• St. Charles earns top marks for financial reporting to residents for 40th consecutive year
    Jun 29 2026
    When it comes to governmental accounting and financial reporting, the city of St. Charles has been sterling for four straight decades. The city announced it has earned recognition from the Government Finance Officers Association for the 40th consecutive year.
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  • Geneva earns national award in financial reporting, budgeting
    Jun 29 2026
    The Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada honored the city of Geneva's accomplishments with three awards, representing the highest form of achievement for financial reporting and budgeting practices.
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  • Home decor store A Rooted Home opens in Batavia
    Jun 28 2026
    A new home decor store, A Rooted Home, recently opened in Batavia.
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  • Small plane makes emergency landing in Bartlett
    Jun 28 2026
    A small aircraft made an emergency landing in a field in Bartlett.
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  • Geneva mom’s project to honor late son leads to wind phone in Kane
    Jun 28 2026
    Kane County will soon have its own wind phone installed at Gunnar Anderson Forest Preserve in Geneva. The project was at the request of Elaine Haughan, whose son James died of sudden cardiac arrest in 2021 at age 18, just three weeks shy of his 19th birthday.
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  • Elgin Police call off Fox River water rescue search for man officers say was armed with a ‘large knife’
    Jun 27 2026
    Elgin police ended search efforts Saturday afternoon for a man they alleged “interfered with railroad operations” downtown and then ran into the Fox River with a knife.
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  • Clever Fox Counseling opens in Batavia
    Jun 27 2026
    The Batavia Chamber of Commerce recently celebrated the grand opening of Clever Fox Counseling.
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  • Closing the curtains: Moonlight Theatre in St. Charles to move out of historic location
    Jun 27 2026
    Moonlight Theatre in St. Charles is closing the curtains on its downtown historic location, with plans to move to a new spot.
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    2 mins