Wayne Baker

To void a lawsuit charging it with discrimination, the city is banning all except emergency vehicles from using the city-owned boat launch ramp on the Fox River. The lawsuit, brought...

After years of pleading and cajoling failed to motivate a downtown property owner into renovating his building, city officials took matters into their own hands this week by authorizing the...

City officials are considering a second special taxing district to help raise funds for renovation projects. The downtown special service area under consideration would be larger geographically and in scope...

Homeowners in the Fox Hollow subdivision let out a collective sigh of relief after learning this week they finally have won a seven-year struggle to educate their children closer to...

The City Council overwhelmingly rejected this week an alderman's proposal to stop annexing land for residential development until an update of the zoning ordinance is complete. Following an 8-1 vote...

Despite neighbors' protests that the action would set a precedent, the City Council approved rezoning a home on the southeastern edge of downtown to commercial from residential use. The move...

After more than two years of planning, the city and a group of downtown interests are cooperating on their first joint beautification project. When completed this summer, the crumbling sidewalks...

The city's Board of Police and Fire Commissioners has sustained a charge against a four-year patrolman that he violated department rules, but stopped short of endorsing a three-day suspension ordered...

An ordinance requiring developers to dedicate park land sooner and in better shape is back on the council agenda now that a misunderstanding between city and Park District officials has...

Beginning this week, residents of the city's 10 largest apartment complexes will see something that looks like a garbage bin-but isn't-occupying a permanent place in their parking lots. The Dumpsters-that-are-not-Dumpsters...