Susan Sarkauskas
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Batavia borrowing criticized, but only by 2Jan 17, 2011 10:00 pm - Many people were upset in November with how the Batavia Park District proposed to borrow money to build a recreation center. Besides speaking at meetings and venting onl...
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2nd sculpture considered for Batavia bridgeJan 17, 2011 12:00 am - The Batavia City Council will consider Tuesday whether to put a second sculpture on the Wilson Street bridge. The bridge was designed with spots for four sculptures, wit...
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Unpaid toll results in $1 million pot bustJan 17, 2011 12:00 am - Failing to signal a lane change and to pay a 60-cent toll may cost two men a lot more than traffic fines. When a Kane County Sheriff’s deputy stopped them at 8:15 a.m. J...
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Hot pot causes fire at HolmstadJan 17, 2011 12:00 am - Careless cooking caused a fire Sunday night in an apartment at the Holmstad retirement community in Batavia. A resident had taken a hot pot of soup off an electric burne...
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Batavia Park District considers borrowing $440KJan 14, 2011 3:00 pm - The Batavia Park District is proposing to borrow $440,000 to pay for sites, buy equipment and maintain and develop properties. The park board will conduct a public heari...
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Elgin man takes deal on pot, animal cruelty chargesJan 14, 2011 2:28 pm - An Elgin pot-grower keeping 22 sick and starving pit bull dogs pleaded guilty Friday to charges of production of cannabis and cruelty to animals. Alejandro Campos-Rivera...
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Man in custody in St. Charles home invasion caseJan 12, 2011 10:00 pm - An Elburn man wanted on charges of home invasion and attempted murder of an ex-girlfriend has turned himself in, police said Thursday. Mario M. Bocanegra, 29, was taken ...
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Attorney says mother of injured St. Charles 2-year-old also a victimJan 12, 2011 10:00 pm - A St. Charles woman charged with aggravated battery because, according to prosecutors, she did nothing to stop her boyfriend from beating her child, should not be held l...
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Bail reduced in South Elgin pot-shipping caseJan 12, 2011 10:00 pm - Bail was reduced Thursday for a California man accused of shipping 82 pounds of marijuana to himself in South Elgin in December. Kane County Judge Timothy Sheldon agreed...
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Sugar Grove voters to ponder electrical costsJan 11, 2011 10:00 pm - Sugar Grove residents will decide in April whether to let the village negotiate the cost of electricity for them. The village board Tuesday voted to put a referendum que...