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Batavia cuts prices for park programs
By Susan Sarkauskas | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 11/21/2009
A "Recession Relief" program of free and reduce-price programs for the Batavia Park District appears to have been successful in increasing participation. FULL STORY

Batavia group seeks lights, volunteers for Yule decor
By Susan Sarkauskas | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 11/20/2009
Once you're through stringing the Christmas lights on your house, perhaps you could lend a hand to lighting up downtown Batavia. FULL STORY

Braeburn Marsh scheduled burn next week
By Susan Sarkauskas | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 11/20/2009
A controlled burn to rid Braeburn Marsh of invasive cattails has been scheduled for next week. Applied Ecological Services will clear the vegetation Monday through Wednesday if weather permits. If it doesn't, the company will try again Nov. 30 to Dec. 4. FULL STORY

Batavia mayor optimistic about commerce
By Susan Sarkauskas | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 11/18/2009
Batavia Mayor Jeff Schielke chose to focus on positive things during his annual "state of the city" address to the Batavia Chamber of Commerce Tuesday morning. FULL STORY

Pedestrian still hospitalized after weekend crash in Batavia
By Susan Sarkauskas | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 11/18/2009
An Aurora man remained hospitalized Tuesday after he was injured Saturday night while walking across Randall Road at Wilson Street in Batavia. FULL STORY

Batavia beach to get 'emergency' repairs
By Susan Sarkauskas | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 11/18/2009
The Batavia Park District will make $86,000 worth of emergency repairs to Harold Hall Quarry Beach, so it can open again next year. FULL STORY

Foundation gives Geneva schools $58,000 for extras
By Susan Sarkauskas | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 11/18/2009
With this year's donations, the Geneva Academic Foundation has passed the $1 million mark in grants to support Geneva public schools. FULL STORY

For local Marine, there's no place like home
By Susan Sarkauskas | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 11/17/2009
Friends, relatives, neighbors and even strangers welcomed Lance Cpl. Eddie Perez home to St. Charles Monday night. FULL STORY

Batavia approves ban on video gambling
By Susan Sarkauskas | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 11/17/2009
Batavia, too, has banned video gambling. Not so much because the city council has issues with the morals of gambling, but rather because it doesn't like the way the state is regulating the industry and that the state has turned to gambling to solve the problem of paying for capital improvements such as road and bridge repairs. FULL STORY

Elburn's Herra touched many lives
By Susan Sarkauskas | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 11/14/2009
If John "Jack" Herra wasn't at his plumbing business, you could find him at the Elburn firehouse. Or the American Legion. Or out hunting in Lee and Bureau counties. Or traveling the world. FULL STORY

Forum Saturday will discuss money, goals for Geneva schools
By Susan Sarkauskas | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 11/14/2009
The Geneva school district administration is conducting a two-hour forum Saturday on the district's long-range finances and educational goals. A group critical of the district's spending hopes the forum will become a regular thing. FULL STORY

Veterans get big 'thank you' from Geneva students
By Susan Sarkauskas | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 11/12/2009
Geneva middle school students paid tribute to U.S. veterans Wednesday, in a ceremony and in their classrooms. FULL STORY

Fermilab asking for neighbors' input in planning
By Susan Sarkauskas | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 11/12/2009
Fermilab is looking for advice from its neighbors. It is compiling a community advisory board to help make plans for the accelerator laboratory's future, particularly when its famous Tevatron accelerator ceases operations in 2010. FULL STORY

Geneva on the hunt for water leaks
By Susan Sarkauskas | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 11/11/2009
Geneva officials want to know: Where is all the water disappearing to? FULL STORY

Geneva may require permits for window, door replacements
By Susan Sarkauskas | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 11/11/2009
Geneva wants to make it crystal clear that building permits are needed to replace windows and exterior doors anywhere in town. FULL STORY

Geneva couple wins service award
By Susan Sarkauskas | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 11/11/2009
Geneva Alderman Sam Hill and his wife, Carolyn, are good sports. You can see that in the video playing this fall on the city's Web site and cable television Channel 10, made in an attempt to improve leaf pickup after a couple of difficult seasons. FULL STORY

Objections filed in Congressional, state races
By Susan Sarkauskas | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 11/10/2009
Several Kane County residents running for Congress, the state House and the state Senate face objections to their candidacies in the Feb. 2 primary election, according to the State Board of Elections. FULL STORY

Kaneland teachers asked to renegotiate raises
By Susan Sarkauskas | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 11/10/2009
Kaneland school board member Diane Piazza said she feels "solidified" in her vote last year against a teacher's contract. FULL STORY

3 minor injuries in Batavia factory fire
By Susan Sarkauskas | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 11/9/2009
A smoldering fire in a powder-packaging machine and a ventilation system injured three workers Monday morning in Batavia, fire officials said. FULL STORY

Batavia has home rule; now, what will it mean?
By Susan Sarkauskas | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 11/7/2009
Batavia assumed additional authority this week, and now has to decide what to do with it. First on the mayor's list: Instituting a program to license and inspect rental and multifamily housing. FULL STORY

Proposed North Aurora bike path hits another snag
By Susan Sarkauskas | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 11/6/2009
A bicycle path that would have connected the Kane Mid-County Trail on the west side of North Aurora to the Fox River Trail is going nowhere. FULL STORY

Sugar Grove workers to get unpaid days off
By Susan Sarkauskas | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 11/6/2009
Sugar Grove will shut village offices for two days and send 25 employees home without pay as it tries to keep a spending hole from getting bigger. FULL STORY

North Aurora cuts residential building fees
By Susan Sarkauskas | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 11/5/2009
North Aurora decided this week to keep it simple when it comes to cutting the price of residential building and impact fees. FULL STORY

Food pantry to open in Sugar Grove
By Susan Sarkauskas | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 11/5/2009
Melisa Taylor is marveling this week at the generosity of Sugar Grove-area residents. FULL STORY

Elburn man charged with sexually abusing woman passed out at party
By Susan Sarkauskas | Daily Herald Staff
Posted 11/5/2009
An Elburn man has been charged with felony criminal sexual abuse, accused of putting his hand inside the undergarment of a female who was passed out at a party. FULL STORY

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