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Geneva Swedish Days Festival offers mobile app for convenience Jun 13, 2013 12:00 AM
Visitors of the Swedish Days Festival presented by Cadence Health will be able to use their smartphones to know who is playing on Central Stage, where you can find Swedish meatballs and what time the carnival closes.
Swedish Day to kick off at Good Templar Park June 16 Jun 13, 2013 12:00 AM
The 103rd annual Swedish Day will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, June 16, at Good Templar Park, 528 East Side Drive, Geneva. Gates open at 9 a.m. There will be an arts and crafts fair, folk dancers, Maypole celebration, live Scandinavian music, carnival games, Swedish mini-golf, children’s races, a 50/50 raffle and more.
Metro West Council of Government to hold 2013 legislative session review Jun 13, 2013 12:00 AM
The Metro West Council of Government will hold its Legislative BBQ and Session Review at 6 p.m. Thursday, June 27, at Elburn Lions Park. Steve Morrill and Curt Fiedler of Morrill & Associates will provide an overview of results of this year’s legislative session and how they affect municipalities.
LivingWell to host lecture on brain tumor research Jun 13, 2013 12:00 AM
The LivingWell Cancer Resource Center, 442 Williamsburg Ave., Geneva, will host “Bench to Bedside to Beam: New Research in the Management of Brain Tumors” from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.
ECC Relay For Life honors, remembers those touched by cancer Jun 12, 2013 12:00 AM
Elgin Communitiy College will hold its 11th Relay For Life fundraiser from 6 p.m. Friday to 6 a.m. Saturday, the culmination of a year of fundraising for the American Cancer Society. About 200 walkers will participate with several hundred more people expected to take part in games and activities along the side of the track. An opening ceremony will start at 7 p.m. Friday in the Visual and Performing Arts Center and Spartan Events Center parking lots at ECC, 1700 Spartan Drive, Elgin.
Respect the Flag when its life is over, says Waste ManagementJun 12, 2013 12:00 AM
The Stars and Stripes do not belong with trash, says leading waste services company
Hot Rods for Huntington's Disease! A Disease that needs to be heard of. Jun 12, 2013 12:00 AM
The world-famous Volo Auto Museum in Volo, Illinois will be the site of the first annual Hot Rods for Huntington’s Disease charity event.
Help Fox Valley Rep build a yellow brick road to pave the way for the youth of FVR's Performing Arts Academy Jun 12, 2013 12:00 AM
Fox Valley Repertory is hosting a fundraiser in which patrons, families, and businesses can purchase a yellow brick to wish the cast good luck or advertise a businesses' products and services. All proceeds of brick sales will go towards offsetting the cost of putting on FVR's Performing Arts Academy Youth Ensemble's summer musical, "The Wizard of Oz." All yellow bricks sold will be featured in the Pheasant Run Mainstage lobby during the show, which will run July 20 - 28 2013.
Geneva man faces heroin charge after coffee shop arrest Jun 11, 2013 12:00 AM
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 W. State St.
Geneva school items put to good use in Aurora, Elgin Jun 11, 2013 12:00 AM
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.
Geneva schools consider increase in education fund spending Jun 11, 2013 12:00 AM
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.
Unlikely pen pals with seniors and Geneva third-gradersJun 11, 2013 12:00 AM
Residents of senior living community GreenFields of Geneva and 23 local Geneva area 3rd graders became pen pals.
Literacy volunteers needed to help adults learn EnglishJun 11, 2013 12:00 AM
Literacy Volunteers Fox Valley needs volunteers to help teach English to the 30-plus adults who are waiting to learn.
Dance around the Maypole at Geneva’s Midsummer Festival Jun 10, 2013 12:00 AM
You don’t have to be Scandinavian to enjoy the 103rd annual Swedish Day Midsummer Festival, but it helps if you have a healthy appreciation for such traditions as Maypole raising, Swedish meatballs, folk music and dancing.
Lend a hand with farm chores at Garfield Farm’s 1840s Day Jun 10, 2013 12:00 AM
On Sunday, June 16, from noon to 4 p.m., visitors can discover what life was like over 160 years ago during Garfield Farm Museum’s 1840s Day. The event offers children and adults the opportunity to learn about their rural heritage through guided tours and period demonstrations.
Geneva sued for fallen tree limb that caused house fire Jun 10, 2013 12:00 AM
An insurance company is suing the city of Geneva for $650,000 in damages, claiming the city was negligent in failing to remove a tree after a fallen branch had landed on a home's power lines. The second time this occurred, the suit says, an electrical fire occurred at the house in August.
Images: The Week in Pictures Jun 10, 2013 12:00 AM
This edition of The Week in Pictures features a few end-of-the-school-year activities and beginning-of-the-summer activities as well.
Historic GM concept cars to exhibit at Geneva Concours Aug. 25Jun 10, 2013 12:00 AM
The Geneva Concours d'Elegance has just announced that four of the rare GM Motorama Concept Cars of the 1950s, owned by the Bortz Auto Collection, will be on display at the show on August 25, 2013 in Geneva, Illinois.
Geneva man rekindles his first passion: Art Jun 9, 2013 12:00 AM
Dave Heun talks to Larry Johnson, who will open his own sculpting studio next month in Geneva. Now that he's retired from IBM, Johnson says he can go back to his first passion -- art.
Cougars fall to Kernels Jun 9, 2013 12:00 AM
The Cedar Rapids Kernels parlayed a pair of 4-run innings into an 8-4 victory over the Kane County Cougars on Sunday at Veterans Memorial Stadium.