Susan Sarkauskas
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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 ...
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Batavia school lunch fees increasing to meet federal lawOct 23, 2013 5:15 am - Batavia school lunches are apparently too good a deal, by federal standards. To comply with federal law, the district has to raise the prices of its lunches. The school...
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Ecker Center to run former Larkin Center adult housing programsOct 21, 2013 8:42 am - The Ecker Center for Mental Health has taken on Larkin Center’s two adult residential programs, after the Center closed Friday. “People are being taken care of,” Ecker C...
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Lawsuit coming over N. Aurora mining expansion deal?Oct 21, 2013 12:00 am - Lawsuit coming over N. Aurora mining expansion deal?