Susan Sarkauskas
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Batavia student fees could rise $75 to help pay for ChromebooksApr 21, 2014 1:00 am - Outfitting Batavia students for the proposed 21st Century Learning Plan could cost parents an extra $75 per year per student. That would buy all students in third throug...
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Elgin man with violent history sentenced on cocaine chargeApr 18, 2014 1:01 am - An Elgin man who once nearly beat a convenience store clerk to death was sentenced Thursday to prison for selling cocaine near a public park. Kane County Circuit Judge J...
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Downtown Batavia water main replacement starts MondayApr 17, 2014 1:01 am - Expect a little difficulty getting down Houston Street in downtown Batavia next week. The city will start replacing a water main, from Batavia Avenue to Island Avenue, s...
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One fewer bus in proposed Geneva school budgetApr 17, 2014 1:01 am - The Geneva school district plans to sell back 26 full-size school buses and buy 25 new ones in a proposed 2014-15 transportation fund budget presented to the school boar...
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Gag order placed in animal neglect caseApr 17, 2014 1:01 am - Kane County Animal Control and sheriff's department workers are now prohibited from discussing details of a case in which an Elgin woman has been charged with animal cru...
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Developer withdraws plan to buy Batavia buildingApr 16, 2014 5:30 am - Batavia's wish to sell the Thomle Building at 2 E. Wilson St. has been dashed. Corcoran Commercial Real Estate of St. Charles is withdrawing its proposal because it coul...
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Winter blows Batavia snow removal budget for 2014Apr 16, 2014 1:00 am - Wintry weather has put a $239,000 beatdown on Batavia's snow removal operations in just the first three months of the 2014 fiscal year. The city council's committee of t...
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Geneva schools may stretch out debt, to keep payments levelApr 15, 2014 5:30 am - The Geneva school board Monday officially declared it is willing to stretch out the district's debt payments for four more years if it will help keep the amount of prope...
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Woman charged in Kane County animal neglect case gives up goatsApr 14, 2014 1:00 am - Stacy Fiebelkorn Monday volunteered to give up ownership of two goats, the last of the 90-plus animals seized from her last month. With that, Kane County Circuit Court A...
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Neglect-case animals making way to new homesApr 13, 2014 8:00 am - Kane County Animal Control workers are determined to make sure the animals involved in last month's animal neglect case won't end up in the same situation when they are ...