Batavia
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Community invited to new mural unveiling at Batavia City Hall on Oct. 5Oct 02, 2024 12:49 pm - Batavia residents soon will be able to enjoy a new public art installation while strolling the riverwalk, with the completion of the Art on the Fox’s first mural series on city hall.
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Batavia City Council continues looking at dam removalOct 01, 2024 7:59 pm - More than a year after making plans to remove the Batavia Dam, city council members are budgeting $200,000 for a feasibility study to be conducted in 2025 before moving f...
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Who had the area’s top prep football performances in Week 5?Oct 01, 2024 6:00 am - This week’s High Five celebrates the area’s top prep football performances from the weekend.
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Batavia school board adopts new anti-bullying policiesSep 30, 2024 8:53 pm - To address student concerns, the Batavia Unit District 101 school board recently updated bullying policies to better align the district with new state standards. However, at least one board member argues the changes aren’t enough.
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Watch Kane County Board chair candidates Bell, Pierog meet with the Daily HeraldSep 30, 2024 5:50 pm - Kane County Board chair candidates Corinne Pierog and Lance Bell recently met with representatives of the Daily Herald Editorial Board to discuss a wide range of issues facing the county.
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Batavia couple celebrates 65 years of marriage at the place they made their vowsSep 30, 2024 12:51 pm - Lifelong Batavia couple Ronn and Pat Pittman returned this month to the place they wed to celebrate 65 years of marriage.
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How grants are helping Kane County manufacturers improve, be more competitiveSep 29, 2024 5:56 am - The Richards-Wilcox company of Aurora has been in business for 144 years, outlasting many sheet-metal businesses that once operated in the Fox Valley. So it must be doing something right. It is one of 20 companies that received $30,000 Lighthouse grants being administered by the Illinois Manufacturing Excellence Center.
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25 years and counting: How Working Bikes provides wheels to those in need locally and across the globeSep 28, 2024 9:01 am - Ever wonder how to route bikes from Mundelein to Malawi? Hampshire to Honduras? Lisle to Lesotho? Chicago-based nonprofit Working Bikes knows how to do just that, shipping over 9,000 used bikes last year.
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Batavia cruises past Wheaton North behind stifling defenseSep 27, 2024 11:16 pm - Whenever Batavia and Wheaton North face off under the lights, fans can expect a relatively close game, with five of the last contests being decided by fewer than 10 point...
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American Revolution patriot honored at grave-marking ceremony in AuroraSep 27, 2024 5:07 pm - On Sept. 14, community members gathered at Spring Lake Cemetery in Aurora to honor the life and legacy of Frederick Vaughan, a distinguished patriot of the American Revolution.