Susan Sarkauskas
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Tear down Coultrap building, Geneva school task force saysMay 14, 2012 11:00 pm - Coultrap Elementary School should be demolished, a Geneva school district task force reported Monday. Renovating parts of it to move in the district's administrative st...
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Home improvement scammers hit St. CharlesMay 14, 2012 5:25 pm - A St. Charles couple are $3,700 poorer thanks to some home repair con artists. Police were called earlier this month to a house on South 13th Street. An 88-year-old woma...
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Batavia taking another look at open-burning lawMay 10, 2012 6:00 pm - Batavia city officials are re-examining the city’s open-burning law after residents questioned the reasoning behind some of its rules. The city services committee this w...
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Teachers, staff to be recognized in ceremony in St. CharlesMay 10, 2012 4:05 pm - The Kane County Regional Office of Education will bestow its annual awards Friday night at Pheasant Run’s Mega Center in St. Charles. Awards are given to elementary, mid...
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County studying traffic on Kirk for left turn banMay 10, 2012 11:01 am - Kane County this week has been studying traffic on Kirk Road in Batavia to determine the potential effects of prohibiting left turns off Kirk on to Chillem Drive and...
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Geneva prepares for city hall’s centennialMay 10, 2012 10:36 am - Geneva is getting ready to celebrate the centennial of its city hall with a party May 19. In advance of that, the city’s preservation planner, Karla Kaulfuss, compi...
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Batavia fireworks committee seeks donationsMay 09, 2012 4:13 pm - It was a win some, lose some weekend for fundraising for the Batavia Fireworks Committee. On the one hand, more sellers than ever registered for the Communitywide Garage...
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Fulbright grant goes to NIU seniorMay 09, 2012 3:33 pm - A Geneva woman has become the latest Northern Illinois University student to win a Fulbright U.S. Student Grant. Senior Nora Beresford Lindvall, the university’s to...
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New plan proposed for old Pure Oil building in GenevaMay 09, 2012 12:37 pm - The former Pure Oil service station in downtown Geneva could be converted to three drive-up lanes for a bank, under a new plan filed with the city. The Historic Preserva...
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North Aurora’s planned spending slightly upMay 08, 2012 6:48 pm - North Aurora’s proposed village budget for 2012-13 calls for 3.5 percent more spending in its general fund compared to the 2011-12 fiscal year. But it also calls for spe...