Field and brush fires kept fire fighters across the area busy over the weekend.
In Ottawa, there was a fire along the Fox River between Norris Dr. and the CSX Railroad track Saturday afternoon. Fire fighters from Wallace, Naplate, and Grand Ridge helped put it out. Ottawa fire fighters returned Sunday when it flared up and a tree was on fire.
There was a brush fire along the Morris Blacktop at E. 25th Rd. north of Marseilles Saturday evening.
LaSalle’s fire department called for help putting out a field fire along E. 5th Rd. Sunday evening.
And some timber caught fire along U.S. 6 on the east side of Marseilles after someone’s leaf pile fire got out of control.