Denise Linke

Batavia veterinarian Dr. David Heinze always had wanted to visit Garfield Farm living history museum but was always too busy with his practice. Circumstances forced his hand Aug. 18, when...

The City Council is poised to form an environmental commission next month, despite one alderman's assertion that the group would be redundant. "There are so many organizations that already concern...

The Batavia City Council has voted to buy the First Baptist Church building on the northwest corner of Wilson Street and Washington Avenue to advance its plan to straighten the...

Kline Creek Farm docent Harriet Mitchell held up a brown glass bottle in the farmhouse's 1890s kitchen during a recent tour in Wheaton. "This may have been used to bottle...

Kaneland School District 302 will spend one more year in the red while waiting for the proceeds from a tax hike proposal approved in April. "The referendum came through too...

The 30th annual Wayne Horse Trials was three rings of fun for horses and riders warming up before the show-jumping competition. But the recent event also gave disabled equestrians a...

The continuing drought prompted the Elburn Village Board this week to make its suggested water conservation program a mandatory village ordinance. The new ordinance, passed Monday, sets lawn sprinkling hours...

Burial and maintenance fees for graves in Batavia's two public cemeteries will rise this month, after the City Council unanimously approved the first increase in 10 years. The cost of...

You don't have to be a highbrow arts patron to enjoy the seventh St. Charles Art & Music Festival this month in the Norris Cultural Arts Center and the St....

The City Council will reconsider lowering the residential speed limit to 25 m.p.h., despite the objections of Police Chief Dennis Anderson. "Lowering the speed limit to 25 m.p.h. may create...