Susan Sarkauskas
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Clean energy group criticizes costs of new Illinois power plantAug 29, 2012 11:00 pm - Customers of the new Prairie State coal-fired electricity plant — including the electrical agencies to which Batavia, Geneva, St. Charles, Naperville and Winnetka belong...
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Kane likely losing federal, state TB fundsAug 28, 2012 11:00 pm - Earlier this year, the Centers for Disease Control cited Kane County's approach to dealing with a tuberculosis outbreak at an Aurora homeless shelter as a model to follo...
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Kane County considers higher tag fee for animalsAug 28, 2012 1:30 pm - People who don’t have their dogs and cats spayed or neutered could pay a higher Kane County animal-registration fee, under a plan the public health committee approved Tu...
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Burns has eye on fourth termAug 28, 2012 1:13 pm - Geneva Mayor Kevin Burns announced Tuesday he will seek a fourth consecutive term as mayor. “The opportunities and challenges to lead Geneva toward a more robust and res...
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Geneva council favors bank on historic Pure Oil siteAug 27, 2012 11:00 pm - Bank customers may be pulling through the bays of the former Pure Oil service station by next spring. The Geneva City Council is poised to approve a special-use permit t...
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Corn smut, drought and insects: tales from a community gardenAug 25, 2012 10:05 am - Smut. Drought. High winds. Infertility. Ravenous insects. I’ve battled them all this summer in my plot at the Community Gardens in Geneva. And I’ve heard from other gard...
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Elburn Station vote pushed to next monthAug 22, 2012 10:01 pm - The Elburn Station development annexation likely won’t be voted on until mid-September after the board postponed a vote Monday night. Village President Dave Anderson wan...
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Slipknot drummer, Chicago-based singer to make anti-bullying video in GenevaAug 22, 2012 6:27 pm - Slipknot drummer Shawn Crahan and two members of Sister Soleil, along with Geneva teenagers, are making a music video to send the message that bullying others isn’t ...
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NIU's first new dorms in 44 years - snazzy!Aug 22, 2012 4:15 pm - The last time Northern Illinois University opened new dormitories, state Treasurer Adlai Stevenson III spoke at the 1967 dedication ceremony, as the dorms were named aft...
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No referendum on video gambling in Sugar GroveAug 21, 2012 10:27 pm - Video poker won’t be on the ballot in Sugar Grove