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The Geneva school board has until July 18 to formally tell Geneva aldermen what sites' property taxes it wants excluded from a potential new tax-increment financing fund for part of the city's downtown.
Aldermen made it clear Monday night that they ...
Updated: Jun 30, 2016 at 10:46 AM
From the rebranded Festival of the Fox in St. Charles (with the annual dragon boat races) to the Lombard Ale Fest to the Elk Grove Village Art in the Park, there's no shortage of fun to be had this weekend.
This weekend
Chicago Blues Festiv...
Updated: Jun 14, 2016 at 12:26 PM
It's time to start planning to separate Depot Pond from the Fox River, Batavia Park District and city officials agreed Tuesday night during a joint meeting of aldermen and park commissioners.
That way, the two agencies will be prepared for the day t...
Updated: Jun 01, 2016 at 05:32 PM
St. Charles officials tore down a virtual dam impeding the transformation of the city's portion of the Fox River into a recreational water haven Monday night. Now they'll see if science supports the tearing down of an actual dam on the water.
Alderm...
Updated: May 25, 2016 at 06:37 AM
Geneva Mayor Kevin Burns has suggested making a deal with the Geneva school district over two properties in a proposed downtown tax-increment financing district, to mollify the school district's dislike over potentially missing out on increased prop...
Updated: May 24, 2016 at 12:51 PM
Elgin
• Garrett Paulus, 37, of the 700 block of Murray Avenue was charged with burglary to motor vehicle, police officials said. He was arrested after officers saw a man, later identified as Paulus, enter an unlocked vehicle about 1 a.m. Tuesda...
Updated: May 13, 2016 at 04:34 PM
St. Charles aldermen have not yet bought into plans to make the Fox River the centerpiece of the city's downtown. But the ante just became a lot cheaper.
Members of the city's Active River Task Force believe a riverwalk that allows access to the wat...
Updated: May 04, 2016 at 05:56 PM
I am not exaggerating when I tell you that many emails I receive ask about the locations of the ponds I find and fish.
I am honest and quite blunt with you when I tell that I have gone through many tanks of fuel while driving around the metro area a...
Updated: Mar 24, 2016 at 03:31 PM
"I wonder what that 'cosmic punch' really is."
"So, now it's even illegal to win a free game on a pinball machine?"
"I wish we could do something to stop pneumonia."
These are some of the comments Elgin area people might have made after reading Elgi...
Updated: Mar 18, 2016 at 10:58 AM
Has the conversation changed on the benefit of building dams and disrupting river flows? The subject of dam removal and the role dams have played is the topic of the 2014 documentary film "DamNation," to be shown at 7 p.m. Thursday, March 10, at th...
Updated: Feb 23, 2016 at 03:51 PM