Denise Linke

Voters in November could authorize the city to set up a Tri-Cities broadband network to supply phone, Internet and cable TV access--this time with no strings attached. The committee of...

Batavia schools and offices could get a fiber-optic link to Northern Illinois University and Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory this fall if the City Council agrees to let NIU piggyback onto...

The City Council this week approved a new downtown tax increment financing district that will pave the way for a development designed for home-based business entrepreneurs. "This development is going...

The grassy half-acre parcel on Main Street in Downers Grove lies swathed in quiet, though traffic jangles through the downtown business district just outside the low brick wall. The trees...

The Batavia City Council this week approved a 10-year plan to build 31,105 feet of new sidewalks throughout the city, despite protests from some residents that the sidewalks will urbanize...

Elburn Police Chief James Linane is warning residents that the village's small-town days are numbered, even as he celebrates the 34.4 percent drop in the crime rate reported last week....

The Batavia City Council has given an unofficial thumbs up to plans for a two-week-long city arts festival combining classes and exhibits. "I think this is a neat idea," Mayor...

The Batavia City Council has approved a new downtown tax-increment financing district that is expected to provide up to $47 million in property tax revenue over the next 23 years....

Property owners in Batavia's proposed historic district are losing their best chance to influence how the district is set up and administered, officials said this week. In January, the fledgling...

The Elburn Village Board this week agreed to withdraw opposition to a proposed development on its southern border in exchange for a 1-acre well site and a decrease in the...