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A judge has thrown out a wrongful-death lawsuit filed by the family of a Naperville man who drowned in August 2011 saving his girlfriend’s son from the boil created by the Geneva Dam along the Fox River.
The suit filed by relatives of Randy Suchy, 5...
Updated: Mar 23, 2013 at 04:11 PM
A plan for a new housing development for low-income and disabled people was approved by the South Elgin village board, despite a petition against it signed by more than 900 residents and business owners.
The board voted 5-1 on Tuesday night to grant...
Updated: Feb 20, 2013 at 12:13 PM
Charles “Chuck” Beckman Jr. of Batavia was passionate about taking care of the town in which he grew up.
That included a 16-year stint as a firefighter; fixing people’s vehicles as the founder of Chuck’s Garage; supervising children’s education as a...
Updated: Jan 22, 2013 at 10:19 AM
The Illinois Department of Natural Resources staff recently honored 124 volunteers who donated their services to Volo Bog State Natural Area, Moraine Hills State Park and McHenry Dam in 2012. Together they contributed 6,589 hours — another record nu...
Updated: Jan 02, 2013 at 12:34 PM
A proposed new housing development for low-income and disabled people in South Elgin is opposed by some residents and business owners who say downtown is not the right place for it.
Water’s Edge of South Elgin would be a 50-apartment, three-story bu...
Updated: Dec 24, 2012 at 09:05 PM
Batavia
Ÿ A wallet and a cellphone were stolen out of a customer’s jacket, which had been placed over a coat rack near the fitting rooms, between 8:35 and 8:53 p.m. Monday at the Goodwill store, 450 N. Randall Road. The jacket was found in the ...
Updated: Dec 12, 2012 at 04:57 PM
Submitted by Environmental Defenders of McHenry County
The Environmental Defenders of McHenry County and the village of Algonquin are sponsoring the fifth annual It’s Our River Day celebration and cleanup. The event will be from 1 to 4 p.m. Saturday...
Published: Sep 11, 2012 at 04:09 PM
A lawsuit filed by relatives of a Naperville man who died saving a boy from the Fox River at the Geneva dam in August 2011 will next be up in court in October.
The attorney for relatives of Randy Suchy, 59, who died saving a 12-year-old Bolingbrook...
Updated: Sep 07, 2012 at 03:39 PM
A judge will decide next week whether to dismiss a wrongful-death lawsuit filed by relatives of Randy Suchy, a Naperville man who drowned in August 2011 trying to save a boy who fell in the water near the Geneva dam along the Fox River.
Suchy, 59, d...
Updated: Sep 01, 2012 at 08:50 PM
If it’s not the major drought that has kept Illinois and the rest of the Midwest reeling from a lack of rainfall, the current dilemma of wildlife mixing poorly with humans is too often capturing newspaper headlines.
On the recommendation of the Kent...
Updated: Aug 01, 2012 at 09:37 PM