Kane County
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Learn about wheelchair basketball at free clinicsDec 20, 2021 10:00 pm - The Fox Valley Special Recreation Association in Aurora is partnering with Kishwaukee Special Recreation Association in DeKalb, Lincolnway Special Recreation Association...
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Cooking up new skills: Kane County detainees take chef's class in jail kitchenDec 20, 2021 12:00 am - Holding a white-handled paring knife, chef Porfirio Roman-Ramirez showed his class of five how to cut bell peppers to the right size for roasting. "Not too big, not too ...
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Authorities denounce school threats after West Aurora hoaxDec 17, 2021 12:00 am - On a day that school districts across the country were on high alert because of a vague threat on TikTok, Aurora-area leaders came together Friday night to reassure the ...
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Blackberry Township to have referendum on garbage pickupDec 17, 2021 12:00 am - Blackberry Township residents will decide in June whether to have one company pick up all residential garbage in unincorporated areas. The township board voted earlier t...
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Kane County property transfers for Sept. 14 to Oct. 18, 2021Dec 17, 2021 12:00 am - Algonquin $415,000; 310 Lake Plumleigh Way, Algonquin; Sold on Oct. 1, 2021, by Kenneth J Mcclintock to Shengtong Dong $360,000; 341 Diamond Back Way, Algonquin; Sold on...
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Man shoots dog to save woman from attack near St. CharlesDec 16, 2021 12:00 am - A woman sustained serious injuries Tuesday morning when she was attacked by two large dogs near St. Charles, the Kane County sheriff's office reported. She was saved whe...
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Kane County jail reforms shrink number of inmates, end long incarcerationsDec 16, 2021 12:00 am - The number of people locked up in Kane County's jail shrank by a third over the past few years, saving millions of local tax dollars per year. But leaders of the county'...
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Feder: After signing off at WBBM, Julie Mann takes job with Kane CountyDec 15, 2021 12:00 am - Julie Mann, the beloved newsroom leader and managing editor who just signed off after 25 years at Audacy all-news WBBM 780-AM/WCFS 105.9-FM, is on to her new adventure. ...
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Kane County Board wants mass vaccination site to stay open, Dems trade blameDec 14, 2021 12:00 am - With the surprise announcement last week that Kane County's COVID-19 mass vaccination site would close this week, county board members scrambled to keep the shots flowin...
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Elgin woman killed in crash near HampshireDec 14, 2021 12:00 am - Editor's note: An earlier version of this story had an incorrect spelling of the name of the woman who was killed. An Elgin woman was killed Tuesday morning in a cr...