Kane County
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6 parks and preserves where you can do more than just picnicMay 22, 2018 6:00 am - Although summer doesn't officially begin until June 21, the upcoming three-day weekend seems to serve as the unofficial kickoff to the season. In addition to Memorial D...
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10 years in prison for heroin, weapons possession for arrest near ElginMay 22, 2018 1:00 am - A 33-year-old Wisconsin man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty to possessing nearly $10,000 of heroin, a gun and other contraband during an A...
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Fox River flooding expected to continue through FridayMay 21, 2018 1:00 am - Flooding along portions of the Fox, DuPage and Des Plaines Rivers that began over the weekend will continue this week until Friday, according to statements from the Nati...
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Cancer center volunteer pays it forward after husband's death in 2001May 19, 2018 1:00 am - Over the past 13 years, Dorothy Carlson has greeted hundreds of clients and their families as a volunteer at the LivingWell Cancer Resource Center in Geneva. “Cancer is ...
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Not all favor giving county clerk free rent in downtown AuroraMay 18, 2018 1:00 am - Plans are developing to bring a new, full-service branch of the Kane County clerk's office to Aurora just down the street from city hall, with aldermen considering givin...
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Annual Garden Party supports Fox Valley Hands of Hope's workMay 17, 2018 11:00 pm - Volunteers make the engine known as Geneva-based Fox Valley Helping Hands hum. And the volunteer piece is what keeps DeKalb resident and Geneva businesswoman Lenore Kula...
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Mentally ill woman gets 25 years in prison for stabbing sister in CarpentersvilleMay 17, 2018 1:00 am - A 57-year-old woman was sentenced to 25 years in prison Thursday after pleading guilty, but mentally ill, in the fatal 2014 stabbing of her sister. Sandra L. Baumgartner...
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Kane finance committee head: No added funds for striking court workers' raisesMay 17, 2018 1:00 am - Striking Kane County probation officers repeatedly have urged Chief Judge Susan Clancy Boles to ask the county board for more money for salary increases. On Tuesday, Bol...
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Settlement clearing way for controversial drug treatment center near Campton HillsMay 17, 2018 1:00 am - The most-protested development in Campton Hills' history is poised to move forward. Kane County officials confirmed Thursday there will be a vote to settle a pending la...
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Woman who stole more than $100,000 from North Aurora company gets jail, probationMay 17, 2018 1:00 am - Saying she violated her employer's trust, a Kane County judge Thursday sentenced a woman to 180 days in jail, four years of probation and ordered her to pay $155,767 in ...