Batavia
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Basketball: Geneva boys, Batavia girls make rivalry night a split decisionDec 20, 2024 10:53 pm - Geneva knew that it wanted to get out quickly in its rivalry matchup against Batavia. And with the Vikings only leading by four points with the clock winding down in the ...
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The history of Christmas: Remembering the Rev. Beckmann and some of his best holiday loreDec 20, 2024 6:00 am - In the holiday spirit and in honor of the late Rev. William Beckmann’s passion for everything Christmas, Daily Herald columnist Dave Heun shares some of his thoughts, observations and lessons about this most wonderful time of the year.
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Boys wrestling: Batavia uses eight consecutive match victories to take down GenevaDec 19, 2024 10:06 pm - Batavia wrestling coach Tom Arlis knows a thing or two about how important momentum is when it comes to high school sports. So when the Illinois Wrestling Coaches and Off...
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Tri-Cities Salvation Army receives two gold coins valued at over $5,000Dec 18, 2024 12:11 pm - Two gold coins worth over $5,000 were anonymously donated to Salvation Army kettles in Kane County this holiday season, continuing a long-standing tradition of surprise gold coin gifts to help fund operations.
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Owners of Al Capone’s former speakeasy embrace pot infusion; no plans to reopenDec 18, 2024 8:54 am - A co-owner of the former location of the now closed Al Capone’s Hideaway & Steakhouse said the property at 35W337 Riverside Drive, Saint Charles Township, is not a priority right now — but a cannabis infusion business is.
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Illinois State Police to conduct night patrols in JanuaryDec 17, 2024 12:17 pm - Illinois State Police will conduct nighttime enforcement patrols in Cook, Will, DuPage, and Kane counties during January.
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Girls basketball: Crane’s big third quarter helps Batavia hand St. Charles North first lossDec 16, 2024 10:37 pm - Batavia needed some sort of pick-me-up in the second half Monday. After entering halftime only down by one against St. Charles North, the Bulldogs were looking for a way ...
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Daily Herald photo contest winners for November 2024Dec 15, 2024 4:00 am - Our top images for the month of November in the Daily Herald’s reader photo contest range from the wonders of the world, like the ancient pyramids in Giza or mountain ranges in New Zealand, to the small scenes of beauty found on a city street.
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Shodeen fines snowball to more than $41K for blacksmith shopDec 14, 2024 4:59 pm - With fines over its property code violation ratcheting up to $41,250 — as of Dec. 10 — developer Shodeen filed a new court action to undo the city of Geneva’s effort to make a former blacksmith shop “weather tight.”
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49-year sentence for Elgin man convicted of sexually abusing childDec 14, 2024 3:04 pm - An Elgin man convicted in October of sexually assaulting a child received a 49-year prison sentence, the Kane County state’s attorney’s office announced Saturday.