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High-risk inmates causing tougher job for Kane correctional officersFeb 15, 2019 5:25 AM - A review of Kane County jail inmates indicates the officials are doing a good job of filling the jail with people at high risk of re-offending or failing to show up to court. But the downside is corrections officers have mostly really difficult people they are overseeing, causing an uptick in workman's compensation claims.
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Neighbors tell Kane County where they don't want new morgue
Feb 13, 2019 6:13 PM - For the first time since declaring it an emergency situation, Kane County officials made progress on building a new coroner's facility Wednesday. Residents of St. Charles' Harvest Hills neighborhood lined up to tell county officials exactly where they don't want it built. -
Proposed site for Kane County morgue ignites tension
Feb 7, 2019 6:52 AM - Seven months ago, the stench of rotting bodies forced Kane County Board members to declare the need for a new coroner's facility an "emergency." But the latest roadblock in the project is a disagreement over the location of the facility. -
Four private properties on Kane County's demolition list
Jan 17, 2019 4:10 PM - The 2019 version of Kane County's demolition program will raze a home near an Algonquin school that's been the source of graffiti and crime for several years. -
Kane County owed $66 million but said to be unlikely to collect most of it
Jan 14, 2019 8:04 PM - Kane County has $66 million in unpaid court fines and fees, but circuit court clerk Tom Hartwell says the county is unlikely to collect most of that total. The $10 million court case management system the county bought a couple of years ago has not paved the way to better collections as officials hoped. -
Wait, did Kane County Board ever approve their own insurance benefits?
Jan 9, 2019 8:51 PM - Before Kane County Board members decide if they should eliminate their own taxpayer-subsidized insurance benefit, they have to figure out how they got it in the first place. -
Kane County locks in new union contract with KDOT TeamstersJan 8, 2019 6:00 PM - Teamsters employees who work for the Kane County Division of Transportation have a new, four-year contract after a unanimous vote by the county board Tuesday. Officials hope the deal will be a catalyst to bring other outstanding negotiations to a close.
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Proposed solar power facility in Plato Township fails first testJan 4, 2019 1:00 AM - A solar power farm hoping to set up panels in Plato Township failed to get a favorable nod from a Kane County Board committee this week after the township board and some adjacent neighbors opposed the plan.
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New Kane County board member wants to end colleagues' insurance benefits
Jan 2, 2019 9:47 PM - A new proposal would strip Kane County Board members of their health and dental insurance, but such ideas have not gone far when suggested in the recent past. -
New rowh ouses may be coming to Mill Creek near Geneva
Dec 18, 2018 4:28 PM - The developers of the Mill Creek subdivision near Geneva will abandon hopes of attracting commercial business and move ahead with a plan to build 17 single-family row houses.
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