nenne updated the council on the Labor Day Events. On Saturday, Septem-ber 5th there will be a volleyball tournament during the day and a band in the evening. On Sun-day, September 6th there will be breakfast at the Toluca American Legion, a Bocci Ball Tournament and a band in the evening. There will be a banner showing all the business or individuals sponsoring the weekend. There will be hand sanitizer stations available. All res-taurants will be open for business. The city voted on donating $1,000 to the Business Association to help sponsor the weekend. City Council passed the reso-lution adopting residential anti-displacement and relocation as-sistance plan under section of the housing and community develop-ment block program. The Council also passed an or-dinance to establish the water and sewer rates by raising the base sewer rate by $.95 per bill. Kevin Lindeman with (NCICG) North Central Illinois council of Gov-ernment told the Council that he has programs available to help the community with people who are

behind on payments with their mortgage or rent. The Council also established the town-wide clean-up date for Thursday, September 17. Watch the paper for further information as the date approachees. MediaCom has informed coun-cil that they are removing the NFL Red channels. The City has received one bid for the property that was known as the Toluca Garment property and council will decide if they will be accept or declined. The Council is waiting for the release of funds for different proj-ects and they are working on the EPA reports for the city. The Toluca Police department hired part time officer Jordan Ris-ley to take Garnder’s position. The chief has given council some pro-posed ordinances that will be dis-cussed at the next police meeting. The owner of a house on the 200 block of Oak Street is taking care of the lead issue and working with the Illinois Dept. of Public Health. New cameras have been issued and will be installed in different areas of town. It was recommend-ed to back the cameras up to the cloud. The police chief offered his res-ignation with regrets and is taking a position in Farmer City. He had a recommendation for his position and it will be discussed at the next police meeting on August 20th at 6:00 p.m. The city is looking into com-plaints by land owners in the Bay-less court about hemp being grown there. With no further business the meeting was adjourned.

Toluca City Council Hears Details OfA Scaled Back Labor Day Celebration

In the midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic, Eastern Marshall Coun-ty EMS has maintained normal op-erations despite various obstacles. Emergency calls have maintained normal volume concluding July with 48 calls.

To help minimize the transfer of any illnesses, the service has special precautions they take be-fore, during and after every call as part of their commitment to keep-ing community members healthy. With local COVID-19 positive

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Eastern MarshallCounty EMS Maintains Normal Operations Despite COVID-19 Virus

LAND TRANSFERSBryan Gibson, Michelle Gib-

son: Joseph Watson. Subdivision L=203, Outlots/Henry, C=HE, N 20’ S/L 5. L=223, Henry OT, C=HE. L=223 Henry OT, C=HE. L=203, Henry OT, C=HE, Pt S/L 5. L=203, Henry OT, C=HE, N 1/2 S/L 6. Wy Deed.

Grandmas Bar & Grill Inc.: Jo-seph Watson. Subdivision L=203, Henry OT, C=HE. S/L 1, S 1/2 of S 1/2 S/L 6. S/L 2, N 1/2 of S1/2 S/L 6 S/L3. Wy Deed.

Jeffrey S. Pufahl, Lynn A. Pu-fahl: Gary L. Hunt II. Subdivision L=229, Henry OT, C=HE, S 1/2. Wy Deed.

Esther Hook: Jacob J. Hook. Sections Q=SENE, S=24, T=030N, R=001E, W 50’ of 200’

MARRIAGE LICENSEBejamin S. Friday and Kirstyn

L. OzgaCIVIL JUDGMENT

Paul Cotton (D). Cavalry Spv I, LLC (P). 8/11/20 judgment (P) $937.78

Row of RR, NE 1/4 of SE 1/4. Quit Claim.

Esther Hook: Craig W. Hook, Marcia L. Flahaven, Laura L. Sunken. Subdivision L=2, B=5, Taylor W. C=WE. Quit Claim.

Debra R. Rinne, Denise M. Tonarelli: Kelci Foltz, Justin Green. Subdivision L=6, Outlots/Henry, C=HE. Lt 7, S 1/2. Wy Deed.

Cynthia M. Bernardi: Reich-man Bros. & Assoc. Inc. Subdi-vision L=8, B=73, Santa Fe 1, C=TO. Trust Deed.

Tom Gravat: Crystal Forbes, Crystal Forbes Gravat. Subdivi-sion L=5, B=35, Lacon OT, C=LA. Quit Claim.

Lakeview Loan Servicing LLC: Phillip Burpee.Sections Q=SW, S=11, T=012N, R=009E, Pt. Lt. 9 Assessors S/D. Spec. Warr.

Bradley T. Reichman, Jen-nifer M. Reichman: Bradley T. Reichman, Jennifer M. Reich-man. Sections H=S, Q=SESW, S=29, T=029N, R=001E. Sections H=S, Q=SWSE, S=29, T=029N,

R=001E. Quit Claim.Stuart Hart, Heidi Hart: Jer-

emy Nighsonger, Brie Nighsonger. Subdivision L=11, ASR Add Hen-ry, C=HE. Wy Deed.

Norma Jean North, Norma Jean Dollinger: Dawn M. Bachman. Subdivision L=20, 22, B=60, San-ta Fe 1, C=TO. Wy Deed.

FINES LEVIEDDustin L. Eaves 3/14/20 by

County Traffic “leaving the Scene” 8/10/20, fine $600.

Dustin L. Eaves 3/14/20 by County Traffic “fail to reduce speed” 8/10/20 fine $257.

Kyle A. Huebsch 6/9/20 by La-con “fail to reduce speed” 8/7/20 fine $164.

Norissa L. Nugent 6/30/20 by County Traffic “driving 21-25 mph above limit” 8/9/20 fine $164.

Michael R. Rooney 4/22/20 by Varna “driving 21-25 mph above limit” 8/10/20 fine $375.

Keith A. Sheber 2/2/20 by Wenona “improper turn signal” 8/10/20 fine $270.

Over the last several months, Marshall County Sheriff’s Depu-ties have conducted a narcotics investigation targeting the sales of Methamphetamine throughout Marshall County and surrounding areas.

In this instance, Deputies be-came aware of Venus R. Durbin, of Rutland, and conducted multiple undercover purchases throughout the course of the arrest warrant being issued for Durbin. In the morning hours of August 12, 2020, Marshall County Deputies took Durbin into custody where she was transported to the Marshall County Jail in lieu of $50,000 bond.

As always, this information is solely to provide accurate accounts of this case. As in all criminal cases, the defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

Marshall County Sheriff’s Dept. Makes Arrest After Narcotics Investigation