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Susan Sarkauskas

Staff Writer
  • Phone(847) 608-2724
  • Emailssarkauskas@dailyherald.com

Susan Sarkauskas started work at the Daily Herald in 1990 as a copy editor on the Neighbor desk; was an assistant city editor in the DuPage County bureau; then returned to the Neighbor production staff as the Daily Herald expanded into Elgin and Tri-Cities areas.

Responsibilities included editing copy, designing pages and, for several years, writing features about local houses of worship. In 2007, she became a reporter for the Tri-Cities, North Aurora and Kaneland areas. Before coming to the Daily Herald, Sarkauskas worked for several years for the Suburban LIFE Graphic newspaper as a reporter. Sarkauskas grew up in Woodridge, and now calls Batavia home. She is a graduate of Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. In her spare time, Sarkauskas has served on the governing council for her church, and was co-director for 10 years of its vacation Bible school. For several years, she was an advisory member of the board of a parochial school.

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Geneva parks seek input on master plan

Jun 19 2013 | 5:29 pm - The Geneva Park District wants residents' opinions about what it should do as it starts making a new master plan. A community meeting seeking input will be held Tuesday.

St. Charles bank manager pleads guilty to theft from client

Jun 14 2013 | 3:20 pm - The former manager of a St. Charles bank pleaded guilty Friday to stealing from one of its clients. Lynn Pranga was sentenced to 200 hours of community service, two years of probation, and has to repay $21,900.

Being green doesn't have to be boring, Batavia says

Jun 13 2013 | 4:46 pm - The annual Batavia Green Walk Saturday has grown, with plans for 70 exhibitors and vendors on all manner of topics related to healthful living, reducing waste, using less fossil-fueled energy and more.

Batavia, Geneva libraries’ annexation battle resurfacing

Jun 13 2013 | 2:53 pm - Did the Geneva Library annex a narrow piece of land to prevent the Batavia Library from annexing its land, or was it just the side effect of the Geneva Library pursuing its long-held objective of providing service to Geneva school district residents?

Geneva schools consider increase in education fund spending

Jun 10 2013 | 11:38 pm - The Geneva school district is tentatively proposing to spend $58.26 million in its education fund in the fiscal year that starts July 1, 2.89 percent more than it plans to spend this year.

Geneva man faces heroin charge after coffee shop arrest

Jun 11 2013 | 6:33 pm - A Geneva man already facing charges of delivering Ecstasy was arrested at a local Starbucks and charged with possession of heroin. Tyler E. White, 21, of the 300 block of North First Street, was arrested at 8:21 p.m. Monday at the Starbucks at 229...

Batavia council working out kinks in new committee plan

Jun 11 2013 | 11:06 pm - The Batavia City Council is trying out a different way of doing business, and getting used to a bunch of new faces and opinions, in a process that is still a little rough around the edges.

Geneva school items put to good use in Aurora, Elgin

Jun 11 2013 | 5:08 pm - The Geneva school district managed to raise a little cash with auctions of items from Coultrap School in April, to put toward the demolition of the building. And what it didn't sell, it gave to three grateful schools in Aurora and Elgin.

North Aurora back to ComEd, for now

Jun 10 2013 | 11:07 pm - North Aurora is dropping its electricity provider and going back to ComEd, at least through October, as ComEd prices are now cheaper.

Sugar Grove has new police chief

Jun 10 2013 | 6:00 pm - Sugar Grove has hired a new police chief, Pat Rollins. Rollins may be best known as the deputy chief in Lombard that made sure golfer Rory McIlroy made it to the Ryder Cup in time to play last year at Medinah Country Club.

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