Susan Sarkauskas
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Long list of animal-welfare skirmishes for Elburn manNov 02, 2013 8:00 am - Protesting the sale of puppies from the back of a pickup truck is the latest in a long list of efforts to protect animals that Steve Hindi of Elburn has taken. The man w...
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Puppies sold out of pickup in Elburn draws activist’s fireNov 02, 2013 8:00 am - An animal-welfare activist is making an issue of an instance in which a man was videotaped selling puppies out of the bed of his pickup truck this summer in downtown Elb...
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Kane chairman sticking to guns on vetting of coroner increaseOct 31, 2013 1:56 pm - Kane County Coroner Rob Russell is disputing the notion he didn’t give the county board adequate warning that his office was going to exceed its budget. Russell said Wed...
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How one Kane County school bucked the oddsOct 31, 2013 5:30 am - Kaneland John Stewart Elementary School bucked the odds this year. The Elburn school managed to make “adequate yearly progress” on its state report card, one year after ...
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Batavia considers expanding rental-housing monitoring programOct 30, 2013 5:00 am - Batavia plans to make its test Crime-Free Rental Housing Program a permanent thing. It is also going to rename the effort, and add inspections of properties to it. Alder...
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Charlestowne Mall revamp plan moves forwardOct 29, 2013 5:30 am - The redevelopment of the Charlestowne Mall in St. Charles moved forward Monday night, as the city's planning and development committee approved a conceptual site plan. I...
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Russell, Lauzen again don’t see eye to eye on budget mattersOct 26, 2013 8:00 am - The disagreement over money matters between Kane County Coroner Rob Russell and county board Chairman Chris Lauzen widened Friday when Russell’s request for an extra $87...
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Larkin Center seeks county cash for staff’s final paychecksOct 25, 2013 2:04 pm - The Larkin Center mental health services agency in Elgin is asking Kane County for help paying its remaining employees for the next week, as it wraps up work after its s...
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North Aurora looks at future housing needsOct 24, 2013 5:59 pm - If current demographic trends continue, the North Aurora of 2040 will have a lot more senior citizens falling into the category of households making $35,000 or less a ye...
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Donations leading to Batavia ballfield improvementsOct 23, 2013 3:00 pm - The proposed $13 million renovation of the Batavia High School athletic fields will begin soon with the varsity baseball field, because a business and two sports groups ...