Articles filed under Campton Township
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Garfield Farm founder left legacy of conservation in Kane CountyOct 10, 2018 1:00 am - In 41 years, the Garfield Farm and Inn Museum in Campton Hills expanded from 163 acres to 375 acres under the leadership of founder Martin Johnson, who died Sept. 11 at ...
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Tour 1850s brick home at Corron Farm Prairie FestSep 17, 2018 11:00 pm - A special dedication is planned for this year's Campton Township Prairie Fest to celebrate Corron Farm being listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Prairie...
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Kane County OKs drug treatment center to settle federal lawsuitAug 14, 2018 1:00 am - Despite impassioned pleadings from constituents and Kane County Board Chairman Chris Lauzen, the county board Tuesday agreed to let Maxxam Partners LLC open a controvers...
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Help Corron Farm raise $7,000 for stewardship challenge grantAug 13, 2018 10:00 am - The Corron Farm Preservation Society has been notified by the Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation, www.IllinoisCleanEnergy.org, that the foundation has approved a...
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Kane County zoning board votes against drug rehab facilityAug 08, 2018 5:33 am - With new concerns Tuesday adding to more than five years of public testimony and votes by governmental bodies rejecting it, a would-be drug and alcohol treatment center ...
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Kane's Lauzen: Drug treatment facility firm, state's attorney are incompetent, dishonestAug 03, 2018 5:30 am - Behind-the-scenes criticism labeling Kane County State's Attorney Joe McMahon's defense against a lawsuit as "flaccid" may play a role in a late effort to prevent a drug...
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After decree on drug treatment facility, Kane County residents ask, 'What now?'Aug 02, 2018 1:00 am - The third attempt to bring a new addiction treatment facility to Kane County began Wednesday night in much the same way as the first two attempts, except for a new eleme...
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Modern milking: How a Campton Hills dairy farm went high-techJun 19, 2018 11:00 pm - Except for watchmaking, raising cows and bottling their milk used to be the biggest of all industries in the Elgin area. But the census numbers make the disappearance o...
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Documentary, exhibit about Elgin area's milk-making past, prairie-restoring future to debut June 24Jun 19, 2018 11:00 pm - After two years in the making, the Elgin History Museum documentary and traveling exhibit “Dairies to Prairies” will have its grand premiere at 2 p.m. Sunday, June 24, a...
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Settlement clearing way for controversial drug treatment center near Campton HillsMay 17, 2018 1:00 am - The most-protested development in Campton Hills' history is poised to move forward. Kane County officials confirmed Thursday there will be a vote to settle a pending la...