Susan Sarkauskas
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Geneva officials support food-charity campaignSep 04, 2015 1:00 am - Geneva officials are throwing their support to the Northern Illinois Food Bank, during its Hunger Action Month campaign. City leaders are collecting nonperishable food a...
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Batavia plans special resident meeting about electricity costsSep 03, 2015 1:00 am - The Batavia City Council is planning a special meeting Sept. 28 with utility customers to talk about their complaints about the cost of electricity produced by a coal pl...
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Batavia considering raising water ratesSep 02, 2015 5:35 am - Charging customers who use a lot of water in the summer, whether it is to water their lawns or fill their pools, would encourage water conservation and put a higher shar...
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Elgin man charged with threatening to blow up court clerk's officeSep 02, 2015 1:00 am - An Elgin man has been charged with threatening a public official by writing a note saying he was going to blow up the Kane County circuit court clerk's main office in St...
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Riverboat funds going to Kane County agencies hit lowest pointSep 02, 2015 1:00 am - The St. Charles Rowing Club has a vision for the Fox River Bluff East Forest Preserve that includes turning 700 feet of shoreline into a place to safely launch canoes, a...
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Prep work aims to make Geneva goal-setting less onerousSep 01, 2015 5:30 am - When it sets its 2016 goals in November, the Geneva City Council can refer to a cheat sheet on the city's strategic plan, developed to make the exercise less confusing a...
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Batavia school budget forecasts spending 2.7 percent moreAug 29, 2015 1:00 am - The Batavia school district has plans to spend about $87.68 million in fiscal year 2015-16, about 2.7 percent more than was budgeted for the previous year. Of that, $9.8...
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Geneva school superintendent's contract extendedAug 28, 2015 1:00 am - The Geneva School District 304 board has again extended the contract of Superintendent Kent Mutchler. The board voted 5-1 Monday to lengthen it a year, to June 30, 2019....
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Batavia school board revisits offering full-day kindergartenAug 25, 2015 11:00 pm - The Batavia school board decided Tuesday it is willing to re-examine offering full-day kindergarten again in response to interest from residents. But it was a lukewarm d...
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Geneva teachers get raises in new contractAug 25, 2015 5:00 am - The base pay for Geneva school district teachers will be increased 1 percent this year and 1 percent next year, under a new contract the school board approved Monday. Bu...