Denise Linke

The City Council this week gave the Holmstad retirement complex permission to use non-fire-retardant materials in its planned 136,000-square-foot addition, on the condition sprinklers are installed and fire alarms upgraded....

New federal legislation regulating what foods and drinks schools can sell their students could affect a new beverage contract at Kaneland High School in Maple Park, said Principal Michael Davis....

A limited in-house audit of utility tax billings worked so well for the village that officials are considering doing a broader audit themselves instead of hiring a contractor, Village Manager...

Voters in Kaneland School District 302 will decide this fall whether to pass a $75 million building bond propsoal, 1 1/2 years after giving the cash-strapped district a one-year $3...

From the waist up, Don Wehrli looked like the staid pioneer family patriarch he is, resplendent in a black tuxedo with a tapestry vest. From the waist down, he was...

Construction of Batavia's new east-side and west-side fire stations will start Aug. 14, after the current stations are demolished, the City Council decided this week. Aldermen approved conditional-use zoning for...

New Police Chief Gary Schira's first official duty after being sworn in this week was to present a $3,000 donation from the city to Batavia High School's Post-Prom Committee for...

The city's busiest downtown street will close for six hours May 13 to help honor a "regular guy in a baseball cap," the City Council decided this week. Aldermen agreed...

The Batavia City Council voted Monday to block for six months the installation of video transmission utilities in public rights of way, joining Geneva, North Aurora and several other suburbs...

Chicago had "Cows on Parade." Downtown Hinsdale has been populated with decorated penguins; Naperville has had artwork made of fiberglass farm animals. But the Geneva Public Library staff really knows...