Susan Sarkauskas
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Kaneland middle-school book fee may go upApr 16, 2015 1:00 am - Parents of Kaneland Harter Middle School students may pay 15 percent more for textbooks next school year, under a proposal the school board will vote on May 11. The fee ...
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Liquor law changes eyed in BataviaApr 15, 2015 5:30 am - Batavia liquor law says you can't buy a beer before 9 a.m. But for several decades, people attending the Batavia Vikings Ring Lodge's summertime fried-herring breakfasts...
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Several plead for more than one Kaneland High School art teacherApr 14, 2015 5:30 am - Several students, parents and teachers pleaded with the Kaneland school board Monday to reconsider a decision to have only one art teacher at Kaneland High School next s...
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After violent EF-4 tornado, 'little bitty town' was goneApr 11, 2015 7:30 am - It was mid-Friday afternoon, and Susan Meyer just wanted to go home and check on her chickens. The Fairdale resident had locked the four of them in their coop as a thund...
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Blackberry Township roads: Keep on patching, in wake of tax-hike lossApr 10, 2015 5:30 am - Voters still against tax hike for roadwork in Blackberry Twp.
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Fairdale area tornado was a violent EF-4 storm with winds up to 200 mphApr 10, 2015 1:00 am - A second person has died in the small farming community of Fairdale after violent tornadoes struck the town Thursday night. Jacklyn K. Klosa, 69, was found in the rubbl...
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'Keep dreaming, keep reading,' Oscar-winning actress Octavia Spencer tells Geneva kidsApr 09, 2015 1:00 am - When she was growing up, Octavia Spencer had trouble reading. Due to dyslexia, the words were jumbled, and she would have to start again and again, losing interest. But ...
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Batavia mayor wants festival kept downtownApr 08, 2015 5:30 am - The Windmill City Festival will move out of downtown Batavia this year, to a west side park, because of impending construction on Houston Street near its traditional sit...
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Geneva, Elburn, Sugar Grove count on full income tax in new budgetsApr 08, 2015 1:00 am - It's April and municipal leaders' minds have turned to budgets. The Geneva City Council and the Sugar Grove Village Board approved their 2015-16 budgets this week. Elbur...
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Elburn voters must OK raising sales tax to pay police pensions, mayor saysApr 07, 2015 5:30 am - Maybe, but voters must OK any increase