Lauren Rohr
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Auction closes with $6 million final bid for Pheasant Run ResortFeb 12, 2020 12:00 am - An online auction for the Pheasant Run Resort in St. Charles ended Wednesday with a final bid of $6 million. The Ten-X Commercial real estate website indicated the resor...
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St. Charles plans to offer incentives to help Mediterranean restaurant build screened-in patioFeb 11, 2020 4:30 am - St. Charles is poised to award $45,000 in grant funding to help a downtown restaurant enhance its outdoor dining space. Owners of Eden on the River are hoping to make be...
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Original Beef Shack closes in St. Charles; franchise owners plan to reopen 'bigger and better''Feb 11, 2020 12:00 am - The founder of Beef Shack has closed the original St. Charles location, but franchise owners say they intend to open a "bigger and better" restaurant in town in the comi...
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Another delay in Zen Leaf recreational pot vote in St. CharlesFeb 11, 2020 12:00 am - St. Charles aldermen have again postponed their decision on whether a medical marijuana dispensary should also be allowed to sell recreational cannabis. The discussion h...
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'Band nerd for life': How Batavia teacher's lessons use 'Old Town Road,' basketballFeb 10, 2020 5:00 am - On a Wednesday morning before school, Lisa Hatfield stands in front of her fifth-grade band ensemble and leads the roughly 90 students in rehearsing the song “Old Town R...
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East Dundee panel wants to keep pot dispensaries away from downtownFeb 10, 2020 4:30 am - An East Dundee advisory panel has recommended that all recreational marijuana operations be kept out of the downtown district, saying the use would be more appropriate i...
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Pheasant Run online auction open until WednesdayFeb 10, 2020 12:00 am - An online auction for the Pheasant Run Resort in St. Charles opened Monday, with the starting bid set at $2 million. The 18.3-acre property at 4051 E. Main St. has been ...
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'It was part of our social life': Residents, ex-employees remember Pheasant Run's heydayFeb 08, 2020 12:00 am - There was a time when Pheasant Run represented St. Charles' future as a premier entertainment destination. Built in 1963 on what was once a dairy farm, the resort was th...
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Woman pulled from Algonquin house fireFeb 06, 2020 12:00 am - Firefighters rescued a woman from a house fire Thursday afternoon on the east side of Algonquin, officials said. Crews responded about 3 p.m. to initial reports of an al...
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East Dundee denies request for new liquor license, video gambling at gas stationFeb 05, 2020 12:00 am - An East Dundee gas station owner's plea to install video gambling machines has been rejected by village trustees, a majority of whom said they don't want to set a preced...