Batavia aldermen search for ways to undo Prairie State Energy deal
Batavia residents heard assurances Monday night that the city of Batavia is doing all it can to fix the "nightmare" that is its long-term energy deal with the Prairie State...
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Geneva shelves downtown business district
Geneva aldermen decided Monday night to shelve the idea of meeting with business leaders about a possible downtown sales tax. After that idea failed 8-2, the notion of a downtown...
Blotter: Retail theft, DUI in St. Charles
The following was compiled from police records. St. Charles Terry Lee Nagel, 48, of the 0-25 block of Stirrup Cup Court, was charged with the driving under the influence of...
Blotter: vandalism, DUI in Geneva
The following was compiled from police reports. Geneva Kaleb Damon Sanchez, 18, of the 1200 block of South 7th Street in St. Charles, was cited for criminal damage to property...
Sales tax increase floated again in Geneva
The Geneva City Council decided this week to try once more to convince downtown business leaders to get behind the idea of a sales tax increase. The council and the...
St. Charles to take up-or-down vote on video gaming
The St. Charles City Council decided Monday that video gaming is worth considering and told city staff it's time to draft a city ordinance allowing it. The council still would...
St. Charles leaders reopen talks on video gambling
A year after it refused to entertain the idea, the St. Charles City Council is re-opening the debate on whether it should allow video gaming in the city. The residents...
Solar-panel project gets go-ahead
St. Charles has successfully secured its bid to house two acres of solar panels on land the city owns near Kirk Road. Tom Bruhl, electric services manager, told aldermen Monday...
Park board rejects proposal to build cell phone tower in Geneva park
The Geneva Park District board unanimously rejected a proposal Monday night to build a cell phone tower near the maintenance buildings of Wheeler Park. "The revenue is not worth it,"...
Batavia blotter: vehicle burglaries
The following items were gathered from reports released by the Batavia Police Department. Ammunition for air soft guns was reported stolen from Wal-Mart, 801 N. Randall Rd., on July 18....