La Grange Police Chief David Gilbreath reports on the following incidents his department responded to during the week of July 21-28. Animal Complaint On July 22, Officer Noah Geer was dispatched to the 1000 block of N.

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As of Aug. 23, the total intake at the Gardenia E. Janssen Animal Shelter for 2024 is 1,092: 465 dogs and 627 cats in need. As of Aug. 23, the shelter has 115 animals in care: 45 dogs/70 cats. This number includes animals in the facility, in foster care for medical, waiting on available space, or awaiting transport to rescue partner.

The week will start off in Weimar on Tuesday, Sept. 3, at the First United Methodist Church on the corner of St. Charles and College St. After a morning of coffee, social time and games, seniors will enjoy a meal of hamburger steak, potatoes and veggies by Amanda Kridel, and dessert brought by Darlene Williams.

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Two library books that were presented at the June meeting of the LGISD school board were removed Monday from the new library materials order lists. The books that were removed from the list were “The Reappearance of Rachel Price” by Holly Jackson and “The Getaway List” by Emma Lord at the request of board members Calvin Mersiovsky and Anthony Wessels.

Each year the La Grange I.S.D. Administration reviews the pay of the district’s current employees and makes a pay raise recommendation to the board for staff. Current pay schedules are analyzed and assessed to determine the external market analysis and includes pay ranges of peer school districts and the analysis of the district’s ability to recruit, hire, and retain quality employees to positions. The Board approved the following recommendations for salary adjustments for teachers, administrators, professional staff, paraprofessional/clerical and auxiliary staff who were employed in the District for the 2023-2024 school year.

A steady stream of cement trucks rolled onto Fayetteville’s Square beginning at 5 a.m. last Saturday, August 24.

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Several citizens spoke at Monday’s La Grange City Council meeting about the proposed US 77 Bypass. Patrick McClaugherty and Robin Stait, who have appeared before the Council before on this topic, both reiterated their reasons for opposing the proposed reroute of US 77 to avoid the Bluff.