Kane County
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Fox Valley police reportsJan 03, 2019 12:00 am - Kane County • Abby L. West, 36, of the 100 block of Prairie Street, Genoa, was and charged with driving under the influence of alcohol, no insurance and failure to ...
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Living with ALS: How St. Charles family rallies to care for dadJan 02, 2019 10:00 pm - It's been an extremely rugged three years for the Ferreira family members of St. Charles, but it was important for me to reach out to them in hopes of sharing their expe...
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Kane County sheriff books himself into jail, to see what complaints are aboutJan 02, 2019 12:00 am - Ron Hain of Sugar Grove exchanged his clothes for a Kane County jail uniform Wednesday evening. He got a blanket and a mattress, with a built-in pillow, and shuffled off...
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New Kane County board member wants to end colleagues' insurance benefitsJan 02, 2019 12:00 am - Health and dental benefits for county board members cost Kane County taxpayers nearly $240,000 in 2018. That's an expense new county board member Mo Iqbal labeled "corr...
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Officer assault prompts 'shakedown' of 2 Kane County jail podsDec 31, 2018 12:00 am - The Kane County SWAT team and corrections officers conducted a "shakedown" search of two Kane County jail pods Monday morning after a corrections officer was assaulted S...
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Geneva woman spreads contagious 'Laughter Yoga'Dec 28, 2018 12:00 am - There's no snow on the ground outside the Chesapeake Commons clubhouse in Geneva this Wednesday night, but there's a laugh-a-lanche going on inside. Lying on a yellow sm...
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Sugar Grove gas station robbedDec 28, 2018 12:00 am - A BP gasoline station at Route 47 and Jericho Road in Sugar Grove Township was robbed around 2:45 a.m. Friday, according to the Kane County Sheriff's Department. Two men...
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'I cried for a half-hour at the wall': Geneva Vietnam vet had to heal himself before helping othersDec 27, 2018 4:00 am - Swing by Geneva's American Legion Post 75 and there's a good chance you will see Dennis Enneking. The 72-year-old Geneva man and Vietnam veteran who fought in the Battle...
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Tidbits about Christmas throughout history in IllinoisDec 23, 2018 5:00 am - One might say Illinois had plenty to do with the Christmas holiday in the U.S. After all, it was Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th president of the U.S. and a resident of Galen...
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How suburban cops and the ATF are teaming up to track guns used in crimesDec 21, 2018 4:33 am - Every time someone shoots a semi-automatic gun, the weapon's firing pin, breech face and ejector leave unique marks on the casing of the bullet's cartridge. Like a finge...