Thirteenth Circuit probation office approves minutes, bills and departmental reports; discusses staffing and budgets

The Thirteenth Circuit-wide probation meeting in July 2025 approved the previous meeting minutes, accepted department reports and authorized payment of June bills while reviewing juvenile and adult caseloads and probation-fee collections across LaSalle, Bureau and Grundy counties.

Susan, probation department staff, presented statistics for June: LaSalle County had 107 active juvenile cases with 10 administrative cases, Bureau County 20 active juvenile cases with four administrative, and Grundy County 15 active juvenile cases with one administrative; circuit juvenile totals were 142 active and 15 administrative, and 157 youth on probation. For adult caseloads Susan reported LaSalle 499 active (274 administrative), Bureau 113 active (48 administrative) and Grundy 140 active (195 administrative), with circuit totals of 752 active, 517 administrative and 1,269 people on probation.

Susan also summarized…