Dave Heun
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Cigarette butts await Sunday morning strollers in downtown GenevaFeb 09, 2016 12:00 am - When the state banned smoking in restaurants, bars, bowling alleys and other public venues, those of us who don't smoke were happy to be able to go to these places witho...
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La Galerie in St. Charles to close in 2016Feb 03, 2016 10:00 pm - From the time it opened in the St. Charles Mall in 1987 to today, La Galerie art gallery has stayed true to its slogan - "Art for about any taste in about any price rang...
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Sixth Street School's absence leaves a gap in downtown GenevaFeb 02, 2016 12:00 am - Is it just me, or does anyone else have to refocus a bit on where they are when driving in the area that once housed Sixth Street School in Geneva? The school was demoli...
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Flashing yellow left turn signals ib Randall puzzle some driversJan 30, 2016 10:00 pm - No harm, no foul on this one. But I did almost rear-end a car that was sitting on Randall Road after coming to a complete stop, waiting to turn left on the new flashing ...
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Batavia turns back Streamwood upset bidJan 29, 2016 12:00 am - Because they upset Geneva more than a month ago for their only conference win, the Streamwood Sabres carry a reputation of "don't take them lightly." Host Batavia didn't...
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Apartment complex proposed for former St. Charles Mall siteJan 26, 2016 12:00 am - There's no other way to put this. A portion of the west side of St. Charles is suffering because nothing has happened for decades with the land that was once known and l...
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Geneva avenges loss to StreamwoodJan 22, 2016 12:00 am - It was sort of a like a pitchers duel in baseball, but that didn't equate to exciting boys basketball in the first half of host Geneva's Upstate Eight River Division gam...
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St. Charles golf course named bird-friendlyJan 20, 2016 10:00 pm - Being designated as a "Certified Audubon Cooperative Sanctuary" is a lofty award for a golf course, and Pottawatomie Golf Course in St. Charles has earned that status ag...
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Colonial Cafe marks 115 years in Tri-CitiesJan 19, 2016 12:00 am - If my math is correct, Colonial Café & Ice Cream has been delivering the goods around the Tri-Cities area for 115 years. And, by the goods, I mean great ice cream treats...
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Historic Sholes schoolhouse needs new paint jobJan 13, 2016 10:00 pm - Tom Sawyer certainly went to a one-room schoolhouse similar to Sholes School, the 1872 structure that sits in LeRoy Oakes Forest Preserve in St. Charles. If Mark Twain's...