Wayne Baker

Aldermen have endorsed a staff plan to increase sanitary sewer bills by an average of 8 percent. The increased revenue will be used to help pay off about $8 million...

Thanks to the work of Maj Freke, Ted Schuster and a handful of other volunteers, the unmarked graves of long-dead destitute residents soon will have monuments. The City Council this...

Mayor William Ottilie is planning to meet privately Friday with a small group of boaters, fishermen and owners of personal watercraft to discuss the possibility of reopening the city's launch...

Hearings before the Illinois Commerce Commission on a proposal by Commonwealth Edison to build new electrical facilities in the Wheaton-Warrenville area ended this week, but both sides associated with the...

Faced with the prospect of unanticipated commercial development on the city's east side, officials are studying ways to toughen development standards for building setbacks, parking, landscaping and signs. The issue...

Although it may not be noticeable for some time, Police Department employees will have new attitudes in their approach to work beginning this week. Department personnel, including all 47 sworn...

A joint City Council-chamber of commerce committee has drafted a list of recommendations for traffic control measures in hopes of enabling downtown business district to keep diagonal parking on Illinois...

The city and Batavia Unit District 101 are considering a cooperative plan to hire an additional police officer to serve as a full-time liaison to high school students. Although an...

The city is preparing to issue $2 million in revenue bonds to extend its sanitary sewer and water lines east of Kirk Road to spur development in the vacant farm...

A hearing on a proposed development that neighbors say is too dense for its area was postponed again to give the city time to consider changes in the comprehensive land-use...