Batavia Lifestyle
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'In the right place at the right time': Aurora man honored for rescue of driver stuck on tracksNov 09, 2021 12:00 am - For an hour, Lewis Medina stood against the back wall during Tuesday's Kane County Board meeting, anxiously holding his wife Julie's hand the entire time as he waited to...
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Fun crafts highlight Changing Children's Worlds Foundation event in St. CharlesNov 05, 2021 6:00 am - Kim Svevo has spent the better part of three decades focusing on preventing child abuse and neglect. But a shift in focus from "fixing" kids who have suffered abuse to o...
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Aurora service club partners with Geneva hockey team to fight diabetesNov 01, 2021 11:00 pm - The Cosmopolitan Club of Aurora and Geneva-based Chicago Steel hockey team will partner to fight diabetes. Celebrating Cosmopolitan International Diabetes Day, the organ...
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Suburban Skyview: Harvesting corn in Kane CountyOct 31, 2021 6:00 am - Farmers are busy this time of year harvesting corn and soybeans, much of it in northern Illinois. Kane County is home to more than 333,000 acres of farmland and boasts s...
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New Mad Batter Bakery in St. Charles mixes family, creativityOct 29, 2021 6:00 am - St. Charles downtown and tourism planners years ago liked the concept of a big Scarecrow Festival every fall to not only please local residents, but also attract visitor...
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Local Knights host online sale for Christmas trees, greeneryOct 26, 2021 11:00 pm - The Knights of Columbus 2191 are holding their annual Christmas Tree & Greenery Sale online. Available this year are both balsam and Fraser fir trees, 6 to 10 feet high...
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Constable: Neither 8-tracks nor CDs nor virus can scratch vinyl marketOct 26, 2021 5:30 am - The technology has been around since 1878, when Thomas Edison opened his Edison Speaking Phonograph Co. and gave birth to the first 78 rpm gramophone records. By the 194...
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Steel Beam Theatre to host 'The Elephant in the Room' to benefit Batavia's All Dressed UpOct 24, 2021 11:00 pm - One of the local businesses hard-hit by the COVID-19 pandemic is All Dressed Up, the costume shop in Batavia, Illinois. Owned and operated by Julane Sullivan for the pas...
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Good News Sunday: St. Charles canine wins 'World's Cutest Rescue Dog Contest'Oct 24, 2021 7:30 am - This is Good News Sunday, a compilation of some of the more upbeat and inspiring stories published recently by the Daily Herald: Move over, Donnie Wahlberg and Jenny McC...
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How a former St. Charles statuary became a venue for intimate weddingsOct 22, 2021 6:00 am - In the summer of 2020, Karen and Lance Ramella had a good idea of what they wanted to do with the Johnson's Statuary property they had purchased in downtown St. Charles....