OTTAWA, Ill. (AP) — LaSalle County officials cleared the way for expansion of a sand mine this week, voting to allow construction of a sand-processing and transportation facility.
The County Board voted 18-5 on Tuesday to approve a special-use permit for Northern White Sands to build the processing facility immediately west of its mine entrance in Utica, the News-Tribune in LaSalle reported (http://bit.ly/1ouhwWZ ).
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