The business caters to any type of animal, from dogs and cats, to pigs, horses and alpacas.

When Minooka Community Policing Officer Denis Tatgenhorst saw the chamber announcement, he decided to contact the company and see if they would be willing to donate some food for Ruger.

To his surprise and the department’s delight, Brothers Company Supply agreed to feed Ruger for life.

The company is willing to donate food to any canine police unit, Dave Bankowski said.

“We talk to our manufacturers and we feed them for life,” he said.

Ruger’s owner and handler, Officer Matt Juras, said it’s a great thing the company does because Ruger, a 2-year-old Labrador, goes through about 40 pounds of dog food every three weeks.

Bankowski said the company is more than happy to do something for police departments.

“They do a great service for us, so we feel it’s good to do something back,” Bankowski said.

The department’s Citizen’s Police Alumni Association was the recipient of one of those gigantic checks from the Community Foundation of Grundy County.

In reality, the foundation’s donation will offset the cost of a new automatic external defibrillator (AED) to have in the village’s newly remodeled board room.

Foundation board member Lorraine Davidson and Program Director Devan Gagliardo presented the huge check to the Citizen’s Police Alumni Association and the village at the March 24 board meeting.

The Alumni Association had originally applied for a different grant through Morris Hospital, but the AED grant money formerly available had run out, Tatgenhorst said.